Invincible
unable to be conquered
Petulant
Irritable or short-tempered
Impetus
That which drives one; momentum
Provincial
limited in knowledge of the world; narrow-minded
Impetuous
Acting passionately and without forethought
Deduce
to lead toward some action
Fractious
Tending to argue or cause discord
Remiss
failing to fulfill one's duty; negligent
Compunction
a feeling of regret or remorse
Compel
To force or strongly persuade; coerce
Epitome
The best or most typical example
Incisive
Sharply cutting; direct and powerful
Punctilious
Paying strict attention to detail; extremely careful
Dismissive
Showing little regard; scornful
Perspicacious
wise; insightful; acutely intelligent
Comportment
the manner in which one acts or behaves
Proliferate
To increase greatly in number; multiply
Diaphanous
lightweight and transparent
Impervious
Unable to be affected
Abject
Lowly, miserable and wretched
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Envisage
to imagine; to conceive of
Visage
the face; a facial expression
Retrospective
Looking backward over a period of time
Verb
An Action or State; (to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must.
Ex: English is a terrible class. ; I hate English class
Noun
A Person, Place, Thing; pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John
Ex: English is miserable.
Adjective
Describes (modifies) a noun; good, big red, well, interesting.
Ex: English is miserable ; English is a terrible class.
Adverb
Describes (modifies) a verb, adjective, or another adverb; quickly silently, well, badly, very, really.
Ex: My patience wears quickly (Quickly modifies Wears [V.])
When I am very bored, I tire really easily (Very modifies bored [Adj.], Really modifies easily [Adv.], Easily modifies tire [V.])
Pronoun
Replaces a noun; I, you, he, she, it, we, they, some.
Ex: Owen is in English. He is sleeping.
Preposition
Links a noun to another word, tells where or when but is not crucial to a sentence; to, at, after, on, but.
Ex: We have our lame english midterm in there. (W/O Prep. Phrase: We have our lame english midterm, sentence functions the same)
Conjunction
Joins clauses, sentences, or words (FANBOYS: For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).
Ex: I hate English class but I like Spanish class. I hate our English and Spanish midterms, I hate midterms and finals.
Subject-Verb Agreement
Singular Subject → Singular verb (s/es)
Plural Subject (s) → Plural verb (were, are, have,)
‘YOU’ is a Plural Subject → It takes a singular verb
Each, neither, every (s.) → Plural Verb (were, do, are, have)
Ex: The boy sleeps during english; the boys sleep during english
Transitive
Needs a Direct object to answer the question ‘whom or what’
Ex: We take the midterm (whom or what do we take, we take midterms)
Intransitive
Cannot have a direct object, or is preceded with a linking verb, replace the verb with ‘=’
Ex: I Snore (No direct object)
I am sleeping (replace am with ‘=’, I = sleeping)
Singular pronouns with singular antecedents
Ex: Henry was going to go to the mall with his friends.
Each student completes (their/his or her) boring work.
(His or Her, each is singular, their is plural)
When in doubt, separate sentence ○
Reginald and (he/him)put new tires on the tractor ○ (He/him) put new tires on the tractor.
Antecedent
The name/person the pronoun replaces the name of.
Make sure pronoun fits antecedent (gender, plural/singular)
Comparative
Words used to compare; Cooler, Better, Fitter
Superlative
The most or least + Best, coolest, fittest
Base
Infinitive of the word; Cool, fit