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Vocabulary List #6. English 1 English 1 Honors. CANT/CHANT. “to sing, to call”. RECANT. Verb To formally withdraw. Although he was critical of his fellow band members at first, the drummer later recanted his criticism. INCANTATION. Noun Ritual chant; spell.
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Vocabulary List #6 English 1 English 1 Honors
CANT/CHANT “to sing, to call”
RECANT • Verb • To formally withdraw. • Although he was critical of his fellow band members at first, the drummer later recanted his criticism.
INCANTATION • Noun • Ritual chant; spell. • The children, exposed to the words of a foreign language for the first time, thought they were hearing a magical incantation.
DISENCHANTED • Adjective • Losing fondness for; disillusioned. • The team’s fans, who had once loved the star pitcher, grew disenchanted with him as he failed to strike the other team out.
AUD “to hear”
INAUDIBLE • Adjective • So quiet as to be impossible to hear. • Feedback from the microphone grew from an almost inaudible buzzing to a deafening shriek.
AUDITORY • Adjective • Having to do with the sense of hearing. • Developing auditory skills involves knowing hat to listen for and when to listen for it.
AUDIT • Noun • A thorough review. • Once the accounting scandal became public knowledge, an audit of the company’s finances was called for.
SON “to sound”
DISSONANCE • Noun • Unpleasant or unharmonious sound. • The static blaring from the radio filled the room with a painful dissonance.
ASSONANCE • Noun • Similarity of word sounds. • The young poet could produce lines of skillful assonance and great beauty.
RESONANT • Adjective • Having an effect; powerful. • The music of some composers who died long ago is still resonant today.
LOG “to speak, to reason”
ANALOGOUS • Adjective • Comparable to; like. • Do you think the invention of the printing press is analogous to the invention of the computer in our own time?
DIALOGUE • Noun • Communication between two or more people. • The countries had been at war for so long that any kind of dialogue seemed impossible.
PROLOGUE • Noun • A speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event. • In the prologue to the novel, the author lists the main characters and their histories.