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Week Eight
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10
English
9th Grade
04/27/2011

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Term
Simile
Definition

A statement that one thing is like another (uses like or as)

 

Syn.- Comparison

Any.- Difference

Term
Expiration
Definition

The act of coming to a close; the act or process of breathing out; exhalation

 

Syn.- Termination

Ant.- Beginning

 

 

Term
Semblance
Definition

Outward appearance; the slightest appearance of trace

 

Syn.- Show

Ant.- Difference

Term
Inspiration
Definition

The excitement of the mind, emotions or imagination, as in creating something or solving a problem

 

Syn.- Animation

Ant.- None

Term
Assimilate
Definition

To take in; to absorb; to take in as one's own

 

Syn.- Grasp

Ant.- Reject

Term
Aspirant
Definition

A person who desires or strives for a particular position or honor

 

Syn.- Competitor

Ant.- Discouraged person

Term
Transpire
Definition

To take place; happen; occur

 

Syn.- To happen

Ant.- Not happen

Term
Verisimilitude
Definition

The quality of appearing to be real or true

 

Syn.- Realist

Ant.- Falseness

Term
Simulate
Definition

To put on false appearance of; pretend

 

Syn.- To pretend

Ant.- Be real

Term
Ensemble
Definition

All the parts of a thing taken together so that each part is considered only in relation to the whole; an outfit or costume

 

Syn.- Whole

Ant.- Incomplete

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