ENGLISH WILLIAMS
ENGLISH MITCHELL
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
SPEECH VOCAB
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
100
an act that goes against a law, rule or code of conduct; an offense
What is a transgression?
100
Two contradicting ideas that occur together - for example: Those shirts were PRETTY UGLY.
What is an oxymoron?
100
A state of matter in which materials have a definite shape and volume
What is a solid?
100
To explain something
What is to define?
100
"He's a thorn in my side."
What is being a pain/annoying?
200
to turn away (one's eyes or thoughts)
What is to avert?
200
When two opposite events occur at the same time - for example, having rain on your wedding day.
What is irony
200
A state in matter in which a material has a definite volume but not a definite shape
What is a liquid?
200
To liken, or find similarities between two items
What is to compare?
200
"Mind over matter."
What is the belief that concentration is most important
300
a sudden violent, irregular movement of a limb or of the body
What is a convulsion?
300
The phase change in which a gas turns directly into a solid without ever becoming a liquid water vapor --> ice
What is deposition?
300
To find differences between two things
What is to contrast?
300
"You could have knocked me over with a feather."
What is to feel faint, light headed, or tired
400
The action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.
What is redemption?
400
A question that is asked in order to make a point. It is a question that requires no answer.
What is a rhetorical question.
400
A substance changes from a gas/vapor to a liquid
What is condensation?
400
Something that's considered to be important
What is a priority?
400
"It's raining cats and dogs."
What is to rain heavily?
500
To clear (someone) of blame or suspicion.
What is to vindicate?
500
Adjacent words that begin with the same letter. For example: The appetizing apples sat on the tippy table.
What is alliteration?
500
The phase change where a solid changes directly to a gas/vapor without becoming a liquid first ice --> water vapor
What is sublimation?
500
A synopsis, or brief overview
What is a summary?
500
"It was like shooting fish in a barrel."
What is to do something easily?
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