Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Impress the Examiner Vocabulary

Impress the Examiner Vocabulary

Frenetic (adjective)
Wild and excited
Ambivalent (adjective)
Having conflicting or unclear feelings
Emphatic (adjective)
Forceful and definite
Oxymoron (noun)
A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist

Masquerade (verb)

To disguise and pretend to be something else. E.g. opinions masquerade as facts.

Connotation
The idea or associations linked to a word . e.g Hollywood = glamour

Ambience (noun)
The general atmosphere of a place
Sombre (noun)
Depressing and dull
Macabre (adjective)
Sinister and frightening
Sibilance (noun)
The use of alliterative s sound to create a hissing sound
Ratify (noun)
To give approval / conform someone’s ideas
Unequivocal (adjective)
Plan and clear

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