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Unit 1: Growing Up — Vocabulary Flashcards

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Prose Definition

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Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure

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Rhythm Definition

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A repeated pattern of beats or accents

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Sound Devices Definition

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Techniques used to create rhythm and emphasize certain sound, including: alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, and repetition

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Assonance Definition

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The repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables

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Consonance Definition

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The repetition of constant sounds in stressed syllables

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Refrain Definition

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A repeated line or a stanza

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Infatuation Definition

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Passion for

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Denizens Definition

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Inhabitants

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Pensive Definition

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Dreamily; thoughtful

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Scull Definition

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Row

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Jaded Definition

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Made dull or cynical by experience

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Epitome Definition

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Ideal example

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Antipathy Definition

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Distaste

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Filial Definition

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Befitting of a son or daughter

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Surreptitiously Definition

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In a way intended to escape observation

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Greek prefix anti- Definition

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Against

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Greek root “pathos” Definition

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Feeling

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“-itic” Usage

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Added to a word to form an adjective

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“-ism” Usage

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Added to a word or word root to form a noun

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“-tion” Usage

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Used to form a noun

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“-able” Usage

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Used to form Adjectives, means “capable of” or “able to be”

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Pervaded Definition

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Spread through every part

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Bodice Definition

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The upper part of a dress

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Decipher Definition

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Decode, understand something puzzling

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Trammeled Definition
Confined or restrained
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Mollified Definition
Calmed; soothed
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Fatalism Definition
Belief that events are predetermined and humans are powerless to change them
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Presentiment Definition
Feeling that something is about to happen
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Invocation Definition
A calling upon a prayer
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Piqued Definition
Stirred up; aroused
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Farcical Definition
Silly; absurd
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Presumptuous Definition
Too bold; inappropriate
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Abomination Definition
Something worthy of disgust or hatred
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Perfunctory Definition
Superficial or routine
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Palpable Definition
Able to be felt
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Impertinence Definition
Irrelevance
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Psyche Definition
The soul or spirit
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“Psyche” and “Psych” are:
Greek Roots
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Stealthily Definition
Slowly and deliberately in secret
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Prohibitions Definition
Orders that forbid
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Annihilate Definition
Cause to cease to exist
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Virulent Definition
Extremely dangerous
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Propagates Definition
Continues or increases
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Insidiously Definition
Having a gradual and cumulative effect
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Mosque Definition
Islamic house of worship
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Relegated Definition
Assigned to a place of insignificance
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Infuriated Definition
Extremely angry
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Seething Definition
Suffering violent internal feelings
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“-ate” Usage
Used for verbs that show how something caused something else to be a certain way
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Rank Definition
Smelly or foul
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Sullenly Definition
Resentfully; sulkily
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Imminent Definition
About to happen
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Iridescent Definition
Shimmering and rainbow-like
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Vortex Definition
Whirlpool; eddy
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Serene Definition
Calm; peaceful
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Infallibility Definition
Inability to fail
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Unfurled Definition
Unwounded; open up
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Blighted Definition
Destroyed; ruined
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Entrails Definition
Inner organs of the body; guts
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Doggedness Definition
Stubbornness
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Reiterated Definition
Repeated
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Precariously Definition
Insecurely; perilously
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Careened Definition
Swerved; moved at a tilt
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Armada Definition
A line of moving things
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Solder Definition
Join; fuse
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Evanesced Definition
Faded; vanished
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Vermilion Definition
A bright red
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Heresy Definition
Action at odds with what seems right
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“-ent” Usage
Used at the end of adjectives
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“-ness” and “-ity” Usage
Appear at the end of nouns
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Swaggering Definition
Acting conceited or smug
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Quarried Definition
Excavated; dug up
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Insistent Definition
Not giving up; unrelenting
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Menacing Definition
Threatening
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Bleak Definition
Hopeless; Depressing
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Lithe Definition
Agile; graceful
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Prestigious Definition
Highly respected
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Impassive Definition
Unemotional or inexpressive
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“-ous” and “-ive” Usage
Used Frequently to form adjectives
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Characterization Definition
The ways in which a writer shapes the reader’s understanding of a character

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