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85 Cards in this Set
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Compare |
Discovering how two people or items are alike |
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Contrast |
Discovering how to people or items are different |
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Bulwark |
A wall like structure built for protection - sometimes a shelter or harbor |
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Speculatively |
Used in an inconclusive way based on guess or conjecture |
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Poultice |
A warm moist preparation placed on an aching or inflamed part of the body to relive pain or inflammation |
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Literary analysis |
Taking a deeper look at one aspect of the book and writing on that aspect |
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Incandescence |
Light produced from and object being heated to a high temperature |
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Judicious |
Showing wisdom and good sense |
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hummock |
A small hill or a mound of dirt |
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mirage |
An optical illusion |
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Disparagement |
The act of negative criticism that causes a person to lose esteem |
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magnify |
To make things look bigger |
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magnitude |
The great size or extent of something |
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Magnanimous |
Very generous or forgiving; being the “bigger person” |
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Magnate |
Powerful or influential person |
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Subjugation |
Bringing a small nation or people under the control of another |
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Semblance |
A small amount of something |
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Dissembling |
Creation or adoption of a glass appearance so as to solicit a false impression |
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Precipitated |
Caused, brought on, hastened |
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Transfigured |
Drastically changed appearance, exalted, glorified |
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Transfigured furtive |
Drastically changed appearance; exalted, glorified |
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Furtive |
Secretive, stealth, surreptitious |
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Lucent |
Light |
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Benediction |
A blessing, especially at the end of a worship service |
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Cozened |
Deceived, cheated |
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Countenanced |
Approved, condoned |
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Lethargy |
Sluggish, indifferent |
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Stalwart |
Sturdy; having physical strength |
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Intramural |
Carried on within a school |
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Intravenous |
Within or administered into a vein |
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Intrastate |
Existing within the boundaries of a state |
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Noun |
People, places, things, or ideas |
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Pronoun |
Words that take the place of nouns such as I, you, he, she, they, it, which, who |
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Verb |
A word to show action or a state of being |
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Adjective |
A word used to describe noun or pronouns |
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Articles |
“A, an , the” - considered adjectives |
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Adverb |
Words that describe the verb and tell how or when something happened; usually end in the letters “ly” |
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Preposition interjext |
Words like “in, out, around, between” that are followed usually by an areticke ans a noun |
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Interjection |
A word like “oh” or “stop” that is followed by and exclamation point |
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Conjunction |
A word that is used to link words, phrases, clauses such as “and, or , but” |
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Conjunctive adverb |
A word like “however” or “although” that usually comes after a semicolon |
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Indirect object |
The recipient of the action shown by the verb and its direct object |
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Direct object |
The word or phrase in a sentence that indicates something is directly affected by the action of the verb such as “dinner” in “I made dinner “ |
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Gerund |
A verbal that ends in “ing” and functions as a noun |
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Participle |
A verbal that ends in “ed” or “ing” that functions as an adjective |
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Infinitive |
A verbal that begins with the word “to” and is followed by a verb |
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Fathom |
Length equal to 6 ft |
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Gaunt |
Extremely thin |
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Phosphorescent |
Glowing in the dark |
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Erosions |
Crevices that have been worn by water or slides |
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Gaffe |
Hook with a handle |
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Furled |
Wrapped around, curled, or folded |
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Carapaced |
Shielded or sheltered |
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Benevolent |
Kindly and good |
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Gelatinousb |
Jelly - like |
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Iridescent |
Shifting colors like in bubbles |
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Skiff |
A small, flat bottomed boat |
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Tiller |
A bar or handle for turning a boats rudder |
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Stream of consciousness |
A type of writing that involves putting thoughts down as they drift into the mind |
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Bodega |
Spanish word for Grocery store |
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Denticles |
Rough scales on a sharks skin |
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Expatriate |
A person who lives in a different country from where their citizenship is |
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Malignancy |
Cancer , hatred |
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Involuntary |
Done against your own will |
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Dispersed |
To break up and scatter |
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Camaraderie |
A sense of companionship and identification with another |
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Humility |
A lack of arrogance or false pride |
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Stern |
The rear of the ship |
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Subdue |
Put down by force or intimidation |
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Relic |
Something or sentimental value |
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Ineffectual |
Producing no result |
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Plankton |
Aggregate of small organisms |
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Filament |
Small, threadlike structures |
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Contempt |
A lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike |
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Myriad |
A large, indefinite number |
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Longitudinally |
In the direction of length |
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Conjunctive adverb |
Parts of the speech that are used to connect one clause to another. They are also used to show sequence, contrast, cause and effect, and other relationships |
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Phrase |
A small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, does not contain both a subject and a verb |
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Clause |
A unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and a predicate |
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Dependent clause |
A dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb. It does not express a complete thought so it’s not a sentence and can’t stand alone |
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Independent clause |
A group of words that can stand alone as a sentence. It has a subject and a verb and forms a complete thought |
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Comma splice |
Joining together two independent clauses with just a comma (instead of a colon, semicolon, or conjunction) |
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Simple sentence |
A single independent clause without any dependent clauses |
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Compound sentence |
Two or more independent clauses with no subordinate clauses. They are usually linked with a comma and a coordinating conjunction or with a semi-colon |
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Compound-complex sentence |
Two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause |
