Study sets matching "sat english language composition"
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abate
abdicate
aberration
abjure
become less in amount or intensity.
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties…
a state or condition markedly different from the norm.
(v.) to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the president…
abate
become less in amount or intensity.
abdicate
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties…
Allegory
Antecedent
Antithesis
Aphorism
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolical…
Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Opposition or contrast of ideas through parallelism.
Terse statement of unknown authorship which expresses a genera…
Allegory
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolical…
Antecedent
Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Allegory
Antecedent
Antithesis
Aphorism
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolical…
Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Opposition or contrast of ideas through parallelism.
Early to bed and early to rise help make a man healthy, wealth…
Allegory
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolical…
Antecedent
Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
abstract
acclaim
acquiesce
adversary
theoretical; lacking substance (the opposite of concrete)
praise; applause; admiration
to agree finally; to go along with something
an opponent; enemy
abstract
theoretical; lacking substance (the opposite of concrete)
acclaim
praise; applause; admiration
Analogy
Antecedent
Connotation
Didactic
A similarity or comparison between two different things or the…
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, s…
From the Greek, literally means "teaching." The primary aim is…
Analogy
A similarity or comparison between two different things or the…
Antecedent
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Alliteration
Allusion
Analogy
Antecedent
The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds…
A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumabl…
A similarity or comparison between two different things or the…
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. The AP l…
Alliteration
The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds…
Allusion
A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumabl…
Affront
Blase
Cajole
Choleric
A personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display…
Indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if fr…
To persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax
Extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible
Affront
A personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display…
Blase
Indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if fr…
Insinuate
Infer
Invective
Inversion
To hint at, suggest; imply
To reach conclusion based on what was implied or insinuated
Emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using stron…
Reversing the natural or normal word for a poetic effect to gr…
Insinuate
To hint at, suggest; imply
Infer
To reach conclusion based on what was implied or insinuated
Allegory
Autobiography
Biography
Blog Post/Weblog Post
A narrative in which characters and settings stand for abstrac…
An account of a person's life written by that person... An autho…
A third-person account of someone's life. ... A story about a per…
An entry on a personal or professional website called a blog;…
Allegory
A narrative in which characters and settings stand for abstrac…
Autobiography
An account of a person's life written by that person... An autho…
antagonist
arbitrary
austere
expedite (expedient)
(n) opposition; hostility; resistance
(adj) subject to individual judgment
(adj) severe; strict; without frills
(v) to make faster or easier
antagonist
(n) opposition; hostility; resistance
arbitrary
(adj) subject to individual judgment
desecrate
fortuitous
vehement
credulous
(v) to profane a holy place
(adj) accidental; happening by chance or... luck
(adj) urgent; passionate; forceful
(adj) gullible; overly trusting
desecrate
(v) to profane a holy place
fortuitous
(adj) accidental; happening by chance or... luck
scrutinize
coalesce
orthodox
innate
(v) to examine closely
(v) to come together; to merge; to join
(adj) standard; commonly accepted;... conventional (not just in r…
(adj) inborn; inherited
scrutinize
(v) to examine closely
coalesce
(v) to come together; to merge; to join
ephemeral
relegate
futile
condone
(adj) short-lived; fleeting; transitory
(v) to dismiss; to an inferior person
(adj) hopeless; worthless; useless
(v) to forgive; to overlook
ephemeral
(adj) short-lived; fleeting; transitory
relegate
(v) to dismiss; to an inferior person
prodigal
assess
deter
complacent
(adj) extravagant; wasteful
(v) to estimate the value of; to measure
(v) to prevent, especially by threatening
(adj) overly self satisfied with ones ability, slacking off, t…
prodigal
(adj) extravagant; wasteful
assess
(v) to estimate the value of; to measure
Allegory
Antecedent
Antithesis
Aphorism
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolical…
Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Opposition or contrast of ideas through parallelism.
Terse statement of unknown authorship which expresses a genera…
Allegory
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolical…
Antecedent
Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.