English/SAT vocab
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- throng
- a crowd; lots of people
- edifice
- a big building, or abstract structure.
- venerable
- old (religioused)
- evanescent
- transient, vanish, like vapor.
- ignominy
- (deep) disgrace, humiliation,or action
- brazen
- made of brass, bold, defiance
- contrive
- devise, plan, manage
- abate
- nullify, put an end to, moderate, deduct, omit
- visage
- face, appearance, aspect
- behoove
- to be necessary, proper
- exhort
- urge (strongly), urgent, yearn
- fervor
- passion, intense feeling
- rebuke
- reprimand, criticize sharply, disapproval
- thatched
- to cover with thatch
- voluptuous
- full of delight, luxurious, sensuous
- pomp
- splendor, ceremonial, festival display
- ensue
- pursue, follow
- relinquish
- withdraw, release, yield, give up
- profane
- to treat with abuse, /secular, unsanctified, irreverent
- snare
- trap, ensnare, entangled, capture
- scrupulous
- principled
- emaciated
- to become thin
- despondent
- sadness
- entreaty
- plea
- inimical
- hostile
- somniferous
- inducing sleep
- abhorrence
- hatred
- veneration
- reverence, respect
- discern
- discover, to make aware
- somnambulism
- sleep walking
- scourge
- punish
- reverberate
- repeat
- labyrinth
- maze
- awry
- askew, amiss
- upbraid
- scold, reproach severely, criticizes severely
- capricious
- unpredictable, impulsive, inconstant
- penitent
- feeling/expressing humble or regretful pain
- apostle
- missionary, one of the disciples
- impiety
- impious, irreverence
- contiguous
- adjacent, being in actual contact, near initial sequence
- eminence
- position of prominence or superiority
- erratic
- wandering, nomadic, eccentric, strangle
- ethereal
- celestial, spiritual, immaterial, intangible, resembling an ether
- affluent
- rich, flowing abundance
- transcendent
- surpassing, comprehension
- oblique
- inclined, indirect, obscure
- asceticism
- practic, self denial, severe
- ramparts
- protective barrier, ridge of debris
- anomaly
- irregularity, not easily identified
- cursory
- hasty, superficial
- altruistic
- unselfish, self-sacrificing
- indolent
- causing little/no pain, slow, lazy
- perfunctory
- routine/superficiality, mechanical
- bourgeois
- capitalistic, middle class
- garrulous
- prosy, rambling, annoying, wordy, talkative
- itinerant
- traveling from place to place
- turgid
- swollen, pompous
- anachronistic
- error in chronology
- indelible
- lasting, unforgettable, memorable
- hubris
- exaggerated pride/self-confidence
- forage
- search for food
- ephemeral
- lasting, one day, very short
- nom de plume
- pen name
- tenacious
- cohesive, reactive, strong
- irreparable
- not reparable, irremendable
- bereavement
- state or fact of loss, taken away
- fatuous
- silly, foolish, simple
- metastasized
- to spread by or as if by (change position, state or form, growth)
- repugnance
- strong dislike, distaste
- gaunt
- excessively thin, barren, desolate, lean
- lethargy
- abnormal drowsiness, lazy, indifference
- gait
- manner of movement
- sublime
- solid -> air. elate, exalt, convert to higher worth
- euphoria
- feeling of well being, or elation
- venom
- poison (from an animal), malice, evil
- undulating
- to move in a wavelike motion, appearance, or form
- deftly
- skillful, adroit
- gilded
- to overlay with or as if with gold, to make bloody
- bereft
- deprived of the possession or use of something, lacking something needed or wanted or expected
- barnacles
- covered with crustacean
- surreptitiously
- done, make, or acquired by stealth, secret.
- anoint
- to smear or rub with oil; a sacred rite
- desolate
- deserted, alone, dilapidated, barren
- conflagration
- fire, conflict, war
- rambunctious
- unruly
- renegade
- deserted from faint, cause, or allegiance to to another
- pilfering
- steal (small, stealth, repeated)
- benefactor
- confers benefit
- chastise
- punish (as in whipping)
- calamity
- state of deep distress caused by loss- or an event.
- cowered
- shrink away from menace, domineer, dismay.
- sedition
- secede, issue-incitement or resistance
- rapt
- lifted up and carried away, enraptured, engrossed
- tethered
- to fasten or restrain by or as if by a tether.
- privy
- like a toilet, private, secret
- feigned
- pretend, invent, conceal, fictitious
- levity
- changeableness, lack of steadiness (excess)
- elation
- elated, pathological euphoria
- epigram
- concise poem, pointedly (satire) ending with an ingenious turn of though, paradoxical
- supercilious
- haughty, proud
- buoyed
- support, uplift, float
- complacency
- self-satisfaction accompanied unaware of dangers
- libel
- written statement, plaintiff attacks, discredit
- peremptory
- haughty, masterful
- intimation
- announce, hint suggest
- incredulous
- incredible, skeptical
- permeate
- to spread, pass through
- credulity
- readiness or willingness to believe on little evidence
- impetuous
- marked by (passion, force, violence)
- echolalia
- pathological repetition of others, like echoing.
- convivial
- relating/occupied with feast, drink, and/or good company
- inept
- unfit, awkward, foolish
- tumultuous
- violent, overwhelming turbulence, commotion, riot
- apparition
- phenomenon, an appearance
- benediction
- blessing (i.e. concluding a worship service), something promoting goodness or well-being
- demoniac
- fiendish, possessed or influenced by demon
- vestige
- footprint, trace
- pompadour
-
hairdressing:
men: high mound in front in a roll
women: loose, full roll around face - ineffable
- taboo, not to be uttered, indescribable
- incarnation
- concrete from of concept, a version
- harrowing
- pillage, plunder, torment, vex
- alighted
- dismounted, deplane, land, settle, to come by
- inquest
- inquiry, investigation
- redolent
- aromatic, scented, evocative, suggestive
- scrawl
- to write or draw awkwardly or carelessly
- elude
- evade, defy, escape
- syntax
-
the grammatical structure of prose and poetry.
the way something is worded. - diction
- the author's choice of words that creates tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning.
- tone
- the author's attitude toward his subject
- anecdote
- a story or brief episode told by the writer or a character to illustrate a point.
- direct address
- when the author acknowledges the audience and includes them in his speech.
- allusion
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a reference contained in a work.
i.e. historical allusion, literary allusion, etc. - rhetorical question
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one that does not expect an explicit answer. It is used to pose an idea to be considered by the speaker or audience.
question posed for dramatic effect. - confirmatio: ethos, pathos, logos
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appeals to:
ethos: 'ethics', moral judgment
pathos: 'pathetic', emotion
logos: 'logic', reason - antecedent
- the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers.
- passive voice
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something ms. decker doesnt like x_x
i.e. bad examples:
'are arrested'
'is accused'
'is depicted'
'were caught' - appositive
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quick descriptions of a noun.
we used them to combine short choppy sentences into clearer writing.
'The house has an amazing kitchen and bathrooms. It was renovated last year.'
instead:
'The house, renovated last year, has an amazing kitchen and bathrooms.' - euphemism
-
a more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable.
also often used to obscure the reality of a situation. - personification
- the assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts
- analogy
-
a literary device employed to serve as a basis for comparison. It is assumed that what applies to the parallel situation also applies to the original circumstance. in other words, it is the comparison between two different items.
(usually using 'like' or 'as') - parallelism
- repetition of like structures.
- paradox
- a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true
- hyperbole
- extreme exaggeration, often humorous, it can also be ironic; the opposite of understatement.