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Connexus 8: Language Arts > Unit 1: Growing Up — Vocabulary > Flashcards

Unit 1: Growing Up — Vocabulary Flashcards

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Prose Definition

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Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure

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Rhythm Definition

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A repeated pattern of beats or accents

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Sound Devices Definition

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Techniques used to create rhythm and emphasize certain sound, including: alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, and repetition

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Assonance Definition

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The repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables

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Consonance Definition

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The repetition of constant sounds in stressed syllables

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Refrain Definition

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A repeated line or a stanza

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Infatuation Definition

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Passion for

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Denizens Definition

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Inhabitants

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Pensive Definition

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Dreamily; thoughtful

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Scull Definition

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Row

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Jaded Definition

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Made dull or cynical by experience

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Epitome Definition

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Ideal example

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Antipathy Definition

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Distaste

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Filial Definition

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Befitting of a son or daughter

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Surreptitiously Definition

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In a way intended to escape observation

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Greek prefix anti- Definition

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Against

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Greek root “pathos” Definition

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Feeling

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“-itic” Usage

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Added to a word to form an adjective

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“-ism” Usage

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Added to a word or word root to form a noun

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“-tion” Usage

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Used to form a noun

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“-able” Usage

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Used to form Adjectives, means “capable of” or “able to be”

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Pervaded Definition

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Spread through every part

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Bodice Definition

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The upper part of a dress

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Decipher Definition

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Decode, understand something puzzling

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Trammeled Definition

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Confined or restrained

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Mollified Definition

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Calmed; soothed

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Fatalism Definition

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Belief that events are predetermined and humans are powerless to change them

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Presentiment Definition

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Feeling that something is about to happen

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Invocation Definition

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A calling upon a prayer

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Piqued Definition

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Stirred up; aroused

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Farcical Definition

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Silly; absurd

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Presumptuous Definition

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Too bold; inappropriate

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Abomination Definition

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Something worthy of disgust or hatred

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Perfunctory Definition

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Superficial or routine

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Palpable Definition

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Able to be felt

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Impertinence Definition

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Irrelevance

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Psyche Definition

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The soul or spirit

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“Psyche” and “Psych” are:

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Greek Roots

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Stealthily Definition

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Slowly and deliberately in secret

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Prohibitions Definition

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Orders that forbid

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Annihilate Definition

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Cause to cease to exist

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Virulent Definition

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Extremely dangerous

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Propagates Definition

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Continues or increases

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Insidiously Definition

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Having a gradual and cumulative effect

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Mosque Definition

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Islamic house of worship

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Relegated Definition

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Assigned to a place of insignificance

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Infuriated Definition

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Extremely angry

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Seething Definition

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Suffering violent internal feelings

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“-ate” Usage

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Used for verbs that show how something caused something else to be a certain way

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Rank Definition

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Smelly or foul

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Sullenly Definition

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Resentfully; sulkily

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Imminent Definition

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About to happen

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Iridescent Definition

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Shimmering and rainbow-like

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Vortex Definition

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Whirlpool; eddy

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Serene Definition

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Calm; peaceful

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Infallibility Definition

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Inability to fail

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Unfurled Definition

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Unwounded; open up

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Blighted Definition

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Destroyed; ruined

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Entrails Definition

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Inner organs of the body; guts

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Doggedness Definition

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Stubbornness

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Reiterated Definition

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Repeated

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Precariously Definition

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Insecurely; perilously

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Careened Definition

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Swerved; moved at a tilt

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Armada Definition

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A line of moving things

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Solder Definition

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Join; fuse

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Evanesced Definition

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Faded; vanished

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Vermilion Definition

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A bright red

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Heresy Definition

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Action at odds with what seems right

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“-ent” Usage

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Used at the end of adjectives

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“-ness” and “-ity” Usage

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Appear at the end of nouns

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Swaggering Definition

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Acting conceited or smug

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Quarried Definition

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Excavated; dug up

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Insistent Definition

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Not giving up; unrelenting

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Menacing Definition

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Threatening

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Bleak Definition

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Hopeless; Depressing

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Lithe Definition

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Agile; graceful

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Prestigious Definition

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Highly respected

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Impassive Definition

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Unemotional or inexpressive

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“-ous” and “-ive” Usage

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Used Frequently to form adjectives

80
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Characterization Definition

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The ways in which a writer shapes the reader’s understanding of a character

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