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GRCA ENG 12 Unit 1
GRCA Unit 1 vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Reparation | compensation (payment) |
Avenge | retaliate for |
Reproach | disgrace |
Jackal | enemy |
Exile | those who are banished |
Sentinel | guard/protector |
Blanch | pale |
Melancholy | sadness |
Craven | cowardly |
Tumult | confusion |
Adverb | describes a verb (describes the action) |
Pronoun | Takes the place of a noun (I, you, he, she, etc.) |
Abstract noun | a noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object (EX: freedom, anger, adulthood, generosity) |
Preposition | a word governing a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause. (EX: the man on the platform, the woman behind the curtain) |
Conjunctions | a word used to connect clauses or sentences (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) |
Fickle | inconsistent |
Blithe | happy |
Flushed | red |
Scorning | spurning |
Toil | continuous work |
Lair | hideout |
Scabbard | cover for blade of a sword |
Hilt | handle of a sword |
Complacent | eager to please |