Vocabulary For English Honors Flashcards

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Dialect

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Noun. A variety of a standard language unique to a certain region or social group. Sentence: With her southern dialect, the young woman’s way of addressing her friends was by saying “ya’ll.”

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Scenario

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Noun. A description of a possible course of action or events. Sentence
: To plan on playing with a bunch of bear cubs is a scenario, a dumb one, but still a scenario.

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Intuitive

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Adjective. Based on what seems to be true without conscious reasoning; instinctive. Kicking your car when it won’t start is intuitive.

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Analytic

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Adjective. Using logical reasoning or analysis sentence He gave analytic accounts on his recovery.

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Hypothesis

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Noun. An assumption made in order to test its possible consequences. Sentence:Outside science, a theory or guess can also be called a hypothesis.

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