NM11 - 10 vocabs + everything

• Noun: person, place, thing, idea, concept 
• Proper Noun: usually capitalized, usually specific (ex. Adam) 
• Common Noun: not capitalized (ex. Adam the farmer) 
• Concrete Noun: person, place, thing (proved to exist through the 5 senses) 
• Abstract Noun: idea, concept (ex. Christmas, democracy, love) 
• Verb: action, state of being (ex. is, was, will, am) 
• Adjective: describes/adds to or modifies a noun,  
• Adverb: adds to or modifies a verb, usually ends in “ly” (ex. quick -> quickly) 
• Preposition: when/where an action occurred in time, space, or location
• Article: a way of letting the listener or speaker know that a noun is either unspecific or specific. - filler words such as “the, an, a”  
• Quandary – noun 

  A difficult/decision; a practical dilemma. 
• Loquacious – adjective 

  Tending to talk a great deal; overly talkative 
• Perpetuate – verb 

  Make something (usually an undesirable idea) continue 
• Meticulously – adverb 

  In a manner that is overly careful about small details 
• Indoctrinate – verb 

  To teach someone to accept a view blindly or uncritically 
• Emulate – verb 

  To match or surpass someone’s actions through intimidation 
• Epiphany – noun (abstract) 

  A sudden or striking realization 
• Perfunctory – adjective 

  In a routine way; without much thought or care  
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  Three things that every complete sentence must have:  

  1. Subject (noun, ex. Walking is cool, nouns) 
  2. Verb (action/state of being) 
  3. A complete idea 
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  Noun + Verb = Clause 

  +Complete Idea = Independent Clause

  -Complete Idea = Dependent Clause 
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  Subordinating Conjunction: turns independent into dependent  

  • A WHITE BUS = Although, While, However, If, Though, Even, Because, Unless, Since 
• Complex A: independent and dependent 

                       (subject+verb+complete idea) (subordinating conjunction+subject+verb+complete idea) 
• Reverse Complex A: dependent , independent 

         (subordinating conjunction+subject+verb+complete idea) , (subject+verb+complete idea) 
• Complex B: independent 

       (subject , dependent using a relative pronoun , verb+complete idea) 
• Relative Pronouns: refers to something already mentioned - who, which, whom, that. *always comma before word* 
• Fragment words also known as subordinating conjunctions: when, before, during, because, as, despite the fact that 
• Redundant – adjective 

  No longer needed or useful; excessive or too much. 
• Simple B/Complex C: Subject (verb+ing or to+verb or whoever, whenever, wherever) + verb + complete idea 
• Complicit – adjective 

  Indirectly involved with (often questionable) activities