Short Story Unit Vocabulary Flashcards
Incessant/incessantly
Non-stop, without ending (adjective)
[chinese water tourture uses incessant water drops]
Synonyms: endless constant
Finesse
Skill and cleverness shown by how someone handled a situation (noun)
“She has finesse”
Synonyms: refinement, delicacy
Odious
Adjective: describes something deserving hatred (racism odious)
synonyms: abominable, detestable, despicable
Nocturnal
Adjective: describes something that is at high.
Ex: owls, bats, and vampires, are nacturnal
Palpable
Able to be felt
Synonyms: perceptible
Tangible
Describes something that has substance or reality of capable of being touch or precisely identify
Synonyms: palpable, touchable, real
Disarming
Describes something that removes feeling of unfriendliness or mistrust
Synonyms: deceiving, endearing, sweet
Analytical
Describes someone of something that is skilled. In breaking a whole into its parts and examining their relationship
Futile
Describes something that has no result of fact
Synonyms: fruitless, unaffected
Condone
Forgive overlook in a loud in offense
Synonyms: disregard, applies
Preclude
(Verb) to prevent or make impossible before hand
Synonyms- prevent
Retribution
(Noun) punishment for doing something wrong
Synonyms-vengeance, payback
Avenge
To get revenge by punishment the wrongdoer
Synonyms- retaliate, vedress
Avenger
Someone who avenges a wrong
Connoisseur
(Noun) a person who ha a high level of knowledge or skill field
