Vocab Test 7 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Gossamer | Adj.- Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy |
Encumber | Verb- To weigh someone or something down with a physical or psychological burden |
Abide | Verb- To be able to live with, stand, or put up with |
Superficial | Adj.- Concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually |
Ardor | Noun- An intense kind of warmth and fervor most often associated with love; passion |
Satiate | Verb- To fill to satisfaction |
Inure | Verb- To get used to something difficult or unpleasant |
Countenance | 1. Noun- The appearance conveyed by a person's face 2. Verb- Consent to give permission |
Indefatigable | Adj.- Incapable of being tired out: not yielding to fatigue |
Providence | Noun- The foreseeing care and guidance of God |
Chimerical | Adj.- Wildly fanciful, highly unrealistic |
Galvanize | Verb- To stimulate to action |
Frame Narrative | The result of inserting one or more small stories within the body of a much larger story |
Rime | An opaque coating of tiny ice particles caused by the rapid freeing of super-cooled water droplets on impact with an object |
Denotation | The literal meaning of a word |
Connotation | The implied subtext of words |
Syntax | The basic rule for the way that words and phrases should be arranged in a sentence in order for it to make sense |
Lyrical Ballad | A type of poetry characterized by imaginative and beautiful stories narrated in stanzas |
Trope | A common or overused theme, device, or saying |
Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea |
Galvanism | Electricity produced by chemical action |
Epistolary Form | A novel told through the medium of letters |
Verisimilitude | The appearance of truth and actuality that suggests that works of fiction actually happened |
Dependent clause | A fragment alone, an unfinished thought, an incomplete sentence |
Independent clause | A group of words containing a subject and a verb and completes a thought |
Simple sentence | One independent clause |
Compound sentence | Two independent clauses |
Complex sentence | One independent and one dependent clause |
Compound- Complex Sentence | One dependent and two or more independent clauses |
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