List 1,5 Flashcards
(10 cards)
ameliorate
“the reform did much to ameliorate living standards”
To make better
Abstract
redo
existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
protagonist
“this is his second novel to feature a male protagonist”
the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
antagonist
The student thinks her teacher is her antagonist,
a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another
inextricable
“the past and the present are inextricable”
impossible to disentangle or separate.
metaphor
Metaphors are everywhere: He’s a couch potato.
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
naïve
“the rather naive young man had been totally misled”
(of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.
naivete
“his greatest fault was his political naïveté”
the quality of being naive; lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.
contemporary
“the event was recorded by a contemporary historian”
living or occurring at the same time.
contemporaneous
“Pythagoras was contemporaneous with Buddha”
existing, occurring, or beginning during the same time.
