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English Final Vocab
Final english exam vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Civil | of or relating to citizens; polite without being friendly |
| Unrequited | not returned in kind |
| Profane | to treat with great disrespect |
| Pernicious | very harmful |
| Augment | to increase especially in size, amount, or degree |
| Shun | to avoid purposefully |
| Covert | not openly made or done |
| Transgression | the act of passing beyond a limit or boundary |
| Posterity | the line of individuals descended from one ancestor |
| Jest | to joke |
| Impetuous | impulsive, rash |
| Judicious | having sound judgement |
| Garish | too bright or showy |
| Chide | to express disapproval of |
| Kindred | alike in nature or character |
| Idolatry | the worship of an idol as a god; very great devotion to something |
| Invocation | the act or process of asking for help or support |
| Repose | a state of resting after effort or strain; calm |
| Dissembler | one who hide his true feelings |
| Jocund | merry, jolly |
| Puling | whiny |
| Agile | able to move quickly and easily; nimble |
| Discord | lack of agreement or harmony; conflict |
| Felon | a criminal |
| Beguile | to deceive by cunning means |
| Intercession | the act of making a reconciliation between hostile parties |
| Ethos | the ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the authors credibility or character |
| Pathos | the emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions |
| Logos | appeal to the logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things without using the connective word like, as , than, or resembles |
| Simile | expressed comparison between two distinctly different things, especially using like, or as |
| Personification | gives life to an inanimate object or makes animals human |
| Hyperbole | a great exaggeration |
| Fickle | a sudden change in emotion |
| Irony | a dramatic reversal of what is expected |
| Dramatic Irony | the audience knows whats going on but the actors do not |
| Situational Irony | actions are opposite of what is intended |
| Internal Characterization | Man vs. Himself (conflict within ones self) |
| External Characterization | Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Fate |
| Aside | a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play. |
| Pun | a play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings; may be serious or humorous |
| Soliloquy | an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. |
| Monologue | one character speaking to self or directly to the audience |
| Oxymoron | a form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression |
| Foreshadowing | Hints of what will happen later in the story |
| Friar Lawrence | A Franciscan friar, friend to both Romeo and Juliet. He secretly marries them. |
| Nurse | The person who has cared for Juliet her entire life |
| Romeo's Tragic Flaw | loving to easily,and giving his heart away too easily |
| Dramatic Irony in Romeo and Juliet | Romeo kills himself because he thinks Juliet is dead, but the rest of the audience knows that she is actually sleeping |
| Situational Irony in Romeo and Juliet | When Romeo tries to make peace between Mercutio and Tybalt which leads to Mercutio's death death and an even bigger problem with the Capulet's and the Montagues |
| Man versus Man | the character faces a conflict or struggle with another character in the story |
| Man versus Himself | the character faces a major decision or a physical or emotional struggle with his own morals, ethics, or conscience |
| Man versus Nature | a character faces the forces of nature, such as weather or a natural environment |
| Man versus Society | a character faces a conflict with the social, political, or religious forces of a society |
| Atticus | Scout and Jem’s father, a lawyer in Maycomb descended from an old local family. |
| Miss Maudie | The Finches’ neighbor, a sharp-tongued widow, and an old friend of the family. |
| Miss Stephanie | The towns "busy body" or major gossiper |
| Tom Robinson | The black field hand accused of rape. Tom is one of the novels "mockingbirds," an important symbol of innocence destroyed by evil |
| Judge Taylor | Maycomb counties judge |
| Aunt Alexandra | Atticuses sister who comes to help take care of Jem and Scout |
| Heck Tate | Sheriff of Maycomb county |
| Mayella | Bob Ewell's abused, lonely, unhappy daughter, who accused Tom Robinson of rape. |
| Dill | Jem and Scout’s summer neighbor and friend. |
| Mr. Ewell | A drunken, mostly unemployed member of Maycomb’s poorest family. |
| Jem | Scout’s brother and constant playmate at the beginning of the story |
| Calpurnia | The Finches’ black cook. Calpurnia is a stern disciplinarian and the children’s bridge between the white world and her own black community. |
| Dolphus Raymond | A wealthy white man who lives with his black mistress and mixed children. He pretends to be a drunk so the citizens of maycomb will have an explanation for his behavior |
| Scout | The narrator and protagonist of the story. |
| Miss Caroline | Scouts new teacher from Winston County |
| Romeo | The son and heir of Montague and Lady Montague. One of the main characters of the story |
| Juliet | One of the main characters, who is the daughter of Lord and Lady capulet (falls in love with romeo) |
| Mercutio | A kinsman to the prince, and romeo's closest friend |
| Tybalt | Juliets cousin on her mothers side |
| Lord Capulet | The head of the capulet family and juliets father |
| Lady Capulet | Juliets mother and capulets wife |
| Lord Montague | Romeos father |
| Lady Montague | Romeos mother |
| Paris | A kinsman of the prince and the man who Lord Capulet arranged for Juliet to marry |
| Benvolio | Montagues nephew, Romeo's cousin and thoughtful friend |
| Prince Escalus | Prince of Verona, kinsman of Mercutio and Paris |
| Balthazar | Romeos dedicated servant, who brings romeo the news of Juliet's death, unaware that her death is a trick |
| Sampson | Servant of the house of Capulet who hates the Montagues |
| Gregory | Servant of the house of Capulet who hates the Montagues |
| Abram | Montagues servant, who fights with sampson and gregory |
| Rosaline | The woman who romeo is infatuated with at the beginning of the play. |
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