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What does the term 'conflate' mean?
What does the term 'conflate' mean?
- To criticize or condemn something
- To enhance or improve something
- To separate distinct ideas
- To combine two or more things (correct)
Which word best describes a person who is 'sheepishly' expressing themselves?
Which word best describes a person who is 'sheepishly' expressing themselves?
- Confidently
- Embarrassedly (correct)
- Angrily
- Shamelessly
What is meant by 'to live by one's wits'?
What is meant by 'to live by one's wits'?
- To behave foolishly
- To survive through mental cleverness (correct)
- To inherit wealth
- To engage in physical labor
What is the primary difference between open class words and closed class words?
What is the primary difference between open class words and closed class words?
What does it mean to 'squander' something?
What does it mean to 'squander' something?
What does 'keep your wits about you' imply?
What does 'keep your wits about you' imply?
What does 'beyond the wit of man' suggest?
What does 'beyond the wit of man' suggest?
What is the meaning of 'trepidation'?
What is the meaning of 'trepidation'?
What does it mean to be 'up in arms about something'?
What does it mean to be 'up in arms about something'?
Which of the following best describes the term 'inherent'?
Which of the following best describes the term 'inherent'?
What is the implication of the phrase 'to brood over something'?
What is the implication of the phrase 'to brood over something'?
Which phrase describes a situation where both cohesion and coherence are present?
Which phrase describes a situation where both cohesion and coherence are present?
What kind of words does 'formal vocabulary' typically include?
What kind of words does 'formal vocabulary' typically include?
In the context of a competition of wits, what does the term 'battle of wits' mean?
In the context of a competition of wits, what does the term 'battle of wits' mean?
What is the significance of cleft sentences in writing?
What is the significance of cleft sentences in writing?
What does 'slow-witted' imply about an individual's thinking ability?
What does 'slow-witted' imply about an individual's thinking ability?
Flashcards
Baseline
Baseline
A minimum or starting point.
Conflate
Conflate
To combine two or more things, often inappropriately.
Trepidation
Trepidation
Fear or extreme nervousness.
Unsavoury
Unsavoury
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Inherent
Inherent
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Creep
Creep
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Get wound up
Get wound up
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Be up in arms
Be up in arms
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Open Class Words
Open Class Words
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Closed Class Words
Closed Class Words
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Leap
Leap
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Prance
Prance
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Prowl
Prowl
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Shingle
Shingle
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Study Notes
Vocabulary and Language
- Baseline: A minimum or starting point
- Conflate (with): To combine two or more things
- Trepidation: Fear or extreme nervousness
- Unsavoury: Unpleasant
- Inherent: Intrinsic, permanent, essential
- Breeches: An old term for trousers that finish just below the knee
- Creep: To move quietly and carefully
- Leap: To jump
- Nubbly: Lumpy or nobbly
- Prance: To move confidently, to dance
- Prowl: To move quietly, usually when hunting
- Shingle: Small stones found at the beach
- Wound up over/about: To get annoyed about something
- Up in arms about something: To be offended/outraged
- Brood over something: To stew over something, to think silently about something
- Squander: To waste
- Witters: Talking endlessly about something unimportant
- Sheepishly: In an embarrassed or shy manner
- Dim-witted: Stupid
- Slow-witted: Slow intellectually
- Outwit: To outsmart
- Witless: Stupid
- Quick/Sharp-witted: To think fast and well
- Halfwit: A stupid person
- Dimwit: A stupid person
- Pit one's wits against: Compete using intellect
- Live by one's wits: Earn money in a clever/dishonest way
- Battle of wits: Competition of intellects
- Gather one's wits: To calm down and think
- Beyond the wit of man: Not possible to achieve
- Keep your wits about you: To be alert
- Open-class words: Lexical/content words
- Closed-class words: Function/grammatical words
Language Structure and Style
- Cohesion without coherence: Possible, but coherence needs cohesion
- Coherence without cohesion: Impossible
- Conjunctions: Words like "and," "also," "moreover," "instead," "all in all," "despite," "indeed" linking ideas
- Coordinating conjunctions: FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
- Formal vocabulary: Greek, Latin
- Informal vocabulary: German, Anglo-Saxon
- Emphasis:
- Cleft sentences: Dividing information (e.g., It was Tom who saw him)
- Inversion: Changing the usual subject-verb order (e.g., Little did I know)
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