english vocab english exam
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DomoGirRawr on December 26, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aftermath | result or consequence |
| antequated | old fashined |
| antebellum | before the war |
| asylum | refuge |
| accentuate | emphasize |
| bombard | to fire questiions at |
| benevolent | kindly charitable |
| blasphemy | abuse or attemp for god or sacred things |
| belligerent | quarrelsome |
| betroth | engage |
| circulate | go around |
| conspicuos | easily seen |
| concoct | prepare |
| conceit | vanity |
| condolence | expression of sympathy |
| defiance | defying |
| disinagrate | break up |
| deplete | emptyh |
| demure | bashful, coy |
| dishevel | disarrange or rumple hair or clothing |
| embezzle | steal money entrusted to ones care |
| epitaph | short statment in memory of a dead person |
| eccentric | not usual, odd |
| espionage | use of spies |
| effigy | image or statue, usually of a person |
| filth | foul dirt |
| folly | lack of sense |
| frivolous | silly |
| feeble | weak |
| fallacy | error |
| gale | very strong wind |
| gaiety | joyousness |
| gusto | hearty enjoyment |
| gruff | hoarse |
| galvanize | startle |
| hideous | very ugly |
| haughty | to proud of oneself |
| homage | honor |
| hindrance | obstacle |
| hoard | save and store away |
| immense | vast |
| illustrious | very famous |
| imperil | put in danger |
| infuriate | make furious |
| impertinit | not pertinent |
| jest | poke fun |
| jargon | language of a special group |
| jubilant | expressingor shoqing joy |
| jalopy | an old automobile in bad condition |
| kudos | glory, fame |
| khaki | yellowish brown color |
| keen | sharp |
| knave | tricky |
| kibitzer | prson who gives unwanted advise |
| POETRY | a major type of literature |
| figureative language | anything that is written or spoken but not ment to be taken litery |
| sound device | any element thaty appears to the readers ear |
| ryhme | a repition of sound sat the ends of words |
| rythem | is the pattern of beats, or stressed syllables, in a line of poetry |
| meter | a regular rythemic pattern in poetry |
| illiteration | miranda makes muffins |
| onomotopia | boom, ring, pow, ding dong |
| sonnet | a 14 line poem that usually explores the themeof romantic love |
| haiku | short three line poems |
| concrete poem | a poem that is shaped like the thing it describes |
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