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Vocab #5
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English
10th Grade
11/26/2012

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Term
Antithesis
Definition

opposition; contrast:

 

the antithesis of right and wrong.

 

the direct opposite (usually followed by of or to ):

 

Her behavior was the very antithesis of cowardly.

Term
Antipathy
Definition
a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion.
 
an instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling.
 
cats were his greatest antipathy
Term
Foreboding
Definition

A felling of evil to come 

 

a unfavorable omen

 

“a steadily escalating sense of foreboding

Term
Foreground
Definition

the part of a scene that is near the viewer

 

(computer science) a window for an active application

 

The foreground is where cool from my seat

 

Term
Intercede
Definition

Act between parties with different views

 

He interceded in the family dispute

Term
Interim
Definition

The period between one event, process, or period and another

 

An interim agreement

Term
Misconception
Definition

an incorrect conception

 

an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
Term
Misconstrue
Definition

interpret in the wrong way

 

“She misconstrued my remarks”
Term
Superfluous
Definition

more than is needed, desired, or required

 

“delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words”
 
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
Term
Supersede
Definition

take the place or move into the position of

 

substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
Term
Transgression
Definition

the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

 

“the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father”
 
The spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine life over terristrial life
Term
Transfix
Definition
to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
 
to pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon; impale.
 
I was transfixed with fear
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