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U3 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| subconcious | (adj) of or concerning the part of the mind of which one is not fully aware but which influences one's actions and feelings. (ex) Your subconcious mind controls most of what you do |
| suspicion | (n) A feeling of thought that something is possible, likely, or true. (ex) I have a suspicion that she's not telling the truth. |
| despised | (v) feel contempt or or a deep repugnace for. (ex) He despised himself for being such a coward. |
| deterioration | (n) the process of becoming progressively worse. (ex) There had been a worrying deterioration in her health. |
| introspective | (adj) characterized by or given to introspection. (ex) He's very introspective and hard to get to know. |
| regression | (n) A return to a former or less developed state. (ex) His mental state showed a marked regression recently. |
| competence | (n) The abillity to do something sucessfully or effeciently. (ex) The court has no competence to deal with this. |
| stagnate | (v) cease developing; become inactive or dull. (ex) Teaching can easily stagnate into a set of routines. |
| conduits | (n) channels for conveying water and other fluids. (ex) They're not content to simply be conduits anymore. |
| toil | (v) Work extremely hard or inecessantly (can be a noun). (ex) She began to toil up the cliff path. |
| strife | (n) angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues; conflict |
| blithe | (adj) happy or joyous. (ex) They seem to blithe about the issues. |
| sages | (n) profoundly wise men, especially ones who feature in ancient history or legend. (ex) According to legend, all the sages once gathered in the himalayas |
| lore | (n) a body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group typically passes from person to person by word of mouth. (ex) It has been the subject of lore and the object of cravings for centuries |
| meddling | (v) interfere in or busy oneself with something that is not one's concern. (ex) Stop meddling in my affairs! |
| barren | (adj) showing no results of achievements; unproductive. (ex) Still, it was strange to see the school empty, barren and no one in sight. |
| active voice | (n) the form a transitive verb takes when it expresses an action done by it's subject (subject + verb + object). (ex) Yhe dog chase the ball. |
| contribute | (v) to add or give something to help support a specific idea or reach a common purpose. |
| imply | (v) to strongly suggest something that is not expressly stated. (ex) I imply that that he does not do his work. |
| reinforce | (v) to strengthen or support an idea, usually with additional material. (ex) I reinforced my doors. |
| stanza | (n) A group of lines in a poem, often seperated by spaces, (the paragraph of a poem). (ex) Stanzas are in a poem. |
| alliteration | (n) When the same sound or letters appear at the beginning of words in a sentence/phrase. (ex) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. |
| allusion | (n) A figure of speech in which a writer makes a reference to a famous story, person, object, or event. (ex) The lyrics contained biblical allusions |
| hyperbole | (n) An exaggeration to drive in a point. (ex) I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. |
| metaphor | (n) comparing two things that are not alike without using like or as. (ex) Julliet is the sun. |
| personification | (n) Given human characteristics as to give inanimate objects, or ideas. (ex) The tree seemed as it grew legs and walked away. |
| simile | (n) comparing two things that are not alike using like or as. (ex) She is as tall as a giraffe. |
| symbolism | (n) using objects, characters, actions, events, etc. (symbols) to represent or signify something more profound or abstract than its literal existence. (ex) The old-fashioned symbolism of flowers. |
| suspense | (n) when the reader experiences uncertainty on how the plot will progress or what a character's motivation is. (ex) The author created suspense in the story. |
| foreshadowing | (n) a literary device where the author or speaker provides hints to later events/things that will happen in a narrative. (ex) The touchdown was foreshadowing the results for the game. |
| Latin Prefix -tion | turns a verb into a noun, the act of. A word that uses it is partition. It means the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts. (ex) The countries partitioned Africa in many different ways. |
| Latin Prefix sus-/ sub- | under or below. A word that uses this is substitute. It means a person or thing acting or serving in a place of others. (ex) Soy milk is used as a substitute for dairy milk |
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