ELA words of the Day Flashcards

study (23 cards)

1
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Comuppance

A

deserved punishment of fate

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2
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Inaudible

A

unable to be heard

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3
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dismiss

A

order or allow to leave, send away

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4
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Transported

A

take or carry from one place to another

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5
Q

Unsubscribe

A

cancel a subscriptions

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6
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Predict

A

say or estimate that something will happen in the future

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7
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Remit

A

send money in payment or as gift, release from or forgive

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8
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Climax

A

turning point of a story

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9
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Unreliable Narrator

A

when a story’s narrator can’t be trusted

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10
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Curiosity

A

a strong desire to know or learn

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11
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Substence

A

food and drink regarded as a source of nourishment

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12
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Idiom

A

common phrase that can’t be understood by just looking at its words

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13
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Confuddled

A

state of extreme Confusion

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14
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Fortification

A

defensive walls to strengthen a place against attack

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15
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Beseech

A

ask urgently and fervently to do something

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16
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Insolence

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showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

17
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Encounter

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Unexpectedly experience or be faced with something different

18
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Ominous

A

giving the impression that something is bad

19
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Malice

A

the intention of doing something evil

20
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Offer

A

present something to someone

21
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Empathy

A

the ability to understand and share the felling’s of another

22
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Melancholy

A

a felling of intense sadness

23
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Foreboding

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Fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen.