Vocab Units 1-3 Flashcards
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Adulterate
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To corrupt
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Ambidextrous
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Able to use both hands equally well
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Augment
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To make larger; increase
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Bereft
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deprived; made unhappy through a loss
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Deploy
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to position; to utilize; to form up
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Dour
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stern unyielding gloomy; ill-humored
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Fortitude
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courage in facing difficulties
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Gape
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to stare with open mouth
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Gibe
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to utter taunting words; an expression of scorn
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Guise
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an external appearance; cover; mask
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Insidious
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intended to deceive; sly; treacherous
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Intimation
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a hint; indirect suggestion
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Opulent
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wealthy; luxurious; grandiose
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Pliable
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easily bent; easily influenced
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Reiterate
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to say again
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Stolid
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Not easily moved Physically/ Emotionally
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Tentative
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experimental in nature; uncertain
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Unkempt
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not combed; untidy; rude
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Verbatim
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word-for-word; exactly as said/written
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Warily
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cautiously; with great care
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Adroit
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skillful: expert in use of hands/mind
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Amicable
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peaceable; friendly
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Averse
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having a strong distaste; opposed
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Belligerent
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given to fighting; aggressive
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Benevolent
kindly, charitable
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Cursory
hasty; not thorough
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Duplicity
treachery; deceitfulness
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Extol
praise extravagantly
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Feasible
possible; able to be done
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Grimace
a wry face; facial distortion
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Holocaust
a large destruction, especially by fire
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Impervious
not affected or hurt by
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Impetus
a moving force; impulse; stimulus
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Jeopardy
Danger
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Meticulous
extremely careful; particular about details
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Nostalgia
a longing for something past
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Quintessence
the purest essence or form of something
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Retrogress
to move backward; to return to an earlier condition
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Scrutinize
to examine closely
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Tepid
lukewarm; unenthusiastic; apathetic
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Adversary
enemy; opponent
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Alienate
to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; transfer
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Artifice
a skillful or ingenious device; clever trick or skill
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Coerce
to compel; force
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Craven
Cowardly
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Culinary
of or relating to cooking or the kitchen
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Delete
to erase wipeout
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Demise
a death esp. of a person of high position
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Exhilarate
to enliven; cheer; give spirit or liveliness
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Fallow
plowed but not seeded; inactive
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Harass
to disturb, to trouble by repeated attacks
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Inclement
storm; harsh; severe in attitude or action
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Muse
to think about in a dreamy way; to ponder
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Negligible
so unimportant that it can be disregarded
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Perpetuate
to make permanent or long lasting
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Precedent
an example that may serve as a basis for imitation
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Punitive
inflicting or aiming at punishment
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Redress
to set right; relief from wrong or injury
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Sojourn
temporary stay to stay for a time
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Urbane
refined in manner or style; suave
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Tone:
A quality, feeling, or attitude expressed by the words that someone uses in speaking or writing.
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Metaphor:
A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them. Often forms of the “to be” verb are used such as “is” or “ was” to make the comparison.
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Simile
A comparison between 2 objects using a specific word or comparison such as “like” “as” or “than”.
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Personification
A figure of a speech endows a minds ideas, or inanimate object with human traits or abilities.
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Symbolism
A thing that represents something else; usually something physical used to represent something abstract.
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An image (imagery):
Writing or language that brings out (evokes) the 5 senses.
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Stanza
A grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical, form, or rhyme scheme.
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Rhyme Scheme
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of the poem or the verse {A,B,C}
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Diction
can be defined as style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.
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Narration
a recital of events, especially in chronological order, as the story narrated in a poem or the exposition in a drama.
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Repetition
is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer. There are several types of repetitions commonly used in both prose and poetry.
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Allusion:
is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text.
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Direct characterization
Author/Narrator directly describes a character.
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Dialogue
conversation between 2 people or more
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Indirect Characterization
Author gives clues/hints about a character in the following ways:
1 Describes appearance.
2 Shows action.
3 Quotes expressions of there own action.
4 Quotes expressions of how they believe and feel.
5 What others say to or about a character.
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Liquidate
To pay of debt
