eoc essential vocabulary continued


  1. Sentimental--emotional attachment, lovey-dovey, mushy, romantic, tear-jerking
  2. Reflective--thinking back, contemplative, meditating
  3. Lighthearted--carefree, not stresses, happy-go-lucky, merry, jolly, not always serious.
  4. Sarcastic--mocking, scornful, says the opposite of what is meant, witty
  5. Perceptive--observant, responsive, knowing, insightful
  6. Optimistic--anticipating only the best to happen, hopeful, positive, cheerful outlook
  7. Regret/Remorseful--to be sorry for
  8. Proud--arrogant, haughty, vain, showing pride, excessive self-esteem
  9. Appreciative/appreciate--showing appreciation, cherishing something, show gratitude, be thankful, to like
  10. Mocking--imitate, ridicule, mimic
  11. Depressing--feeling sad, gloom, being in the dumps, unhappy
  12. Differ--to be unalike, to disagree, opposite opinion
  13. Objective--expressing or dealing with facts or conditions without influence from your opinions, beliefs; unbiased, fair, impartial, unprejudiced
  14. Puzzled--confused, disoriented, baffled
  15. Critical--looking for flaws or defects, points out the negative, against
  16. Satire--humorous ridicule, a literary work ridiculing someone’s faults
  17. Satirical--relating to satire
  18. Ridicule--to make an object of laughter, to make fun, poke at
  19. Synonyms--words that have the same meaning (angry/mad…cheerful/happy)
  20. Antonyms--words that the opposite meaning (good/bad…beautiful/ugly)
  21. Consequence--results of an action or decision, aftermath
  22. Purpose--destination, goal, intention, mission, objective, the reason you do something
  23. Persuade--to change someone’s opinion or stand on an issue
  24. Demonstrates--shows, exhibits, displays, to show clearly, to prove with evidence
  25. Evidence--proof, testimony, witness
  26. Opinion--point of view, conviction, belief
  27. Gratification--a source of satisfaction or pleasure, reward
  28. Comparison--an examination of two things to look for similarities and differences
  29. Vague--not clearly expressed or defined, obscure, ambiguous, blurry
  30. Ambiguous/ambiguity--uncertain, unclear, unsure, doubtful, capable of being understood in more than one way
  31. Example--a pattern to be imitated, one that is representative of the whole
  32. Similarities--resemblance, likeness
  33. Differences--the qualities that make things or ideas unalike and dissimilar,
  34. Optimism--brightness, idealism, positive
  35. Setting--the time, place, and circumstance when something occurs
  36. Contrast--to compare to look for differences
  37. Related--to show a connection between two things
  38. Emphasizes/highlights--draws attention to
  39. Achieved/achieves--to reach, accomplish, to meet
  40. Inferred--guess, concluded
  41. Conclude--to decide, to determine, to bring to an end
  42. Determine--to settle, to decide, to conclude
  43. Context--the parts that precede or follow a specific incident in writing
  44. Incident--an individual event, a specific moment
  45. Influenced--to have an impact or effect on something
  46. Impact--influence, effect
  47. Purpose--the reason, the intended or desired result
  48. Expresses--shows, illustrates
  49. Additional--extra
  50. Obstacle--something that obstructs or hinders or blocks progress
  51. Classified--categorized, ranked, identified, placed in a group
  52. Conflict--problem, obstacle
  53. Suggest--to introduce, to bring to mind, to mention
  54. Convey--to communicate, to show
  55. Premeditates--to plan before
  56. Foreshadows--hints at what is to come
  57. Accolades--praises, an expression of approval
  58. Demise--death, the end of, the termination