8/19/24 Flashcards
(16 cards)
Chauvinistic, Chauvinist
She reports to her chauvinistic boss.
A person displaying excessive or prejudiced support for their own cause or group, in particular a man prejudiced against women.
Genre, Generic
You can’t mix two genres of artistry.
A category of artistic compistion, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, styles, or subject matter.
Iconoclastic
He has an iconoclast party, and it is legislative.
Characterized by attack on cherished beliefs or instuitions.
Pagination
The book was written with exact pagination.
The sequence of numbers assigned to pages in a book or periodical.
Diction
He had perfect diction.
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
Simile
He used many metaphors and similies in his work.
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of different kind, used to make a description more empathetic or vivid.
Immutable
The boy was very immutable when it came to his work.
Unable to change.
Mutable
The girl was very mutable.
Prone to change.
Ameliorate
The girl always helped the boy by ameliorating.
Make something bad, better.
Abstract
Love is an abstract thought.
Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
Protagonist
The main protagonist was very sweet.
The leading character or one of the main characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other literary works.
Antagonist
She was such an antagonist.
A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something
Inextricable
The knot was inextricable.
Impossible to disentangle or seperate.
Metaphor
In her poetry, she uses mostly metaphors.
A figure of speech in which a word or a phrase is applied to an object or action which is not literally applicable.
Naive, Naivete
The girl was naive enough to think that he had told her the truth.
Showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment
Contemporary, Contemporaneous
The contemporary historian helped record the festivities.
Existing or occuring at the same period of time.
