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ELA unit 3 vocab 7th
| Term | Definition | sentence |
|---|---|---|
| permit | v. allow | He was permitted to leave his house |
| release | v. let go; set free | He was released from the prison |
| contact | v. to get in touch with; communication with | He is in contact with his parents. |
| covetous | adj. greedy and jealous | He is covetous towards money. |
| morose | adj. gloomy; ill-tempered | The morose man's wife is dead |
| resolute | adj. determined | The resolute man failed. |
| impossible | adj. disagreeable; unreasonable | It is an impossible task. |
| malcontent | n. person who is always unhappy | The rich malcontent died due to heartattack. |
| miser | n. a greedy person who keeps and refuses to spend money, even at the expense of self | The hungry miser starved to death. |
| parallel | adj. having the same direction or nature; simillar | We learned about parallel line in math. |
| altered | adj. changed | The move altered the whole game. |
| strive | v. make a great effort; try very hard | He strived for the cup. |
| dispelled | v. driven away; scattered | The dispelled pieces of his mind drove him mad. |
| earnest | adj. serious and heartfelt; not joking | His earnest response touched many people's heart. |
| infinitely | adv. enormously; remarkably | The infinitely large cheese is cheap. |
| achieve | v. to accomplish a specific goal | He achieved his childhood goals. |
| contribute | v. to add to or give something to help support a specific idea or reach a common purpose | He didn't contribute to the team. |
| emphasize | v. to give special importance to something when writing or speaking | Emphasize 'H' in 'Hello'. |
| impact | v. to have a strong effect on something or someone | The impact killed him. |
| reference | v. to mention or bring attention to | Give reference to the evidence you cite. |
| imagery | n. language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell) to help the reader image a text or to experience an event like the author | You should use imagery in your essay. |
| Simile | compares two things that are not alike using 'like' or 'as' | Life is like a box of chocolate. |
| Metaphor | compares two things that are not alike without using 'like' or 'as' | You are my sunshine. |
| Hyperbole | a exaggeration to drive in a point | It's so fluffy that I'm gonna die! |
| Personification | giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals or ideas | The moon was resting in the midnight sky. |
| Onomatopoeia | a sound written in word form | Wham! Boom! |
| Alliteration | when the same sound or letters appear in the beginning of a sentence/phrase | Fair is Foul, ad Foul is Fair |
| Allusion | a figure in speech in which a writer makes a reference to a famous story, person, object, or event | You're a regular Einstein! |
| credible | adj. able to cite | Use credible information in your essay. |
| relevant evidence | n facts, details, examples, etc. that supports the writer's reasoning | Using relevant information is very inportant. |
| prefix mal- | bad, ill, wrong | ex) malcontent- person who is always unhappy |
| prefix para- | beside, alongside | ex) parallel- having the same direction or nature; similar |
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