Vocabulary Notes

SAT Vocab #6

Abominate (verb) - to hate violently

 Anecdote (noun) - an interesting account of something

 Candid (adj) - straightforward

 Deterrent (adj) - hindering action through fear

 Fallible (adj) - capable of making mistakes

 Incite (verb) - to rouse to a particular action

 Jargon (noun) - confused or highly technical speech

 Muddle (verb) - confuse or becloud an issue

 Perpetuate (verb) - to preserve from extinction

Refute (verb) - to prove wrong

 Scarcity (noun) - insufficient supply

Subservient (adj) - humbly obedient and servant-like

 Transient (noun) - homeless; temporary existence

Virtual (adj) - not in actuality

Efflorescence (noun) - blooming of flowers
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Vocab for Shakespearean Sonnets 18 & 116

Temperate (adj)- mild or moderate climate; Pismo beach

Lease (noun)- a period of temporary ownership; renting a room

Complexion (noun)- skin and features of a face; acne

Decline (verb)- moves in downward direction; slope

Untrimmed (adj)- made or left plain; not having a trim on your clothes meaning lower class

Impediments (noun)- block or get in the way; obstacles

Alters (verb)- makes different without completely changing; color change

Tempest (noun)- an actual storm or metaphorical storm; plane Tempest

Bark (noun)- a small boat; B-ark B-oat

Compass (noun)- range in a curved or circular pattern; out of range

Internal Rhyme (noun)- A word in the middle of the line rhyming with another word in the line or a word in the middle of the next line

Alliteration (noun)- When 3 or more consonant sounds are repeated at the beginning of the words in a line

Personification (noun)- When a noun is given human qualities despite not being human

Assonance (noun)- when 2 or more words close to one another repeat vowel sounds

Theme (noun)- Main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work






 

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