Study sets matching "honors unit 1 english 12"
Study sets
Diagrams
Classes
Users
Admonish
Breach
Brigand
Circumspect
(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly;…
(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction…
(n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
(adj.) careful, cautious
Admonish
(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly;…
Breach
(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction…
Admonish
Admonish
Admonish
Admonish
(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly;…
The librarian had to _____________________ the noisy students…
Synonyms: reprimand, call on the carpet
Antonyms: praise, pat on the back
Admonish
(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly;…
Admonish
The librarian had to _____________________ the noisy students…
rueful
disheveled
aghast
adulation
(adj) expressing sorrow or regret; in a slightly humorous way
(adj) untidy; disordered
(adj) filled with shock or horror
(n) excessive praise or flattery
rueful
(adj) expressing sorrow or regret; in a slightly humorous way
disheveled
(adj) untidy; disordered
Exposition
Inciting Incident
Rising Action
Climax
An introduction to the setting, characters, and basic situatio…
Introduces the central conflict
All the events leading up to the climax
The highest point of interest
Exposition
An introduction to the setting, characters, and basic situatio…
Inciting Incident
Introduces the central conflict
Acquisitive
arrogate
banal
belabor
adj... able to retain ideas or information concerned with acquiri…
v... to claim or take without right
adj... hackneyed trite commonplace
v... to work on excessively to thrash soundly
Acquisitive
adj... able to retain ideas or information concerned with acquiri…
arrogate
v... to claim or take without right
abjure
belie
chicanery
deleterious
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
be in contradiction with; to misrepresent
the use of tricks to deceive someone; usually harmless, at lea…
harmful to living things
abjure
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
belie
be in contradiction with; to misrepresent
Acquisitive
Arrogate
Banal
Belabor
(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned…
(v.) to claim or take without right
(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace (boring)
(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
Acquisitive
(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned…
Arrogate
(v.) to claim or take without right
voracious
indiscriminate
eminent
steeped
desiring or consuming great quantities
choosing at random without careful selection
of high reputation, outstanding
soaked, drenched, saturated
voracious
desiring or consuming great quantities
indiscriminate
choosing at random without careful selection
Acquisitive
Arrogate
Banal
Belabor
seeking or tending to acquire; greedy
Claim or take presumptuously or without the right to do so
Boring
to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent
Acquisitive
seeking or tending to acquire; greedy
Arrogate
Claim or take presumptuously or without the right to do so
Approbation
Assuage
Coalition
Decadence
Definition: (n.) The expression of approval or favorable opini…
Definition: (v.) To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet,…
Definition: (n.) A combination, union, or merger for some spec…
Definition: (n.) excessive self-indulgence leading to decline,…
Approbation
Definition: (n.) The expression of approval or favorable opini…
Assuage
Definition: (v.) To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet,…
analyze
connotative
denotative
figurative
examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structu…
a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which…
the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the f…
departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical.
analyze
examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structu…
connotative
a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which…
adjunct
bellwether
caterwaul
chimerical
(n.)something added to something else as helpful or useful but…
(n.) an indicator of trends... Synonyms: ringleader, initiator, b…
(v.) to quarrel; (n.) a harsh or noisy cry; a racket... Synonyms:…
(adj.) absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible... Synonyms: fanciful…
adjunct
(n.)something added to something else as helpful or useful but…
bellwether
(n.) an indicator of trends... Synonyms: ringleader, initiator, b…
ambidextrous
augment
bereft
deploy
(adj) able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; dece…
(v) to make larger, increase
(adj) deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
(v) to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up
ambidextrous
(adj) able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; dece…
augment
(v) to make larger, increase
acquisitive
arrogate
banal
belabor
able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with ac…
to claim or take without right
hackneyed, trite, commonplace
to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
acquisitive
able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with ac…
arrogate
to claim or take without right
Admonish
Breach
Brigand
Circumspect
(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly;…
An opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to…
(n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman... A robber or bandit
Careful; Cautious
Admonish
(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly;…
Breach
An opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to…
acquittal
assert
condescend
contemptuous
a setting free of judgement of a court; a release from duty, o…
to express or state positively; to defend or claim (one's righ…
to stoop to do something that you think is unworthy or beneath…
showing or feeling scorn
acquittal
a setting free of judgement of a court; a release from duty, o…
assert
to express or state positively; to defend or claim (one's righ…
disingenuous
disdain
monogrammed
adjunct
not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows…
the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's con…
decorated with a monogram (a motif of two or more letters, typ…
a person who is another's assistant or subordinate; something…
disingenuous
not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows…
disdain
the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's con…
Imagery
Kenning
Caesura
Assonance
Visually descriptive or figurative language.
"A stylistic device defined as a two-word phrase that describe…
"A fancy word for a not-so-awkward pause that occurs in the mi…
"The repetition of a vowel sound."
Imagery
Visually descriptive or figurative language.
Kenning
"A stylistic device defined as a two-word phrase that describe…
Acquisitive
arrogate
banal
belabor
adj... able to retain ideas or information concerned with acquiri…
v... to claim or take without right
adj... hackneyed trite commonplace
v... to work on excessively to thrash soundly
Acquisitive
adj... able to retain ideas or information concerned with acquiri…
arrogate
v... to claim or take without right
VINC/VICT (Latin VINCERE, VICTUM)
DUC/DUCT (Latin DUCERE, DUCTUM)
TRACT (Latin TRAHERE, TRACTUM)
PETO (Latin PETERE, PETITUM)
to conquer
to lead
to drag
to seek aggressively, to assail, to rush
VINC/VICT (Latin VINCERE, VICTUM)
to conquer
DUC/DUCT (Latin DUCERE, DUCTUM)
to lead