English 10 Honors Semester 2 Final Exam Study Guide Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards for English 10 Honors Semester 2 Final Exam Study Guide

Facetious

Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.

Coarse

Rough or loose in texture or grain; rude, crude, or vulgar.

Haughty

Arrogantly superior and disdainful.

Nostalgic

Characterized by feelings of nostalgia.

Derisive

Expressing contempt or ridicule.

Jovial

Cheerful and friendly.

Didactic

Intended to teach, particularly with moral instruction.

Hors D'oeuvres

A small dish served before a meal; appetizer.

Procurement

The action of obtaining or acquiring something.

Contempt

The feeling that something is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn.

Idyll

An extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque scene.

Idle

Avoiding work; lazy; without purpose or effect; pointless.

Rescinded

Revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).

Inflationary

Of, characterized by, or tending to cause monetary inflation.

Condescending

Having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority.

Forewarning

An advance warning.

Condemnation

The expression of very strong disapproval; censure.

Imagery

The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation.

Tone

The attitude an author displays toward their subject or audience.

Personification

Giving human-like qualities to a non-human thing.

Symbolism

Using a symbol to represent an idea or quality.

Metaphor

An object described as being the same as another, otherwise unrelated object

Anaphora

The repetition of words or phrases in a group of sentences or lines.

Juxtaposition

Literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters, and their actions are placed side by side for comparison and contrast.