ENG101 Glossary

•  apt

adj unusually fitted or qualified: READYhaving 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 · ENG101 · Glossary

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