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Short Story Vocabulary Flashcards

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Incessant/ incessantly

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Non stop, without ending (adjective)
Incessantly- adverb
Synonyms: endless constant [Chinese water torture uses incessant water drops]

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Finesse

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Skill and cleverness shown by how someone handles a situation
Synonyms: refinement, delicacy
“She has finesse”

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Odious

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adjective: describes something deserving hatred
Example: Rasism is odious
Synonyms: abominable, detestable, despicable

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Nocturnal

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adjective: descrives something that is active at night
Example: owls,bats, and vampires are nocturnal

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Palpable

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Able to be felt (emotionaly)

Synonyms: perceptible

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Tangible

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describes something that has a substance or reality
(capable of being touched or pricely indentifed)
Synonyms: palpable, touchable, real

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Disarming

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describes something that removes feelings or unfriendlyness or miss trust.
synonyms: endearing or sweet

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Analytical

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describes somene or something that is skilled in breaking a while into its parts and examing its relationship
synonyms: skillful

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Frutile

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describes something that has no result or effect

synonyms: fruitless ineffective

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Condone

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to forgive over look or allow an offesnse

synonyms: disregaurd

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Analyze

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to break something down

Synonyms: disect

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Preclude

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verb- to prevent or make impossible beforehand
Adam greeenberg suffered a head injury in his first major league baseball game which PRECLUDED him from having a successful career
Synonmys- prevent

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Avenge

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to get revenge by punishing the wrongdoer
Synonyms- retaliate, redress
The brothers vowed to AVENGE the death of their father
They avenge their father by capturing the killer.
Avenger- (noun) someone who avenges a wrong
Example- The Avengers fight criminals

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Retribution

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(noun) punishment for doing something wrong

Synonyms- payback
Jakes’s car had been toed in the accident, and he wanted RETRIBUTION so he took the other driver to court

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Connoisseur

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(noun) a person who has a high level of knowledge or skill field
She goes to a different expensive resturnat each weekend because she is CONNOISSEUR OF fine food

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Accost

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(verb) to approach and speak to in challanging or aggressive way
He was ACCOSTED by three gang members on the subway

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murmur

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(noun) a soft indistinct sound

(verb) to speak in a low tone or soft tone

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annihilate

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(verb) to destory completely (oblitevate)

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expendable

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(adj)designed to be used once then abonded or destory

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correlate

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(verb) have a mutual relationship or connection which one thing depends on another; coordinate, match

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Paradox

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(noun) something such as a situation that is made up by two things that seems impossible but it actualy possible (wise fool)

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delirium

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(noun) sudden severe confusion

(adj) delirious

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resilient

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(adj) able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending,able to become strong or successful after something bad

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Undulate

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(verb) to move in a smooth, wave like: mann

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Stangnant

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(adj) describes someting that is not flowing or moving still (water)

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revoke

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(verb) to cancel the power or effect of something (like a law or agreement)

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recalcitrant

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adj; stubbly refusing to obey rules or orders

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supposition

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noun; an idea or theory that one believes is true

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clamorous

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adj; full of bad noise

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abashed

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adj; embarresed

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despondent

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adj; very sad without hope

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concur

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verb: to agree

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barrage

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noun; a great amount of something that comes quick and continuously

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plod

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verb; to walk slowly with heavy steps

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ostentatious

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noun; excitedly showing displaying wealth, knowledge, in a way that is meant to attract attention or jealousy

Brittany De Jesus- English 9 (2 decks)

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