Study sets matching "english"
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Segue [n]
Doublespeak (or doubletalk) [v]
Doublethink [v]
Harbinger [n]
a change of the topic in a conversation
deliberately euphemistic, ambiguous, or obscure language
The acceptance of contrary opinions or beliefs at the same tim…
предвестник, предзнаменование; предтеча
Segue [n]
a change of the topic in a conversation
Doublespeak (or doubletalk) [v]
deliberately euphemistic, ambiguous, or obscure language
flood
tornado
avalanche
volcano
a large amount of water covering an area that is usually…
an extremely strong and dangerous wind that blows in a circle…
when a large amount of snow falls down the side of a mountain
a mountain with a large hole at the top which sometimes explod…
flood
a large amount of water covering an area that is usually…
tornado
an extremely strong and dangerous wind that blows in a circle…
Advent... I was waiting for the train to…
Convene... The teacher convened us to com…
Revenue... I am getting a revenue.
Circumvent... The school's dress code for…
(n.) an arrival; a coming into place or view
(v.) to call together (Jason convened his entire extended fami…
(n) money that an organization receives from its business
(v.) to get around
Advent... I was waiting for the train to…
(n.) an arrival; a coming into place or view
Convene... The teacher convened us to com…
(v.) to call together (Jason convened his entire extended fami…
Transgress
Impetuous
palpitation
unscrupulous
to do something that is not allowed or to disobey a command or…
acting or done quickly and without thought or controlled by em…
to beat quickly and strongly and often in a way that is not re…
not honest or fair : doing things that are wrong, dishonest, o…
Transgress
to do something that is not allowed or to disobey a command or…
Impetuous
acting or done quickly and without thought or controlled by em…
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Background knowledge about characters and setting that we get…
Building up of the conflict in the story.
Turning point of the story when the conflict is finished build…
All the action following the climax. No conflict is present in…
Exposition
Background knowledge about characters and setting that we get…
Rising Action
Building up of the conflict in the story.
Reformation
The apple
Doggerel
The Civil War
Period during which the Church of england was established and…
The nickname of New York City
Nonsensical or even humorous poetry
Conflict between the united States and the confedrated states…
Reformation
Period during which the Church of england was established and…
The apple
The nickname of New York City
Stanza
Rhyme scheme
Internal rhyme
Slant rhyme
clustering of lines in a poem; poetry paragraph
pattern of rhyme in a poem (uses A. B, C, D....)
rhyme pattern within a sentence. (not the last word of a line)…
A rhyme that is not a perfect syntactical pattern (an imperfec…
Stanza
clustering of lines in a poem; poetry paragraph
Rhyme scheme
pattern of rhyme in a poem (uses A. B, C, D....)
simile
metaphor
alliteration
onomatopoeia
A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of compariso…
A comparison without using like or as
Repetition of consonant sounds
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
simile
A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of compariso…
metaphor
A comparison without using like or as
Abstract
Attract
Contract
Distract
Pulled away from direct relation to anything impersonal as in…
To pull into something to pull into oneself
To pull together to make smaller in size or bulk.
To pull ones attention in another direction
Abstract
Pulled away from direct relation to anything impersonal as in…
Attract
To pull into something to pull into oneself