English Finals Vocabulary

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Apathetic

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showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern

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Delude

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impose a misleading belief upon (someone); deceive; fool

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Toxic

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poisonous

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Ungainly

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awkward; clumsy

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Vulnerable

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susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm

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Derogatory

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showing a critical or disrespectful attitude

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Covet

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yearn to possess or have (something)

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Murky

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dark and gloomy, esp. due to thick mist

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Subside

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become less intense, violent, or severe

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Latitude

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the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes
(B)scope for freedom of action or thought

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placate

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make (someone) less angry or hostile

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docile

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ready to accept control or instruction; submissive

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capricious

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given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

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scrupulous

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diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details

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wary

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feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems

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perturbed

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make (someone) anxious or unsettled

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admonish

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warn or reprimand someone firmly

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admonition

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an act or action of admonishing; authoritative counsel or warning

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loath

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reluctant; unwilling

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toil

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work extremely hard or incessantly

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retort

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say something in answer to a remark or accusation, typically in a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive manner

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aspiration

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a hope or ambition of achieving something

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impetuous

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acting or done quickly and without thought or care

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acrid

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having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell

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impede

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delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder

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headlong

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in a rush; with reckless haste

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flourish

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grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way
wave (something) around to attract the attention of others
a bold or extravagant gesture or action, made esp. to attract the attention of others
a fanfare played by brass instruments

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recede

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go or move back or further away from a previous position

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verge

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an edge or border

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vigilant

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keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties

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tedium

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the state of being tedious

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pique

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a feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, esp. to one's pride
stimulate (interest or curiosity)

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exuberance

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filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement

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prostrate

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lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward.
lay oneself flat on the ground face downward, esp. in reverence or submission

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verges

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approach (something) closely; be close or similar to (something)

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abyss

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a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm

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orbit

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the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, esp. a periodic elliptical revolution.
a sphere of activity, interest, or application

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conjure

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make (something) appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere as if by magic

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overwhelm

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bury or drown beneath a huge mass
defeat completely

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ponderous

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slow and clumsy because of great weight

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clamber

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climb, move, or get in or out of something in an awkward and laborious way, typically using both hands and feet

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proficient

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competent or skilled in doing or using something

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straits

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a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water
used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty

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dismal

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depressing; dreary

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preposterous

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contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous

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pretentious

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attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed

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proximity

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nearness in space, time, or relationship

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flabbergast

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surprise (someone) greatly; astonish

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astute

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wise or having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage

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dilapidate

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cause (something) to fall into disrepair or ruin.

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Respite

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a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant

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Aspire

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direct one's hopes or ambitions toward achieving something

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Beseech

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ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something

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Impediment

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a hindrance or obstruction in doing something, geting in the way

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Irate

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feeling or characterized by great anger

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Assert

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state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully

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Assertion

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a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief

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Enlighten

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give (someone) greater knowledge and understanding about a subject or situation

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Plausible

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seeming reasonable or probable

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Allege

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claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof that this is the case

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Prospective

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expected or expecting to be something particular in the future

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Aloof

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not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant

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Abate

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become less intense or widespread

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Acknowledge

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accept or admit the existence or truth of
recognize the fact or importance or quality of

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Figment

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a thing that someone believes to be real but that exists only in their imagination

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Menial

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not requiring much skill and lacking prestige

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Smolder

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burn slowly with smoke but no flame

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Inundate

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flood

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Avert

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turn away (one's eyes or thoughts)
prevent or ward off

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Ultimate

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being or happening at the end of a process; final
the best achievable or imaginable of its kind

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Rupture

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break or burst suddenly

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Trifling

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unimportant or trivial

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Precise

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marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail

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Devastate

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destroy or ruin (something)
cause (someone) severe and overwhelming shock or grief

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Unwitting

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not aware of the full facts, unintentional

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Antagonize

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cause (someone) to become hostile

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Hovel

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a small, squalid, unpleasant, or simply constructed dwelling.

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Obnoxious

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extremely unpleasant

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Stringent

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strict, precise, and exacting

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Ensue

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happen or occur afterward or as a result

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Buoyant

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able or apt to stay afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas.
cheerful and optimistic

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Tedious

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too long, slow, or dull: tiresome or monotonous

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Unscathed

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without suffering any injury, damage, or harm

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Intrepid

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fearless; adventurous

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Repudiate

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refuse to accept or be associated with
deny the truth or validity of

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Concur

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be of the same opinion; agree

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Incentive

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a thing that motivates or encourages one to do something

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Apathy

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lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern

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Detriment

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the state of being harmed or damaged
a cause of harm or damage

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Irrelevant

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not connected with or relevant to something

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Devoid

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entirely lacking or free from

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Agitate

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make (someone) troubled or nervous
campaign to arouse public concern about an issue in the hope of prompting action

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Blatant

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done openly and unashamedly, obvious

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Impunity

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exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action

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verb

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action or state of being

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noun

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person, place, thing, or idea

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adjective

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describes a noun
can follow linking verbs—(predicate adjective)

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adverb

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describes a verb, adjective or adverb

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pronoun

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replaces a noun

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preposition

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A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition.

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conjunction

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joins clauses or sentences
or words
FANBOYS
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

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interjection

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a short exclamation

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conflicts

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Character vs character
Character vs society
Character vs. self= inner conflict
Character vs nature
Character vs. fate/G-d
Character vs technology

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Farbad

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Feelings and thoughts
Apperance
Reputation
Background information
Actions
Dialogue

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parts of a plot

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exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

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plot

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the main events in the story and when they take place

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protagonist

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main character

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antagonist

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the problem or villain in the story

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setting

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where and when the story takes place

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theme

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central message or insight into life found in a piece of work

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mood

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the general feeling the reader gets while reading the story

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personification

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something nonhuman that has a human attribute

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simile

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a comparison with like or as

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metaphor

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a comparison without like or as

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hyperbole

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an exaggeration

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idiom

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expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is comprehended in regard to a common use of that expression that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made

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poetry

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one of the three types of writing
narrative, lyric, free verse

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prose

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one of the three types of writing fiction and non fiction are subgenres, regular writing

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drama

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one of the three types of writing

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alliteration

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the same beginning sound of closely connected words

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assonance

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The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neighboring words

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consonance

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the repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession

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onomatopoeia

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a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes

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rhyme scheme

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which is the regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem. We show rhyme scheme by using letters for each new rhyme.

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couplets

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two rhyming lines

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round character

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A round character in literature is one who has been fully developed

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flat character

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a literary character whose personality can be defined by one or two traits and does not change in the course of the story

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irony

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the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

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foreshadow

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when the author hints to something that will happen later on in the story

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dynamic character

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in literature or drama, a character who undergoes a permanent change in outlook or character during the story

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static character

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a literary character who remains basically unchanged throughout a work

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imagery

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figurative description or illustration

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connotation

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the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes

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denotation

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the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression

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dialect

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regional speech

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dialogue

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conversation between two people

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flashback

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when the author tells about something that happened in the past

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motive

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reason a character acts the way he/she does

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gerund

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a verb in its -ing form as a noun

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infinitive

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to + verb = infinitive

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present participle

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The present participle is a participle that ends in ing

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participle

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participle is a word that shares some characteristics of both verbs and adjectives