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English Vocab kearns
English vocabulary words 2013-14
Question | Answer |
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scrutiny | long hard look,study,investigation |
disclose | lreveal, make public, tell |
eavesdrop | listen without permission, spy, snoop |
modest | shy, simple |
encroachment | intrusion, invasion |
infringement | invasion, violation |
purge | eliminate, remove, clean up |
justifiable | admissible, allowable |
invasive | meddling,nosy |
rummage | hunt, dig, search |
burgeon | grow rapidly, multiply |
profusely | plentifully, greatly, a lot |
boisterous | loud, cheerful, rowdy, cheerful |
reprimand | scolding, warning, talking to |
reluctantly | unwillingly, hesitantly |
civic | public, community |
jovial | jolly, extremely happy |
paraphernalia | stuff, things |
interminable | endless, non-stop, perpetual |
imagery | language used to appeal to the senses: sight,taste, touch smell |
simile | comparison of 2 unlike objects using AS or LIKE example: I wandered lonely as a cloud. |
metaphor | comparison of two unlike things without using AS or LIKE example: Life is a highway. |
personification | giving human qualities to something non-human example: The rain tapped on my windowsill. |
onomonopia | words that sound like what they are: examples: swish, boom |
alliteration | using the same beginning sound in several words in a sentence example: A winters day in a deep and dark December. |
rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhyme used in a poem example ABBA |
hyperbole | using language that exaggerates greatly example: I am so hungry I could eat a horse. |
dank | damp, chilly, moist, clammy |
taint | disgrace, fault, stain |
tangible | real, solid, touchable |
abrupt | sudden, rushed |
receding | declining, fading |
peril | danger, risk |
mirage | illusion, fantasy |
palatial | luxurious, grand |
aristocrat | noble |
affable | pleasant, friendly, sociable |
condone | allow, forgive |
quarry | prey, "the hunted" |
elude | escape, avoid |
futile | useless, pointless |
zealous | passionate, eager, enthusiastic |
stanza | breaks or "paragraphs" in a poem |