Unit 1 Vocab Flashcard #1

Front

The old man was benevolent with his fortune. Benevolent means…

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Kind

Front

Excessively talkative about unimportant topics

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Garrulous

Front

Process of decay in organic matter.

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Putrefaction

Front

A four-dimensional analogue of a cube is a _____________.

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Tesseract

Front

A heart on the sleeve is fine, but ___________ yourself in despair is not attractive.

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Cloaking

Front

Mastodon category?

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elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus

Front

Eddie and I are the same age, but he seems juvenile. Connotation of 'juvenile'?

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Negative

Front

The dictionary definition of a word is the _______________.

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Denotation

Front

A word suitable for conversation may lower the tone of writing for a general audience. An author doing this purposely is an example of:

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Diction

Front

Sense used: warm juicy burger like heaven on my tongue.

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Taste