Vocab time!
Grammar fun
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Vocab schmocab
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frugal
What is "thrifty"
100
when writing, your verb must agree with _____
What is "the subject"
100
Define probability
What is "number of ways a situation can occur / total number of outcomes"
100
Adverbs describe ____; adjectives describe ____
What is "verb; noun"
100
amicable
What is "agreeable"
200
incompatible
What is "unable to work together"
200
Commas, apostrophes, question marks are examples of
What is punctuation
200
Pythagorean Theorem
What is a^2 + b^2 = c^2
200
Difference between amount and number
What is amount can't be counted and number can
200
prudent
What is "wise, careful, cautious"
300
scrutinize
What is "to observe carefully"
300
When can you use a semicolon
What is "to connect two COMPLETE sentences"
300
demagogue
What is a rabble rousing leader
300
Difference between "lay" and "lie"
What is lay "to put / to place" vs lie "to rest / to incline"
300
impute
What is "to attribute to someone"
400
hedonist
What is "pleasure seeker"
400
Define "antecedent"
What is "the word that the pronoun is replacing" - must be clear what it's replacing!
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY When do you use a colon
What is "use a colon after an independent clause when it is followed by a list, a quotation, appositive, or other idea directly related to the independent clause"
400
What is the acronym we use for conjunctions
What is "FANBOYS: For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so"
400
superfluous
What is "more than enough"
500
spurious
What is "phony, false"
500
A complete sentence contains 3 things - name 2 of the 3
What is "a subject, a predicate verb, or a complete thought"
500
Difference between "that" vs "who"
What is "who" is the pronoun for a person or people, "that" is the pronoun for everything else
500
The difference between "affect" and "effect"
What is affect "to influence" and effect "a result"
500
vindicate
What is "to clear from blame"
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