HONORS ENG 10: Final Exam Vocabulary/Grammar Review

Obscure (definition)

to make not clear, vague, ambiguous

Cognitive (definition)

Having to do with the thinking process; how the brain processes information

Feigning (definition)

faking, pretending, putting on an appearance

manifest (definition)

To make ovious or apparent

Insidious (definition)

treacherous, deceitful, intending to trap

Convoluted (definition)

Rolled or twisted up

Ubiquitous (definition)

seen everywhere

Heretical (definition)

Belief or custom that is strongly divergent from the tradition/custom

Stolid (definition)

not easily moved, impassionate, unemotional

Cacophony (definition)

a harsh sound or collection of sounds

Imperceptible (defintion)

gradual, subtle, not able to be seen easily

Olfactory (definition)

relating to the senses

Objective (definition)

Without bias, not based on feelings/emotions

Sol (etymology definition)

Alone

Lumen (etymology definition)

light

De (etymology definition)

down, away from

Tion (etymology definition)

Act of/state of

Per (etymology definition)

to take/grasp

manus(etymology definition)

hand

phon (etymology definition)

sound

odi (etymology definition)

hate

Desolation to an adjective

desolate

Convolution to a verb

convolute

Imperceptibly to a noun

Imperception

Cacophony to an adjective

cacophonous

Odious to a noun

odiousness

heresy to an adjective

heretical

cognition to an adjective

cognitive

voracious to an adverb

voraciously

Suffuse (definition)

Overspread with, cover with

Subsuming (definition)

Taking into itself; taking over and absorbing into itself

Pithy (definition)

terse and to the point

aesthetic (definition)

relating to beauty

torrent (definition)

a violent or overwhelming flow

Voracious (definition)

Excessively eager or hungry for

A colon cannot follow….

A preposition or a verb

When there is extra, nonessential information about a subject…

include commas

Introductory prepositional phrases should be followed by…

commas

Items in a series that contain commas should be separated by…

semicolons

True or False?

Semicolons combine phrases that do not relate

False

Semicolons go between two independent clauses

The greeting of a formal letter should be followed by a…

colon

A comma should be used before a conjunction (and, or, but, no, for, yet) only when….

You have 2 complete sentences on either side of the conjunction

Writhe (definition)

to twist or squirm in pain

contemptible (definition)

worthy of disgust or hatred