Honors English I Final Exam Review Flashcards

Flashcards for Honors English I Final Exam Review

Lethargy

A state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy. (noun)

Recondite

Difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend; deep; abstruse; concealed; hidden. (adj)

Conspicuous

Easily visible; attracting attention. (adj)

Archaic

Very old or old-fashioned. (adj)

Imminent

About to happen; impending. (adj)

Predator

An animal that naturally preys on others. (noun)

Coalesce

To come together and form one mass or whole. (verb)

Exult

To show or feel elation or jubilation, especially as the result of a success. (verb)

Exalt

To hold (someone or something) in very high regard; think or speak very highly of. (verb)

Extraneous

Irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with. (adj)

Incantation

A series of words said as a magic spell or charm. (noun)

Assuage

To make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense. (verb)

Insuperable

Impossible to overcome. (adj)

Assiduous

Showing great care and perseverance. (adj)

Indulgent

Having or indicating a tendency to be overly generous to or lenient with someone. (adj)

Avarice

Extreme greed for wealth or material gain. (noun)

Squander

Waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner. (verb)

Penurious

Extremely poor; lacking means. (verb)

Debunk

Expose the falseness or hollowness of (a myth, idea, or belief). (verb)

Eccentric

Unconventional and slightly strange. (adj)

Desiccate

Remove the moisture from (something, especially food), typically in order to preserve it. Verb)

Diverse

Showing a great deal of variety; very different. (adj)

Loquacious

Tending to talk a great deal; talkative. (adj)

Maudlin

Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental. (adj)

Farcical

Relating to or resembling farce, especially because of being ridiculous. (adj)

Vibrant

Full of energy and enthusiasm. (adj)

Virulent

Extremely severe or harmful in its effects. (adj)

Contemptuous

Feeling or expressing deep hatred or disapproval. (verb)

Enigma

A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand. (noun)

Labyrinth

A complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one's way; a maze. (noun)

Lucid

Expressed clearly; easy to understand.(adj)

Repudiate

Refuse to accept or be associated with. (verb)

Superficial

Existing or occurring at or on the surface. (adj)

Primordial

Existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval. (adj)

Mellifluous

(of a voice or words) sweet or musical; pleasant to hear. (adj)

Provincial

Of or concerning a province of a country or empire. (adj)

Contrite

Feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt. (verb)

Incessant

(of something regarded as unpleasant) continuing without pause or interruption. (adj)

Truncate

Shorten (something) by cutting off the top or the end. (verb)

Myriad

A countless or extremely great number. (noun)

Delineate

Describe or portray (something) precisely. Verb

Nefarious

(typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal. (adj)

Vernacular

The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region. (noun)

Brawn

Physical strength in contrast to intelligence. (noun)

Tout

Attempt to sell (something), typically by pestering people in an aggressive or bold manner. (verb)

Enhance

Intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of. (verb)

Hinderance

A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone. (noun)

Efface

Erase (a mark) from a surface. (verb)

Glutton

An excessively greedy eater. (noun)

Hiatus

A pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process. (noun)

Querulous

Complaining in a petulant or whining manner. (adj)

Engender

Cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition). verb)

Obliterate

Destroy utterly; wipe out. (verb)

Copious

Abundant in supply or quantity. (adj)

Obscure

Not discovered or known about; uncertain. (adj)

Extol

Praise enthusiastically. (verb)

Pugnacious

Eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight. (adj)

Quell

Put an end to (a rebellion or other disorder), typically by the use of force. (verb)

Artisan

A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand. (noun)

Kindle

Light or set on fire. (verb)

Ornate

Elaborately or excessively decorated. (adj)

Austere

Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance. (adj)

Cerebral

Intellectual rather than emotional or instinctive. (adj)

Incommodious

Causing inconvenience or discomfort. (adj)

Noisome

Having an extremely offensive smell. (adj)

Cacophony

A harsh discordant mixture of sounds. (noun)

Veritable

Used as an intensifier, often to qualify a metaphor. (adj)

Verbatim

In exactly the same words as were used originally. (adj)

Concurrent

Existing, happening, or done at the same time. (adj/adv)

Evade

Escape or avoid, especially by cleverness or trickery. (adj/adv)

Impede

Delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder. (verb)

Askew

Not in a straight or level position. (verb/adj)

Queue

A line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed. (noun/verb)

Accolade

An award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit. (noun)

Torrid

Very hot and dry. (adj)

Trepidation

A feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen. (noun)

Fraught

(of a situation or course of action) filled with or destined to result in (something undesirable). (adj)

Wane

(of the moon) have a progressively smaller portion of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size. (verb)

Oust

Drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place. (verb)

Temerity

Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity. (noun)

Alliteration

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Irony

The expression of meaning that is usually the opposite of the literal meaning.

Metaphor

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Simile

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.

Personification

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Symbolism

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

Onomatopoeia

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Pun

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

Parallelism

The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc..

Imagery

Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Repetition

The action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

Anaphora

The use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition.

Allusion

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Rhetorical Question

A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.

Ethos

An appeal to ethics in writing or rhetoric.

Pathos

An appeal to emotion in writing or rhetoric.

Logos

An appeal to logic in writing or rhetoric.

Writer's techniques

Specific, deliberate constructions of language which an author uses to convey meaning.

Theme

The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.