Vocabulary & Grammar Terms List (Junior High)
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Gnarled: Have a rugged, weather beaten appearance
Trajectory: The curve described by a projectile, rocket or the like in its flight
Baritone: A very low voice in between tenor and bass. (Men usually have a baritone voice.)
Furrows: A narrow groove made in the ground. (Usually by a plow.)
Rugged: Have a roughly, rocky, kind of surface.
Miscellany: A collection or group of various or somewhat unrelated items
Interposed: To place between; cause to intervene
Keen: Finely sharpened, as an edge, so shaped to cut or pierce.
Subdue: To conquer and bring into subjection
Dilating: To make wider or larger, cause to expand
Sanctify: To make holy, to purify or free from sin
Flippant: Frivolously disrespectful
Russet: Yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown
Profanation: Desecration, defilement
Peck: A dry measurement of 8 quarts, a container for measuring this quantity.
Acquainted: Having personal knowledge, as a result of study
Luminary: A celestial body, as the sun or moon
Rued: To feel sorrow over; repent of
Agitated: Excited; disturbed
Fragmentary: Consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken
Diffuse: To pour out and spread, as a fluid
Satire: The use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or
vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
Famine: Extreme hunger; starvation
Carcass: The dead body of an animal
Breadth: The measure of the second largest dimension of a plane or solid figure; width
Prodigious: Wonderful or marvelous
Countenance: Appearance, especially the look or expression of the face
Diversion: The act of diverting or turning aside
Skirmish: Military. A fight between small bodies of troops
Patron: A person who is a customer, client or paying guest
Provoke: To anger, enrage, exasperate or vex
Prostrate: to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration
Abolish: To do away with; put an end to
Autonomy: Independence or freedom, as of the will or one’s action
Decisive: Having the power or quality of deciding
Dedicate: To set apart and consecrate; to put aside for a sacred purpose
Dedicate (#2): To devote wholly and earnestly
Gale: A very strong wind
Inquire: To seek information by questioning; ask
Latitude: The angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the Earth’s surface.
Longitude: Geography: Angular distance east or west on the Earth’s surface, measured by the angle
contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian Greenwich, England, and
expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding and difference in time.
Morose: gloomily
Wistful: Pensive
Pensive: Someone that looks like they are thinking hard (usually has a negative connotation)
Anecdote: A usually short narrative of an interest, amusing or biographical incident
Eclectic: Selecting or choosing from various sources
Eclectic (#2): Made up from a variety of sources
Prerequisite: A thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or exist
Conjecture: An opinion or theory without sufficient evidence
Far-reaching: Having a wide range or effect
Priority: Higher in importance
Defuse: To make less dangerous, tense or embarrassing
Abolitionist: A person who wants to stop or abolish slavery
Secede: Withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance or a political or religious
organization
Egregious: Obviously and especially bad or offensive
Poignant: Arousing deep emotion; touching
Obstinate: Stubbornly holding to an attitude, opinion or course of action
Redundant: Unnecessarily repetitive
Verbose: Wordy; the use of many or too many words
Obsequious: Very eager to serve; please
Impulse: A sudden desire to do something without thinking of the consequences
Feeble: Weak
Pertain: To have to do with; reference; relation
Exploit: To use for one’s own advantage
Suspension of Disbelief: Temporarily putting aside our recognition of something not being true
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Sentence Words
Simple: Subject (who) & predicate
Compound: Two sentences put together
Complex: Two subjects and predicates but not compound.
Declarative: Sentences that tell
Interrogative: Sentences that ask (?)
Imperative: Sentences that command
Exclamatory: Sentences that exclaim (!)
Interjection: Is an exclamation expression emotion (Yay, woo, yeah!)
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Transition words
Agreement: In the first place, in addition, not to mention
Opposition: On the other hand, on the contrary, in spite of
Cause: In the event that, in case, because of
Example: In general, to clarify, to be sure
Effect: Therefore, for this reason, in effect
Conclusion: In conclusion, to sum up, ultimately
Time: To begin with, since, prior to
Space: Opposite to, where, along side
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Literary devices
Allegory: Used to present complex ideas in a more approachable way
Alliteration: A group of words beginning with the same consonant sounds
Onomatopoeia: Bringing the sound sense into your writing
