Vocabulary I
causing lighthearted laughter and amusement; comic.
What is amusing or humorous?
To make a well informed guess
What is to infer?
be a warning or indication of (a future event).
What is foreshadow?
Having strong feelings or a strong belief about something.
What is passionate?
to make it clearer or easier to understand, often by giving examples or using pictures or diagrams.
What is to illustrate?
to stop (something) from continuing by doing or saying something.
What is squelch?
To give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing.
To emphasize
Refers to the main argument or central idea of a paragraph or essay. It's the specific point you're trying to prove or convince your audience about.
What is a claim?
Someone or something that is against you in a competition, debate, or argument.
What is an opponent?
To explain something in greater detail or to add more information to it.
What is to elaborate
showing an offensive attitude of superiority: exaggerating one's own worth or importance often by an overbearing manner
What is arrogant?
Also known as the main idea, is the key concept or message that an author wants to convey in a piece of writing.
What is central idea?
Examining the similarities and differences between two or more things, objects, ideas, or concepts.
What is comparison?
Able to see things as they really are and to deal with them in a practical way
What is realistic?
To make it smaller, less, or weaker.
To reduce
feeling or showing hope for the future; a person with a hopeful, optimistic nature
What is optimistic?
To make known; make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others.
What is to reveal?
Anything that shows something is true or happened. It can be a sign, indication, or proof that something is real or has occurred.
What is evidence?
You know it so well or have experienced it so often that it seems natural, unsurprising, or easy to deal with.
What is accustomed?
Being faithful and true to someone or something, especially when it's difficult.
What is loyal or loyalty?
Expressing possibility
What is potential?
To show or represent by a drawing, painting, or other art form.
What is depict?
A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea, often from history, literature, or mythology.
What is an allusion?
Means a lack of confidence or self-doubt.
What is insecurity?
Being very excited and interested in something, showing a strong passion or eagerness.
What is enthusiastic?