English end of year exam key terms Flashcards
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Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning
Inference
A logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Nefarious
Extremely wicked
Accomplice
a person who knowingly helps another commit a crime
Dexterous
Skillfull or adroit in the use of the hands or body
Confine
Keep or restrict someone/something within certain limits of space/scope/time-enclosed
Vile
Extremely unpleasant
Pernicious
Having a harmful effect,especially in a gradual or subtle way
Degradation
Treated less important/treated poorly
Notoriety
The state of being famous or well known for some bad quality or deed
Leniency
The fact or quality of being more merciful or tolerant than expected
Miser
A person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible
Covetous
Having a great desire to posses something belonging to someone else
Gait
A persons manner of walking
Avarice
Greed
Penitence
Regret
Antithesis(foil)
A person that is the direct opposite of someone else
Foreboding
A feeling that something bad will happen;fearful,apprehension
Dramatic irony
The audience knows something that the characters do not know
Stoic
Confident
Lament
Passionate expression of grieve
Anguish
Severe mental or physical pain or suffering
Semantic field
A set of words related in meaning
