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Expo Grammer + Vocab
41 cards·by cdm42
Iconoclast
radical
obstreperous
noisily defiant, unruly
refute
disprove
portentious
significant, amazing
mundane
dull, ordinary
enervate
weaken, deprive of strength
languid
lacking energy or vitality
vacillate
waver , swing back and forth
sporadic
occurring at irregular intervals
maxim
a saying which expresses a general rule of behavior
mettle
courage, spirit
incognito
with identity concealed
squalid
dirty, morally repulsive
tyro
beginner, inexperienced person
magnanimous
generous
ludicrous
ridiculous, foolish
blithe
joyous
jettison
discard
aplomb
poise, self-confidence
facetious
flippant, attempting to be funny
Noun
person, place, thing
verb
an action
pronoun
replaces a noun
adjective
describes a noun
adverb
describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb
conjunction
connects words or word groups
preposition
functions as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives
interjection
words that express emotion
subject
person or thing that is being discussed
predicate
part of the sentence that contains verb and other modifiers
phrase
a sequence of two or more words that act as a single part of speech
prepositional phrase
a phrase that contains a preposition and its object
appositive phrase
a noun phrase placed next to a word or phrase to identify or rename it
participial phrase
a word group beginning with a verb that ends with -ing that acts as an adjective
gerund phrase
phrases that being with an -ing word but act as a noun
infinitive phrase
phrase that begins with an infinitive
independent clause
a complete sentence that can stand by itself
dependent clause
group of words that contain a subject and verb but does not express a complete though
adverb clause
a dependent clause used as an adverb
adjective clause
a dependent clause that modifies a noun
noun clause
a dependent clause that functions as a noun