English 4 Holz: Final Vacob Test Key: 30 Words

Mirthful

Someone or something full of joy or laughter

Sanguine

Cheerful and optimistic especially in difficult situations

Proud

Showing pride or enjoyment for something happening

Boisterous

Noisy and energetic, often unruly

Festive

A joyful and celebratory atmosphere or attitude

Nostalgic

A bittersweet and sentimental longing for the past

Inflammatory

Speech or text intended to arouse angry or violent feelings

Depressed

A mood disorder causing persistent sadness and low energy

Exacerbated

Making a problem or bad situation worse

Critical

Expressing adverse judgements, creating analysis

Condemnatory

To express strong disapproval or blame

Exasperated

Intensely irritated and frustrated

Objective

Something not influenced by personal feelings or opinions

Factual

Describes something that is real and based on evidence

Questioning

A process of asking or wondering something

Reminiscent

Tending to remind someone of something

Cultural

Refers to the shared behaviors, beliefs or customs

Matter-of-fact

Something strictly factual and straightforward

Connotation

The connections or moods attached to a word

Ode

A lyric poem with a unique word style and is serious in style

Dialect

A regional speech pattern, making a passage feel personal

Imagery

Language that appeals to one or another of the five senses

Analogy

A term that signifies a comparison or similarity

Stanza

A group of lines in a poem

Lyric

A poem where a speaker expresses personal emotions or thoughts

Verse

Lines of poetry or medical language

Personification

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

Juxtaposition

A placement of one idea next to its opposite

Metaphor

A comparison between two things that aren’t similar

Synecdoche

A figure of speech where a part is used for the whole