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amarlow English 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aperture | An opening |
| Preclude | To make impossible |
| Subside | To decrease in amount |
| Immolation | Death or destruction |
| Termination | To End |
| Repose | To lie dead, or at rest |
| Abscond | To go away suddenly, or secretly |
| Impunity | Freedom from penalty, or harm |
| Irony | Refers to to the contrast between appearance and reality. A technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated. |
| Dramatic Irony | Occurs when readers know more about the situation in the story then a character does |
| Verbal Irony | When a character states one thing but means another |
| Setting | The time and place of the story's action |
| Mood | The atmosphere the author creates |
| Imagery | Descriptive words that recreate sensory experiences |
| Suspense | the growing interest and excitement felt while awaiting a climax or resolution,or being undecided or undetermined |
| Coat Of Arms | An arrangement of bearings, usually depicted on and around a shield, that indicates ancestry and distinctions |
| Quarry | The object of a hunt or a place where building stone, marble, or slate is excavated |
| Tangible | that can be touched or felt by touch, having actual form and substance or that can be understood |
| Inferior | lower in space, placed lower down low or lower in order, status, rank. or lower in quality. designating of planets between the earth and the sun |
| Condone | To overlook, or disregard an offense |
| Plot | Arrangement of events in a story. A conspiracy or idea against something. A piece of land. |
| Imperative | absolutely necessary or urgent. Having a leading nature or power. |
| Uncanny | Remarkable,outstanding or illustrious |
| Conflict | Struggle between two opposing forces or people. Emotional disturbance resulting from a clash of opposing impulses. Disagreement or argument |
| Scruple | Moral Uneasiness or high ethical standards.A very small quantity |
| Zealous | Intensely enthusiastic, devoted to a purpose, fervent |
| Foreshadow | To indicate or suggest beforehand |
| Prospects | Chances or opportunities |
| Incessantly | Continually, constantly, monotonously, or perpetually |
| Pauper | One who is extremely poor or is on tax-supported charity |
| Agahst | Struck by shock, horror, extreme terror or amazement |
| Gamut | An entire range or series |
| Askew | Crooked or slanted |
| Paste | Imitation or fake gems. To fasten or stick with. A mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like |
| paste | imatation |
| paste | Monetary unit in France in the 1800s |
| Character | To portray or describe. The combination of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.a part or role |
| Dynamic Character | Character that changes due to actions |
| Static Character | Character that doesn't change in the story |
| Pen Name | A false name used by an author |
| Paddy | A flooded field that grows rice |
| Stealth | Secret. Secret actions or movement. Not openly acknowledged. Cunning or underhand procedure. |
| Pretended | Fictitious, or counterfeit. |
| Fecund | Producing or capable of producing offspring. Producing much growth. Very productive or creative intellectually. Fertile, not barren. |
| Diffuse | To pour out and spread. Unfocused. To interpenetrate.to undergo or cause to undergo diffusion. Botany (of plant growth) occurring throughout a tissue |
| Skirted | to avoid or go around the outside of |
| Courage | To nerve oneself to perform an action. To act on one's beliefs |
Created by:
aaron marlow
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