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English 1 final test
Term | Definition |
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abstract | expressing or naming a quality, idea, or concept; not concrete |
ascertain | to find out for certain through research |
caricature | a description of a person or thing that exaggerates peculiarities |
chivalry | the rules, customs, and spirit of ideal knights in the Middle Ages |
chronological | arranged in the order in which events occurred |
determinism | a doctrine that human actions are the necessary results of earlier causes |
didactic | meant to teach |
explicate | to make clear the meaning of something |
explicit | expressed clearly |
gamut | the entire range |
gullible | easily deceived or cheated |
haphazard | not planned |
legendary | based on a traditional, popular story; not historical |
literal | true to fact; not exaggerated |
magnitude | greatness; size |
mores | the traditional rules and customs of a group of people |
narrative | a story or account |
omniscient | knowing everthing |
paraphrase | to give the meaning of something in other words |
pessimistic | taking the less favorable view |
satirical | of or containing satire; or the use of mockery, irony, or wit to ridicule |
self-effacing | keeping oneself in the background |
sensory | of or having to do with the senses |
spectrum | figurative range or scope of a subject |
symbol | something that stands for or represents something else |