Vocabulary List - Week 1

Front 1

1. to pronounce or mark with an accent or stress
2. to emphasize; heighten the effect of.

Back 1

accentuate

Front 2

repetition of an initial sound, usually of a consonant or cluster, in two or more words of a phrase, line of poetry, etc.

Back 2

alliteration

Front 3

1. similarity in some respects between things otherwise unlike, partial resemblance
2. the likening of one thing to another on the basis of some similarity between the two

Back 3

analogy

Front 4

a specialized protein produced by certain lymphocytes, exp. in responce to the presence of an antigen, to neutralize, thus creating immunity to, specific antigens; immunoglobulin

Back 4

antibody

Front 5

to be ambitious; yearn or seek

Back 5

aspire

Front 6

1. to deceive or cheat by trickery; dupe
2. to confuse or puzzle

Back 6

bamboozle

Front 7

1. bery odd in manner, appearance, etc.; grotesque
2. marked by extreme contrasts and incongruities of color, design, or style

Back 7

bizarre

Front 8

1. rough and stormy; turbulent
2 a) noisy and unruly; rowdy b) noisy and lively; loud and exuberant

Back 8

boisterous

Front 9

to join together in refusing to deal with, so as to punish, coerce, etc.

Back 9

boycott

Front 10

the disguising of troops, ships, guns, etc. to conceal them from the enemy, as by the use of paint, nets, or leaves in patterns merging with the background

Back 10

camouflage