English Exam: Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 trans- | across |
| transgress | to go beyond or over set limits |
| Transitive | Descibing an action carried from a subject to a verb to an object |
| translucent | permitting light to pass through, not transparent |
| transatlantic | crossing or reaching across the Atlantic |
| Transit | Passage from one place to another |
| Transcribe |  to make a written copy, translate |
| Transfigure | to change the form or appearance of |
| transmutation | change of one species to another |
| beneficence |  the quality of being kind or helpful or generous |
| efficacious | producing or capable of producing desired effects |
| Facsimile | an exact copy or reproduction |
| feasible | capable of being accomplished |
| facile | Done with little effort |
| suffice | to be enough |
| Plot | sequence of events |
| Internal Conflict | Character vs. Self |
| External Conflict | Character vs. Society,Character vs. Man, Character vs. Nature, Character vs. Supernatural |
| Antagonist |  Works in opposition to the protagonist. |
| Protagonist | Hero, main person of a story |
| Theme | Central message/moral/intent of story |
| Setting | Time and Place |
| Mood | Feeling generated by words |
| Symbols | A thing representing another thing |
| Foreshadowing | The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot |
| Simile | Direct comparison using like or as |
| Metaphor | Indirect Comparison not using like or as |
| Personification | Giving inanimate/animals human actions |
| Hyperbole | An exaggeration to make a point |
| Alliteration | Repeated starting sounds in a phrase. |
| Direct Characterization | The author explicitly descibes the character |
| Indirect Characterization | Character is characterized through action |
| Flat Character | Character that is not fully developed |
| Round Character | A character that is thourougly developed |
| Static Character | Character that doesn't change in a story. |
| Dynamic Character | A character that changes throughout the story. |
| Dialogue | Nationality, accent, dialect, personality, outlook |
| Possessions | Wealthy, poor, hobbies |
| Reactions | What's important to the character |
| Thoughts | Opinions, italics, view |
| Background | Wealthy, work ethic, values, family |
| magnus- | great |
| magnanimous | noble, generous, forgiving |
| magnate |  tycoon, wealthy in business, influential |
| magnitude | great size, importance |
| magnificence | amazing |
| magnify |  make greater, bigger |
| bi- | two |
| bilateral | of having two or more sides |
| Bipartisan | supporting two parties |
| Bilingual | capable of using two languages |
| Bisect |  to split into two |
| Bifocals |  glasses that correct for near and far sightedness |
| an-/a- | not, without, irregular (root) |
| anomaly | irregularity |
| Atheist | not beliveing in god(s) |
| Agnostic | belief that the human mind cannot find god |
| anarchy | without rule |
| Anesthetic | without feeling |
| com-cor-,col- | with/together (root) |
| companion | to share "bread" with, a friend |
| collaborate | to work together |
| correlate | to relate agree with something |
| composition | to put together ideas |
| coherent | sticking together,an orderely relation, logically understandable |
| path- | feeling, suffering (root) |
| Sympathy | sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) |
| empathy | understanding and entering into another's feelings |
| apathy | indifference |
| antipathy | against, strong dislike |
| telepathy | communicating from afar |
| demesne | domain |
| imperiously | king-like |
| insular | sheltered |
| progeny | children, offspring |
| deft | skilled, handy |
| reproof | criticism, warning |
| disconsolate | cheerless, cold, comfortless |
| vicarious | learning through another's experiences |
| ignominiously | wretched, hateful, ashamed |
| arduous | hard, difficult, challenging |
| malingerer | slacker, shirker |
| insidious | sinister |
| inexorable | unstoppable, relentless |
| obdurate | stubborn, unyielding |
| celerity |  quickness |
| lugubriously | dismally |
| convulsive | writhing, spasms |
| salient | noticeable, defining |
| callow | cowardly, immature |
| remonstrance | protest |
| averred | claimed |
| voracious | extremely powerful especially in appetite |
| innocuously | harmless, benign |
| irresolutely | w/o resolution, undecided |
| eloquent | articulate, expressive |
| reverent | admiring, respectful |
| feigned | faked |
| transient | temporary, brief |
| ramshackle |  dilapidated |
| discomfited | confused, annoyed, uncomfortable |
| pertinacity | persistance |
| muses | ponders, reflects |
| palpitant | throbbing, pulsing, able to be felt |
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