Unit 1: Growing Up — Vocabulary Flashcards
Prose Definition
Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure
Rhythm Definition
A repeated pattern of beats or accents
Sound Devices Definition
Techniques used to create rhythm and emphasize certain sound, including: alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, and repetition
Assonance Definition
The repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables
Consonance Definition
The repetition of constant sounds in stressed syllables
Refrain Definition
A repeated line or a stanza
Infatuation Definition
Passion for
Denizens Definition
Inhabitants
Pensive Definition
Dreamily; thoughtful
Scull Definition
Row
Jaded Definition
Made dull or cynical by experience
Epitome Definition
Ideal example
Antipathy Definition
Distaste
Filial Definition
Befitting of a son or daughter
Surreptitiously Definition
In a way intended to escape observation
Greek prefix anti- Definition
Against
Greek root “pathos” Definition
Feeling
“-itic” Usage
Added to a word to form an adjective
“-ism” Usage
Added to a word or word root to form a noun
“-tion” Usage
Used to form a noun
“-able” Usage
Used to form Adjectives, means “capable of” or “able to be”
Pervaded Definition
Spread through every part
Bodice Definition
The upper part of a dress
Decipher Definition
Decode, understand something puzzling
Trammeled Definition
Confined or restrained
Mollified Definition
Calmed; soothed
Fatalism Definition
Belief that events are predetermined and humans are powerless to change them
Presentiment Definition
Feeling that something is about to happen
Invocation Definition
A calling upon a prayer
Piqued Definition
Stirred up; aroused
Farcical Definition
Silly; absurd
Presumptuous Definition
Too bold; inappropriate
Abomination Definition
Something worthy of disgust or hatred
Perfunctory Definition
Superficial or routine
Palpable Definition
Able to be felt
Impertinence Definition
Irrelevance
Psyche Definition
The soul or spirit
“Psyche” and “Psych” are:
Greek Roots
Stealthily Definition
Slowly and deliberately in secret
Prohibitions Definition
Orders that forbid
Annihilate Definition
Cause to cease to exist
Virulent Definition
Extremely dangerous
Propagates Definition
Continues or increases
Insidiously Definition
Having a gradual and cumulative effect
Mosque Definition
Islamic house of worship
Relegated Definition
Assigned to a place of insignificance
Infuriated Definition
Extremely angry
Seething Definition
Suffering violent internal feelings
“-ate” Usage
Used for verbs that show how something caused something else to be a certain way
Rank Definition
Smelly or foul
Sullenly Definition
Resentfully; sulkily
Imminent Definition
About to happen
Iridescent Definition
Shimmering and rainbow-like
Vortex Definition
Whirlpool; eddy
Serene Definition
Calm; peaceful
Infallibility Definition
Inability to fail
Unfurled Definition
Unwounded; open up
Blighted Definition
Destroyed; ruined
Entrails Definition
Inner organs of the body; guts
Doggedness Definition
Stubbornness
Reiterated Definition
Repeated
Precariously Definition
Insecurely; perilously
Careened Definition
Swerved; moved at a tilt
Armada Definition
A line of moving things
Solder Definition
Join; fuse
Evanesced Definition
Faded; vanished
Vermilion Definition
A bright red
Heresy Definition
Action at odds with what seems right
“-ent” Usage
Used at the end of adjectives
“-ness” and “-ity” Usage
Appear at the end of nouns
Swaggering Definition
Acting conceited or smug
Quarried Definition
Excavated; dug up
Insistent Definition
Not giving up; unrelenting
Menacing Definition
Threatening
Bleak Definition
Hopeless; Depressing
Lithe Definition
Agile; graceful
Prestigious Definition
Highly respected
Impassive Definition
Unemotional or inexpressive
“-ous” and “-ive” Usage
Used Frequently to form adjectives
Characterization Definition
The ways in which a writer shapes the reader’s understanding of a character