ENG101 Midterm Short Notes Shared by Students

ENG101 - English Comprehension

Glossary

apt : adj unusually fitted or qualified: READY having a tendency: LIKELY suited to a purpose; esp: being to the point

brainstorming noun A group problem-solving technique that involves the spontaneous contribution of ideas from all members of the groups; also : the mulling over of ideas by one or more individuals in an attempt to devise or find a solution to a problem

chorus : A company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action Singing group

conjunction : A word that links sentence-parts. Parts of speech What contained the elements common to each of the given sets

despite : noun The feeling or attitude of despising: contempt Malice, spite A desire to inflict harm on another

embodied : Transitive verb To give a body to: incarnate To deprive of spiritually To make concrete and perceptible

factitious : Produced by humans rather than by natural force

fallacies : noun Reasoning that offends against logic A false or mistaken idea

giggled : Audible expressions of mirth To laugh with repeated short

hooking : To form into a hook : crook To seize or make fast by or as if by a hook Steal, pilfer

imperative : Which one is obliged to do Of, relating to, or constituting the grammatical mood that expresses the will to influence the behavior of another jogged : To give a slight shake or push to : nudge

jotted : To write briefly or hurriedly : set down in the form of a note

keypunch : A machine with a keyboard used to cut holes or notches in punch cards

linear : Of, relating to, resembling, or having a graph that is a line ans esp. a straight line: straight

melancholy : In low spirit dejection

milestones : A stone serving as a milepost A significant point in development

nutrients : of food good for you furnishing nourishment a nutritive substance or ingredient

oatmeal : Hot ground cereal A meal made from oats

obsolete : No longer in user or no longer useful Of a plant or animal part: indistinct or imperfect as compared with a corresponding part un related organisms” vestigial

prediction : An act of predicting Something that is predicted : forecast

rehabilitate : To restore to a former capacity : reinstate To restore to good repute : reestablish the good name of

slithered : To move along low to the ground To slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface

syntax : The way in which linguistic elements(as words) are put together to form constituents Divisions of linguistics

toddler : One that toddles; esp : a young child

tumbling : Acrobatic exercise The skill, practice, or sport of executing gymnastic feats upholstery : Materials used to make a soft covering esp. for a seat Heavy fabrics

vague : Not clearly expressed Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood

wriggle : To move the body or a bodily part to and fro with short writing motions like a worm To move or advance by twisting and turning To make nervous little motions with the body

zonked : Informal terms for “drunk” Stupefied by or as if by alcohol or a drug