English Flashcards 1St Semester Revew

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invalid

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too ill to live a normal life

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careen

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move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"

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infallibility

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the quality of never making an error

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precariously

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something placed insecurely!

like, remember how your pencil was placed on your desk precariously?

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heresy

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the formal denial or doubt of any defined doctrine of the church

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disarming

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capable of removing suspicion or hostility and inspiring confidence; "a disarming smile"

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amenity

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A feature that increases attractiveness or value, especially of a piece of real estate or a geographic location.

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affable

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diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"

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condone

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to excuse: excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"

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solicitously

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in a concerned and solicitous manner; "`Don't you feel well?' his mother asked solicitously"

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deplorable

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of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"

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imperative

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some duty that is essential and urgent

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zealous

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intensily devoted and inthusastic

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zealot

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a fanatically committed person

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elation

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a feeling of joy and pride

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distraught

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deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief"

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solace

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comfort or consolation

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vexation

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the feeling or source of annoyance

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adulation

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servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise

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ruinous

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catastrophic: extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin

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privation

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a state of loss extreme poverty

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exorbitant

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greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment ...

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poignantly

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affectingly: in a poignant or touching manner; "she spoke poignantly"

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stoicism

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an indifference to pleasure or pain

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bravado

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a swaggering show of courage

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impotent

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lacking power or ability

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degradation

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changing to a lower state (a less respected state)

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phrase

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A group of words not containing a subject and its verb (eg on the table, the girl in a red dress)

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independent clause

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Presents a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. For example, ‘When she looked through the microscope, she saw varamecia.’

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dependent clause

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A dependent clause (or subordinate clause) cannot stand alone as a sentence. In itself, a dependent clause does not express a complete thought

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fragment

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a group of words that is only part of a sentence and does not express a complete thought.

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coordinating conjunction

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F = for
A = and
N = nor
B = but
O = or
Y = yet
S = so

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subordinating conjunction

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A subordinating conjunction joins a subordinate clause to a main clause.

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compound sentence

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one sentence made up of two or more independent clauses, joined together by a comma and a conjunction.

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simple sentence

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A sentence with one subject and one predicate. Example: The flower is red.

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predicate

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Each sentence contains (or implies) two parts: a subject and a predicate. The predicate is what is said about the subject.

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complex sentence

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a sentence that contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

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compound complex sentence

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a sentence with at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses