Academic Vocabulary Flashcards
(10 cards)
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Exposition
POS: Noun
Definition: An explanation or description of background information in a narrative or other piece of literature
Sentence: Without exposition, most novels wouldn’t make any sense at all, as the reader would have no clue as to the events taking place in the story.
Etymology: e/ex-: out, -pos: to place
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Annotate
POS: Verb
Definition: To mark or point out intriguing content in a piece of literature
Sentence: As we annotated Barbara Demick’s Nothing To Envy, I focused on inferences that could be made from my observations.
Etymology: a/ad/an-: to/toward, -note: to mark
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Adjacent
POS: Adjective
Definition: Having a common endpoint or border
Sentence: In geometry, one of the most crucial postulates is that the measures of adjacent angles add up to 180 degrees.
Etymology: a/ad-: to/toward, -jacent: to throw
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Colleague
POS: Noun
Definition: A partner in a professional setting
Sentence: In Room B-19, students treat their peers as colleagues, creating a professional atmosphere as they work.
Etymology: co/con-: with, -league: to connect
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Excerpt
POS: Noun
Definition: A brief passage taken from a larger artistic piece
Sentence: The audition excerpt for Harvest Park’s top orchestra last year was taken from Mozart’s “Haffner”.
Etymology: e/ex-: out, -cerpt: to take/pluck
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Infer
POS: Verb
Definition: To make a guess based on evidence
Sentence: Using context clues from Barbara Demick’s Nothing To Envy, I inferred that North Korea’s “Workers’ Party” was an alias for the North Korean government.
Etymology: in-: in/within, -fer: to carry
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Genre
POS: Noun
Definition: A classification of art identified by its style
Sentence: Stephen Hawking primarily wrote in the genre of popular science.
Etymology: gen-/gener-: make/kind
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Explicit
POS: Adjective
Definition: Clearly stated in speech or writing
Sentence: Changes to their property cannot be made without their explicit consent.
Etymology: e-/ex-: out, -plicit: to fold
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Implicit
POS: Adjective
Definition: Understood though not stated
Sentence: The school has many implicit rules, such as “No cars in the bathroom.”
Etymology: i-/im-: in/within, -plicit: to fold
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Etymology
POS: Noun
Defintion: The study of the history of words
Sentence: This year, in Mr. Scarborough’s class, we will be studying the etymologies as well as definitions of words.
Etymology: etym-: true/real, ology-: words/study
