Vocabulary List #6

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Recant

Although he was critical of his fellow band members at first, the drummer later recanted his disapproval

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To formally withdraw

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Incantation

The children, exposed to the words of a foreign language for the first time, thought they were hearing a magical incantation

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A ritual chant

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Disenchanted

The team's fans, who had once loved the star pitcher, grew disenchanted with him as he continued to lose game after game

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Losing fondness for; disillusioned

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Inaudible

Feedback from the microphone grew from an almost inaudible buzzing to a deafening shriek

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So quiet as to be impossible to hear

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Auditory

Developing auditory skills involves knowing what to listen for and when to listen for it

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Having to do with the sense of hearing

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Audit

Once the accounting scandal became public knowledge, an audit of the company's finances was called for

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A thorough review

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Dissonance

The static blaring from the radio filled the room with a painful dissonance

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Unpleasant or unharmonious sound

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Assonance

The young poet could produce lines of skillful assonance and great beauty

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Similarity of word sounds, especially vowels

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Resonant

The music of some composers who died long ago is still resonant today

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Having an effect; powerful

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Analogous

Do you think the invention of the printing press is analogous to the invention of the computer in our own time?

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Comparable to; like