English+10+Vocabulary


 * //Directions for Literary Terms Vocab://** For these two lists only, you will need to define the terms and provide an example from a book or movie we would recognize. Click here for an online dictionary of literary devices.

__Vocab List A (due 2/7 & Quiz on 2/12)__ 1. alliteration 2. allusion 3. antagonist 4. ballad 5. blank verse 6. character (static & dynamic) 7. characterization 8. climax 9. conflict (internal & external) 10. dialect 11. drama 12. essay 13. falling action 14. fiction 15. figurative language 16. flashback 17. foreshadowing 18. hyperbole 19. inference 20. imagery 21. irony 22. metaphor 23. mood 24. narrative 25. nonfiction

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__Vocab List B (due 2/13 & Quiz on 2/15)__ 26. novel 27. onomatopoeia 28. paradox 29. personification 30. plot 31. poetry 32. point of view (1st & 3rd person) 33. protagonist 34. redundancy 35. resolution 36. rhyme scheme 37. rising action 38. satire 39. setting 40. short story 41. simile 42. sonnet 43. style 44. suspense 45. symbol 46. theme 47. tone 48. tragedy 49. understatement 50. writer's purpose

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 * //Directions for Regular Vocab Assignments://** You may actually use cards or create a three-column chart on a piece of paper. For each vocab word, you must identify the part(s) of speech, definition(s), and at least 2 synonyms. Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster.com are valuable tools in this endeavor, but remember that your cards or chart must be handwritten!

__Vocab List F (due 2/19 & Quiz on 2/22)__ 1. recumbent 2. emerged 3. morosely 4. triumphantly 5. brusquely 6. imperiously 7. relish (verb) 8. pugnacious 9. ominously 10. plaintively 11. contorted 12. derogatory

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__Vocab List G (due 2/26 & Quiz on 3/1)__ 1. complacently 2. subdued 3. retorted 4. reverently 5. aloof 6. crestfallen 7. disarming 8. sulkily 9. belligerent 10. monotonous 11. craftily 12. meager

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__Vocab List C (due 3/5 & Quiz on 3/8)__ 1. bastion 2. gesticulate 3. hiatus 4. skewed 5. festooned 6. inscrutable 7. opaque 8. sinewy 9. effigy 10. incantation 11. taut 12. tempestuously

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__Vocab List D (due 3/12 & Quiz on 3/15)__ 1. cynicism 2. impervious 3. luxuriance 4. rebuke 5. derision 6. purged 7. superficial 8. truculently 9. crepitation 10. inimical 11. propitiate 12. talisman

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__ Vocab List E (due 3/19 & Quiz on 3/21 *Note: the quiz is on Thursday this week!) __ 1. specious 2. pliant 3. cordon 4. obscurity 5. ludicrous 6. indignant 7. covert 8. furtive 9. incredulous 10. diffident 11. decorous 12. tacit

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__ Vocab List H (due 4/9 & Quiz on 4/12) __ 1. feigned 2. levity 3. colossal 4. supercilious 5. fractiousness 6. wan 7. languidly 8. infinitesimal 9. complacency 10. extemporizing

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__Vocab List J__ (due 4/16 & Quiz on 4/19) 1. ether 2. prodigality 3. vacuous 4. florid 5. corpulent 6. obstetrical 7. implored 8. vinous 9. rent (verb) 10. asunder

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__Vocab List K__ (due 4/23 & Quiz on 4/26) 1. jaunty 2. punctilious 3. somnambulatory 4. benediction 5. reproach 6. laudable 7. meretricious 8. elude 9. recede 10. ceaselessly

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__Vocab List L__ (due 4/30 & Quiz on 5/3) 1. abomination 2. abyss 3. conjure 4. deference 5. dwindling 6. faction 7. gibberish 8. heathen 9. intimation 10. naught

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__Vocab List M__ (due 5/7 & Quiz on 5/10) 1. anarchy 2. avidly 3. blanched 4. defamation 5. fathom 6. licentious 7. prodigious 8. notorious 9. titillates 10. trepidation

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__Vocab List N__ (due 5/14 & Quiz on 5/17) 1. evade 2. pallor 3. ameliorate 4. indignant 5. daft 6. taint 7. quail (verb) 8. inept 9. abundant 10. befuddle

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__Vocab List P__ (due 5/21 & Quiz on 5/24) 1. effrontery 2. qualm 3. probity 4. callous 5. slovenly 6. gaunt 7. conciliatory 8. beguile 9. reprieve 10. crucible

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