English I Vocab List 1 Reveiw

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To conceive or represent as a person or with human qualities.

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personify

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Vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause.

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militant

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Act of representing weakly, not supported by facts.

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understatement

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Longing for or fondly thinking of a past time or condition.

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Nostalgic

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Intensely bitter, spiteful, or malicious

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virulent

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Having virtually unlimited authority or influence.

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omnipotent

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An expression whose meaning isn't predictable from its elements, e.g., 'kick the bucket'.

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idiom

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Organized to do good

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Benevolent

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Representing things by symbols or investing them with symbolic meaning.

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symbolism

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Interfere with or slow progress

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impede