Part 1 Vocabulary Brainscape Flashcards
Study for the TEST
Comeuppance
Noun
Deserved punishment or fate.
Inaudible
Adjective
Unable to be heard.
Dismiss
Verb
Order or allow to leave.
Transport
Verb/ Noun
Take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another/ A system or means of conveying something place to place.
Unsubscribe
Verb
Cancel a subscription to an electronic mailing list or online service.
Predict
Verb
Say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something.
Remit
Verb
Send money in payment or as a gift; release from or forgive.
Climax
Noun
Turning point of a story, before the most intense part of the story.
Unreliable Narrator
Noun
When a story’s narrator cannot be trusted. They can be unreliable for purposeful dishonesty, mental illness, or self-deception.
Curiosity
Noun
A strong desire to know or learn.
Sustenance
Noun
Food or drink.
Confuddled
Verb
Being in a state of confusion.
Fortifications
Noun
A defense wall or other reinforcement built to strengthen a place against attack.
Beseech
Verb
Ask urgently to do something.
Insolent
Adjective
Showing a rude or arrogant lack of respect.
Melancholy
Noun/ Adjective
A feeling of intense sadness/ having a feeling of sadness.
Idiom
Noun
A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
Encounter
Verb/ Noun
Unexpectedly experience or be faced with/ An unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something.
Ominous
Adjective
Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen.
Foreboding
Adjective
Fearful apprehension; a feeling something bad is going to happen.
Malice
Noun
The intention or desire to do evil; ill will.
Sinister
Adjective
Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.
Offer
Verb
Present for to accept or reject as desired.
Empathy
Noun
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
