Vocabulary 1
Accentuate
Stress or single out as important
Since I had too much cake I felt sick.
What is the above sentence lacking?
A comma after cake
Analogy
Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity
Is the below sentence written correctly?
I had pork for dinner last night?
Yes
Despondent
Without or almost without hope
Bamboozle
Conceal one’s true motives from
Fell out of the chair.
Is this an independent or dependent clause?
Dependent Clause
Aspire
Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
Is the semicolon used correctly in the sentence below?
Dinner was good last night; but I would have rathered pizza.
No. There should have been a comma instead.
Dialogue
A conversation between two persons
Decorum
Propriety in manners or conduct
Marvel is better than DC.
Is this an independent or dependent clause?
Independent
Bizarre
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
Rylie had chicken for dinner Monday pizza Tuesday and she has not decided on dinner for tonight.
Yes
Ellipse
A closed plane curve with an oval shape
Deduction
The act of removing a part from the whole
What is a dependent clause?
A dependent clause can't stand alone
Boisterous
Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
Is this a complete sentence?
NO
Fallacy
A misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
Deign
Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
Do we ______ a test today?
Have
Chronology
An arrangement of events in time
Who (am/is/are) you?
Are
Guerrilla
A member of an irregular army that fights a stronger force