Vocab Flashcards
(15 cards)
chauvinistic, chauvinist
We need to fight the stereotypes and the groups CHAUVINISTIC passions.
displaying excessive or prejudiced support for one’s own cause or group, in particular showing male prejudice against women.
genre, generic
I really enjoy the action GENRE.
The book I read was very GENERIC and not very interesting.
a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
characteristic of or relating to a class or group of things; not specific.
iconoclastic
His plays were fairly ICONOCLASTIC in their day.
a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions.
pagination
The textbook was easy to read because of the PAGINATION.
Pagination, also known as paging, is the process of dividing a document into discrete pages, either electronic pages or printed pages.
diction
Clear DICTION is vital for a public speaker.
the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
simile
She was as quiet as a mouse.
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
immutable/mutable
It was an IMMUTABLE fact.
Fashion is very MUTABLE.
unchanging over time or unable to be changed.
liable to change.
ameliorate
The hotel standers need
make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
abstract
The other dream was a lot more ABSTRACT and involved.
Not concrete conceptual, ideal.
protagonist
My favorite character was the PROTAGONIST.
The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.
Antagonist
The ANTAGONIST in the movie was truly evil.
An opponent or enemy.
inextricable
The math problem was INEXTRICABLE.
Impossible to untie or disentangle/Impossible to solve.
Metaphor
She had a heart of gold.
The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it is not, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described
naïve, naivete
My brother is very NAIVE.
Lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity.
contemporary, contemporaneous
The play begins in a contemporary English living room.
From the same time period, coexistent in time.
