english final vocabulary

8/12/2019 English Final Vocabulary

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Amused Feel that something is somewhat funny

Elated Very, very happy; ecstatic

Lighthearted Carefree

Proud Satisfaction or pleasure in yourself, your accomplishments, or someone else

Sympathetic Understanding of someones emotional state, compassionate

Optimistic Glass is half-full, things work themselves outCompassionate Care about or have tender feelings

Complimentary Notice or point out positive qualities

Ceremonial Formal to the point of being almost religious

Flippant Lack seriousness or respect

Accusatory Blame someone for something

Bitter Painful, cruel way (speaking or acting)

Furious Extremely angry (syn. of wrathful)

Condemnatory When you say something that is strongly disapproving or accusatory

Critical When you always see the weaknesses or the problems

Cynical When you dont trust what someone else is saying or pessimistic

Outraged When you are incredibly offended or insultedIndignant When you are offended or annoyed by unfair treatment

Threatening When you suggest that you will cause danger or offer punishment

Wrathful Extremely angry (stronger than furious)

Irritated When you are annoyed or slightly angered

Humble When you are not proud or arrogant, put yourself in a low position

Persuasive When your goal is to convince someone of something

Soothing When you are trying to calm someone

Apprehensive When you are somewhat worried or nervous

Morose When you are very gloomy or down

Mournful When you are sad due to loss or griefSomber When someone speaks in a dark, serious, and gloomy tone

Pessimistic When you believe that the glass is half-empty and that nothing will work out

Concerned When you care about and are troubled by someone or something

Foreboding When you hint that something negative will happen in the future

Disappointed When someone or something lets you down

Learned When you speak with great knowledge or in a scholarly way

Impartial When you express yourself without bias

Disbelieving When you do not believe something or anything

Clinical When you are methodically observant and descriptive

Instructive When you want to teach someone something

Informative When you want to provide someone with informationDetached When you distance yourself emotionally from a situation

Candid When you are open and honest

Matter-of-Fact When you stick to the facts

Urgent When you are rushed or hurried

Effusive When you spill out an excess of emotion

Condescending When you act or speak as though you are speaking from a better position

Haughty When you act as though you are better than someone else


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Sarcastic When you say the opposite of what you mean, generally in a mean way

Mocking When you attack or make fun of someone by copying them

Authoritative When you speak with great confidence or power

Judgmental When you act as a judge by deciding what someone is doing wrong

Disdainful When you are rude because you dont like or dont respect someone

Sadlier-OxfordAdmonish (v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

Synonyms: warn, call on the carpet

Antonyms: praise, pat on the back

Breach (n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening,

break through

Antonyms: (v.) close, seal

Brigand (n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

Circumspect (adj.) careful, cautious

Synonyms: wary, prudent, guarded

Antonyms: incautious, rash, reckless, heedless

Commandeer (v.) to seize for military or official useSynonyms: take over, requisition, expropriate

Cumbersome (adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

Synonyms: unwieldy, ponderous

Antonyms: manageable, easy to handle

Deadlock (n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to

bring to such a standstill

Synonyms: (n.) standoff, stalemate, impasse

Antonyms: (n.) agreement, accord, breakthrough

Debris (n.) scattered fragments, wreckage

Synonyms: rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam

Diffuse (v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused;scattered or widely scattered

Synonyms: (v.) disperse; (adj.) rambling, verbose, prolix

Antonyms: (v.) concentrate (adj.) brief, concise, succinct

Dilemma (n.( a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

Synonyms: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind

Antonyms: cinch

Efface (v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

Synonyms: blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge

Muddle (v.) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (n.) a hopeless mess

Synonyms: (v.) jumble, mess up; (n.) confusion, disorder

Antonyms: (n.) orderliness, tidiness, neatnessOpinionated (adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to ones own ideas, having a

closed mind

Synonyms: obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible

Antonyms: open-minded- reasonable

Perennial (adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that lives for many years

Synonyms: (adj.) enduring, recurring

Antonyms: (adj.) brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral


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Predispose (v.) to incline to beforehand

Synonyms: make susceptible to

Antonyms: immunize against, shield from

Relinquish (v.) to let go, give up

Synonyms: surrender, abandon

Antonyms: hold on to, keep, retain, cling toSalvage (v.) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n.) property thus saved

Synonyms: (v.) rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim

Antonyms: (v.) abandon, scrap. Junk

Spasmodic (adj.) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

Synonyms: irregular, occasional

Antonyms: steady, continuous, chronic

Spurious (adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid

Synonyms: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus

Antonyms: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid

Unbridled (adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint

Synonyms: unrestrained, uncheckedAntonyms: restrained, held in check, muted

Adjourn (v.) to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place

Synonyms: postpone, suspend, discontinue

Antonyms: open, call to order

Alien (n.) a citizen of another country; (adj.) foreign, strange

Synonyms: (adj.) exotic, unfamiliar

Antonyms: (adj.) native, endemic, familiar

Comely (adj.) having a pleasing appearance

Synonyms: (adj.) good-looking, attractive, bonny

Antonyms: (adj.) plain, homely, ugly, repulsive

Compensate (v.) to make up for; to repay for servicesSynonyms: pay back, reimburse, recompense

Antonyms: fail to reward, stiff

Dissolute (adj.) loose in ones morals or behavior

Synonyms: dissipated, debauched, immoral, corrupt

Antonyms: virtuous, chaste, moral, seemly, proper

Erratic (adj.) not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected;

undependable

Synonyms: irregular, inconsistent, unpredictable

Antonyms: steady, consistent, dependable

Expulsion (n.) the process of driving or forcing out

Synonyms: ejection, ouster, evictionAntonyms: admittance, admission

Feint (n.) a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; (v.) to make a deceptive

movement; to make a pretense of

Synonyms: (n.) trick, ruse, subterfuge, dodge, bluff

Fodder (n.) food for horses and cattle; raw material for a designated purpse

Synonyms: feed, provender

Fortify (v.) to strengthen, build up


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Synonyms: reinforce, shore up

Antonyms: weaken, undermine, sap, impair

Illegible (adj.) difficult or impossible to read

Synonyms: unreadable, indecipherable, scribbled

Antonyms: readable, decipherable, distinct, clear

Jeer (v.) to make fun of rudely and unkindly; (n.) a rude remark of derisionSynonyms: (v.) laugh at, mock, taunt

Antonyms: (n.) applause, plaudits, accolades

Lucrative (adj.) bringing in money; profitable

Synonyms: gainful. Moneymaking

Antonyms: unprofitable, losing, in the red

Mediocre (adj.) average, ordinary, undistinguished

Synonyms: run-of-the-mill

Antonyms: exceptional, outstanding, distinguished

Proliferate (v.) to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly

Synonyms: multiply, mushroom, burgeon

Antonyms: decrease, diminish, dwindle, slack offSubjugate (v.) to conquer by force, bring under complete control

Synonyms: subdue, vanquish, master

Antonyms: be conquered, submit, surrender

Sully (v.) to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch

Synonyms: pollute, taint, smear

Antonyms: cleanse, purify, decontaminate

Tantalize (v.) to tease, torment by teasing

Synonyms: tempt, lead on, make ones mouth water

Antonyms: satisfy, fulfill, gratify

Terse (adj.) brief and to the point

Synonyms: concise, succinct, crisp, short and sweetAntonyms: verbose, wordy, diffuse, prolix

Unflinching (adj.) firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back

Synonyms: resolute, steadfast, unwavering

Antonyms: irresolute, wavering, vacillating

Dramatic Elements

Drama A work of literature designed to be performed in front of an audience. One type of

drama is a play

Act A division within a play, much like chapters of a novel

Scene A division of an act into smaller parts

Stage directions Italicized comments that identify parts of the setting or the use of props or

costumes, give further information about a character, or provide backgroundinformation

Blocking The act of planning when, where, and how actors will move about the stage in a

performance

Aside Lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience (unless otherwise

specified)

Monologue A long speech spoken by a character to himself, another character, or to the

audience


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Soliloquy Thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she is alone, or thinks he/she is

alone

Comedy A drama in which an individual(s) works against an antagonist or antagonist forces

to produce humor

Tragedy A drama in which an individual(s) works against an antagonist or antagonist forces

and is eventually overwhelmed by misfortuneCatharsis The process of releasing strong or repressed emotions, cleansing. This can be either

positive or negative emotions

Tragic hero A protagonist with a fatal flaw which eventually leads to his demise

Hamartia The tragic heros tragic flaw or error that leads to his downfall

Hubris Excessive pride or self- confidence that leads to ones downfall

Catastrophe The point at which the protagonist(s) is overwhelmed by circumstances, specific to a

tragedy

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