Ms Sterling's dumb quiz
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alphabetsoup2 on October 5, 2011
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Genisis | The origin or beginning of something |
| Genre | A category of Art, Music, or Literature with similar features. |
| Generosity | The act of giving to others, willingness to contribute. |
| Generic | Relating to a class or group of things, not specific. |
| Congenial | Pleasant due to having the same tastes, habits, or qualities. |
| Autobiographical | Dealing with the writer's own life |
| Paragraph | A group of sentences written about one topic. |
| Graphic | giving a realistic and vivid picture |
| Ascribe | To attribute something to |
| Proscribe | To forbid something |
| Psychology | The science and study of the mind and behavior. |
| Psyche | The human soul, spirit, or mind |
| Commemorate | To mark an event or celebrate a person in order to keep his/her/it's memory alive |
| Immemorial | Having occurred so long ago that it cannot be remembered. |
| Memento | An object that serves to remind one of a person or past event. |
| Literal | Using words in their most basic sense, free from exaggeration or embellishment. |
| Literate | To be able to read and write |
| Literate | Having or showing knowledge in a specific area |
| Alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words close to each other. |
| Obliterate | To remove from existence, to erase completely. |
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