English Final (vocab)

ardent

emotionally intense; passionate

cower

to curl up in fear

devious

evasive and deceitful

doggerel

crude, comical, or inferior verse

imp

a mischievous person or creature

invalid

someone who is incapacitated due to injury or illness (or could be “not officially valid”)

multifarious

having great variety

munificent

very generous in giving

oracle

a wise person thought to be able to predict the future

posterity

all future generations or descendants

pretentious

showing excessive or unjustified

procure

to acquire through special effort

resilient

able to recover quickly

rivulet

a small stream or a brook

thwart

to prevent something from happening

atrophy

to waste away or deteriorate due to disease or disuse

capsize

to overturn or cause to overturn

dearth

a lack or scarcity

disdain

a feeling of strong disrespect and dislike (to regard with arrogant contempt

embezzle

to steal property one has been entrusted to protected

inept

lacking grace, skill, or judgement; incompetent

iota

a tiny amount

omnipotent

having unlimited power

piecemeal

built-in small stages; made one piece at a time (in stages; one piece at a time)

precipice

a very steep cliff

prostrate

lying face down (to lie to cause to lie face down)

relic

an old object or historic or religious significance

staunch

dedicated; steadfast; loyal

sumptuous

of great luxury, expense, and quantity; luxurious

unscathed

not harmed or injured

adverb

a word which modifies (describes) a verb.

adjective

a word which modifies(describes) a noun.

simile

comparing two dissimilar things using “like” or “as”

metaphor

comparing two dissimilar things without using “like” or “as”

prepositional phrase

a sentence beginning with a direction word

personification

to give human qualities to objects or nonhuman beings

theme

the subject or topic of a written work

alliteration

the repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence

rhyme

more than one word that has the same ending sound.

onomatopoeia

a word whose sound suggests its meaning

sense

five senses included

emotion

intense feeling such as love, hate, despair, or sorrow

hyperbole

an exaggeration of an idea or situation

symbolism

when an object or animal represents and idea

repitition

the repeating of a word or phrase throughout a poem

setting

the time and place in which a poem occurs

assonance

the repetition of vowel sounds in two, three, or more words.

stanza

each paragraph in poetry is called a stanza

mood

the overall tone of the poem; scary, happy, dark, light…

imagery

using language to create vivid word pictures. Imagery is economical. With a few words, a poet helps you see more vividly and intensely than before.