Term 1 Final Exam - Vocab/Grammer

• Obdurate:


  Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action.

  (Adjective)
• Stolid:


  Showing little or no emotion; not easily excited or upset.

  (Adjective)
• Disparity:


  A great difference or inequality between two or more things. (Noun)
• Denounce:


  To publicly declare something to be wrong or evil. (Verb)
• Equivocate:


  To speak in a way that is deliberately unclear or ambiguous, often to mislead.

  (Verb)
• Conceded:


  Admitted that something is true or valid after first denying or resisting it.

  (Verb)
• Insurgent:


  A person who fights against the government or authority.

  (Noun)
• Perish:


  To die or be destroyed, especially in a sudden or violent way.

  (Verb)
• Rend:


  To tear something into pieces with force.

  (Verb)
• Scourge:


  Something that causes great suffering or trouble.

  (Noun)
• Unrequited:


  Not returned or rewarded (often used with love or affection).

  (Adjective)
• Malice:


  The desire to harm someone or cause them pain.

  (Noun)
• What are noun/verb phrases?


  A noun phrase and a verb phrase are groups of words centered around a noun or a verb, and they help build sentences.
• Noun phrase:


  A noun phrase is a group of words that has a noun (person, place, thing, or idea) at its core. It can include the noun, along with words that describe it (like adjectives or articles). The noun is the main part of the phrase.
• An example of a noun phrase could be:

  "A big dog."

  Noun: dog

  Phrase: the big dog (includes the article "the" and the adjective "big")
• Verb Phrase:


  A verb phrase is a group of words that has a verb (action or state) at its center. It can include the verb and other helping or describing words (like adverbs or auxiliary verbs like "is," "are," "have").
• An example of a verb phrase could be:

  "Is running fast."

  • Verb: running
  • Phrase: is running fast (includes the helping verb "is" and adverb "fast")
• So, a noun phrase is built around a noun, and a verb phrase is built around a verb.
• An abstract noun refers to an idea, quality, or concept rather than to a specific object.
• A concrete noun names something that you can experience through your five senses.
• An example of an abstract noun is individualism, or friendship. An example of a concrete noun is a door, or a chair.
• "They shut me up in prose- / As when a little girl"

  Where are the Abstract and Concrete nouns?


  'Prose' is the abstract noun and 'girl' is the concrete noun.