Vocabulary 2 Flashcards
Allegedly
Questionably true
Accentuate
To emphasize
Discerning
Show perception or judgement
Imminent
Likely to happen soon
Infallibility
The condition of being not likely to fail
Microcosm
A small community representative of a large world
Pervade
To be present throughout
Precariously
done in a way that is dangerously unstable or subject to change
Diction
Choice of words
Idiom
A common, often used expression that doesn’t make sense if you take it literally.
Imagery
A literary technique a writer uses to create pictures in the reader’s mind and to appeal to the senses of touch, taste, smell, or hearing
Paradox
A statement that leads to a self contradictory conclusion
Simile
A comparison of two things using like or as
Synesthesia
Describing one kind of sensation in terms of another (“a loud color”, “a sweet sound”)
Voice
An author’s unique sound or personality.
