89781842 | convention | in writing, a rule or guideline that is accepted as true and correct | |
89781843 | convention | a meeting, conference, or assembly, usually of people with a common interest | |
89781844 | convention | rule | |
89781845 | convention | the most widely accepted view | |
89781846 | unity | agreement, harmony, being one (accord) | |
89781847 | unity | in writing, all of the elements and parts working together to produce an effect of agreement | |
89781848 | emphasis | stress, weight, or importance placed on something | |
89781849 | emphasis | in speech, special stress on a word or syllable | |
89781850 | contrast | to show difference [verb] | |
89781851 | contrast | unlikeness [noun] | |
89781852 | contrast | in art, the degree of dark versus light | |
89781853 | asyndeton | a syntactical structure that omits conjunctions in a series; the result is more rapid prose; the "opposite" of polysyndeton | |
89781854 | implication | inference or suggestion that is naturally understood | |
89781855 | apposition | juxtaposition | |
89781856 | apposition | in grammar, a noun phrase is placed after another noun phrase to change or clarify its meaning | |
89781857 | eclectic | diverse, miscellaneous (assorted) | |
89781858 | eclectic | put together or coming from a number of sources and styles | |
89781859 | eclectic | not following one system | |
89781860 | literal | exact and factual (honest, accurate, unembroidered and unembellished); only focusing on the clear and overt meaning of words, not paying heed to elements that add deeper shades of meaning to a text | |
89781861 | literal | no exaggeration or inaccuracy | |
89781862 | inference | deduction or conjecture based on information; what is surmised or concluded | |
89781863 | causal | having a cause; coming from another | |
89781864 | causal | fundamental or underlying | |
89781865 | causal | in grammar, the words since and because are causal words implying a connection of consequence | |
89781866 | similarity | likeness, sameness (resemblance, parallel structure, matching) | |
89781867 | atanaclasis | in one sentence, using the same word in two different meanings; a key word is repeated with a different meaning each time | |
89781868 | alliance | two groups or more working together (coalition, association, union) | |
89781869 | alliance | agreement (treaty, pact) | |
89781870 | discrepancy | difference between things which ought to be the same (inequality, gap, inconsistency, incongruence) | |
89781871 | disparity | difference or large inequality between things with degree that are measurable, such as age, rank, or wages | |
89781872 | incumbent | imposed duty [adjective] | |
89781873 | incumbent | holding a position [adjective] | |
89781874 | incumbent | person who holds an office [noun] | |
89781875 | incumbent | resting or lying on [adjective] | |
89781876 | inevitable | unavoidable, certain to happen, to be expected (certain, predictable, foreseeable) | |
89781877 | conviction | strong belief, firm belief (certainty, assurance) | |
89781878 | conviction | the act or state of convincing | |
89781879 | conviction | in legal realms, a guilty sentence | |
89781880 | camaraderie | a trusting spirit of friendship, companionship, solidarity | |
89781881 | transitory | not lasting, temporary, transient; not fixed (brief, fleeting, passing, momentary, short-lived) | |
89781882 | truncated | shortened by being cut off (condensed, abridged) | |
89781883 | truncated | in verse, lacking the right number of syllables to make the verse correct in its meter | |
89781884 | virtuoso | an artist with extremely high skill [noun] | |
89781885 | virtuoso | high-level ability [adjective] |
Vocab List Week 6
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