Daily Dose 4

Terms in this set (19)

deplorable
very bad
morose
gloomy or depressed
despise
to dislike something or someone very much
obnoxious
very unpleasant, annoying, or offensive
peevish
cranky, cross, complaining, irritable
eradicate
to get rid of something completely, especially something bad like a disease, crime, or poverty
malign
to say mean, ugly things to someone
dire
dreadful or urgent
shirk
to avoid doing something that should be done
indignant
filled with anger because something isn't fair; upset and annoyed
genre
a major category or type of literature
secondary
coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary.
primary
First or most significant
simile
A comparison using "like" or "as"
personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
metaphor
A comparison without using like or as
denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
context clues
Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word
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