Reading Comprehension Essentials Flashcards
Aesthetic
Relating to or dealing with beauty
Allusion
Passing reference or indirect mention
Ambivalent
Uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
Assert
- ) state categorically
- ) to insist n having one’s opinion and rights recognized
Women should ASSERT themselves more!
Belied
- ) be in contradiction with
- ) represent falsely
The statement BELIES my intentions.
Characterize
Describe or portray the character or qualities or peculiarities of.
What CHARACTERIZES a Venetian painting?
Compare
Examine and note the similarities or differences of
John COMPARED his haircut to his friend’s.
Concur
- ) Be in agreement
- ) happen simultaneously
We concurred on the terms of settlement
Contempt
Lack of respect accompanied by feeling of intense dislike
He was held in contempt
Contrast
The opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
ie. in contrast to
Conventional
Conforming with accepted standards.
A conventional view of the world
Convey
Make known
She conveyed the message to me.
Debunk
Uncover while ridiculing; ESP of pretentious/false claims and ideas
The physicist debunked the psychic’s claims.
Digression
A message that departs from the main subject
A digression into irrelevant details
Discern
See or hear differences; to distinguish; to detest with difficulty
Discredit
Damage the reputation of
This article discredits the politicians.
Disengaged
- ) Release from something that holds fasts, connects or entangles
- )remove obstruction form
Disinterested
Unaffected by self interest; impartial
Dismissive
SHowing disregard or stopping to associate with
They took dismissive action after the 3rd violation
Disparage
Express a negative opinion of.
She disparaged her student’s efforts ,
Disparity
Inequality or difference in some respect
There is disparity between man’s aspirations and his accomplishments.
Dispassionate
Unaffected by strong or prejudice
A journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of a fact
Dubious
Open to doubt or suspicion
Elicit
1.) Call forth(emotions) –>elicit pity
2.) deduce
Elicit a solution
Endorse
Give support or one’s approval to
Equivocate
Be deliberately ambiguous in order to mislead
Agents equivocate about terms
Exemplify
Be characteristic of or clarify by giving example
The compositional style is exemplified by fugue.
Hyperbole
Extravagant exaggeration
Hypothesis
A proposal not ended to explain certain facts
Illustrate
Clarify by giving an example of
Indifferent
Marked by a lack or interest
Interpret
Make sense of or assign a meaning to
Ironic
Humorously sarcastic or mocking
Justify
Show to be right by providing proof
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something
Nostalgia
Longing for something past
Objective
Undistorted by emotion or personal bias
Partisan
Devoted to a cause or party
Personification
A person who represents an abstract qualify
–> She is the personification of optimism.
Phenomenon
- ) Process known through senses rather than intuition
2. ) a remarkable development
Plausible
- ) Apparently reasonable and valid and truthful
- ) given or characterized by presenting specious argument
–> a plausible excuse
Pragmatic
- ) Concerned with practical matters.
- ) guided by practical observation rather than theory
A pragmatic approach to the problem
Prove
Be shown or found to be
Provoke
Call forth(emotions, feelings and responses) =elicit
Qualified
- )Meeting proper standards
2. )limited or restricted/contingent on something else
Reconcile
- ) bring into consonance or accord
2. ) come to terms with
Refute
Overthrow by arguments, evidence, or proof; prove to be false
The speaker refuted his opponent’s arguments
Relevant
Having a connection with the subject at issue
Repudiate
Cast off or refuse to acknowledge
The woman repudiated the divorce statement.
Resign
Accept as inevitable
Reverent
Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
Rhetoric
- ) Using language effectively to persuade or please
2. ) high flown style of excessive use of verbal ornamentation
Satire
Witty language used to convey insults or scorn ESP. Saying one thing but implying the opposite
Scornful
Expressing extreme contempt
Scrutinize
To look at critically or in minute detail
Simile
A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between different things.
Speculate
To believe especially on uncertain, tentative grounds
Subjective
Taking place within the mind and modified by personal bias
Substantiate
Establish or strengthen as with new evidence/facts
2.) represent in bodily form; give reality or substance to
The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist.
His story substantiated my doubts.
Undermine
Destroy property or hinder normal operations
Underscore
Give extra weight to
Her gesture underscored her words
Yield
- ) cease opposition or stop fighting
2. ) production of a certain amount-output
Assess
Estimate or determine the nature, value, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
