Study sets matching "english 1"
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silhouette
lounge
reverie
prong
cast or show (someone or something) as a dark shape and outlin…
lie, sit, or stand in a relaxed or lay way
a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream.
pierce or stab with a fork
silhouette
cast or show (someone or something) as a dark shape and outlin…
lounge
lie, sit, or stand in a relaxed or lay way
Prediction
Narrative Essay
Plot
Conflict
An informed guess about what will happen later in a narrative.
A short piece of nonfiction in which the author tells a story…
The sequence of events in a story.
A struggle between two opposing forces.
Prediction
An informed guess about what will happen later in a narrative.
Narrative Essay
A short piece of nonfiction in which the author tells a story…
Palpable
Sensuous
Staccato
Opaqueness
clear to the mind or plain to see
relating to or affecting the senses rather than the intellect
with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the…
: blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light…
Palpable
clear to the mind or plain to see
Sensuous
relating to or affecting the senses rather than the intellect
Abscondbris
Affluentbris afflaaaac
Accedebris
Arbitratorbris
(verb) To secretly leave somewhere, taking with ... you something…
(adjective) Having plenty of money, nice houses, ... expensive t…
(phrasal verb) Agree to a demand, especially... after first disa…
(verb) To officially judge how am argument between ... two oppos…
Abscondbris
(verb) To secretly leave somewhere, taking with ... you something…
Affluentbris afflaaaac
(adjective) Having plenty of money, nice houses, ... expensive t…
Aspire
Boycott
Formidable
Impertinent
Verb - To have an ambitious plan or lofty goal
Verb/Noun - A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with…
Adj. - Extremely impressive in strength or excellence
Adj. - Improperly forward or bold
Aspire
Verb - To have an ambitious plan or lofty goal
Boycott
Verb/Noun - A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with…
assuage
fray
forfeit
assail
(v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put…
a fight... brawl; fight; V: wear away or unravel by rubbing; have…
to surrender or be forced to surrender
Attack violently, assault
assuage
(v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put…
fray
a fight... brawl; fight; V: wear away or unravel by rubbing; have…
vacillate
wretched
yacht
analogy
to be unable to decide between one opinion or course of action…
very unhappy or unfortunate, miserable
sailing or motor driven vessels used for pleasure trips or rac…
similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise…
vacillate
to be unable to decide between one opinion or course of action…
wretched
very unhappy or unfortunate, miserable
quandary
recede
tariff
sacrifice
a condition of uncertainty or doubt
to move back or away from a limit, degree or point
a tax or duty imposed by a government on imported or exported…
The act of giving up something highly valued for the sake of s…
quandary
a condition of uncertainty or doubt
recede
to move back or away from a limit, degree or point
guru
inference
light-year
mosaic
a Hindu spiritual teacher
the act or process of deciding or concluding by reasoning from…
the distance that light travels in one year, about 5.88 trilli…
a picture of design made on a surface by fitting and cementing…
guru
a Hindu spiritual teacher
inference
the act or process of deciding or concluding by reasoning from…
Fallacy
Gargoyle
Heritage
Immune
A false notion or mistaken belief
An ornamental figure in form of a gross animal or person
Something other than property passed down from generation
Protected from disease
Fallacy
A false notion or mistaken belief
Gargoyle
An ornamental figure in form of a gross animal or person
edifice (n)
ambidextrous (adj)
belated (adj)
animate (v)
a large, elaborate structure; an imposing building
equally skillful with either hand
delayed
to give life or motion to
edifice (n)
a large, elaborate structure; an imposing building
ambidextrous (adj)
equally skillful with either hand
nepotism (n)
begrudge (v)
mandarin (n)
glutinous (adj)
favoritism shown to family or friends by those in power, espec…
to resent another's success; to envy
an influential person; a member of an elite group
gluey; sticky
nepotism (n)
favoritism shown to family or friends by those in power, espec…
begrudge (v)
to resent another's success; to envy
allusion
antagonist
climax
conflict
reference to a piece of music, art, historical event, or anoth…
character or force in conflict with the main character
when the reader's interest and emotional intensity reach the h…
A struggle between two opposing forces
allusion
reference to a piece of music, art, historical event, or anoth…
antagonist
character or force in conflict with the main character
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion (know Classical & Biblical All…
Anecdote
A story or tale with two or more levels of meaning- a literal…
The repetition of initial consonant sounds (she sells sea shel…
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary wor…
A brief true story about an interesting, amusing, or strange e…
Allegory
A story or tale with two or more levels of meaning- a literal…
Alliteration
The repetition of initial consonant sounds (she sells sea shel…