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Diction 4

Part of Basics · 15 min

Explanation

Diction 4 Word Meaning Word Meaning hear (v) Listen and perceive sound. Here (adv) present heard (v) Past tense of "hear." Herd (n/v) to gather and move in a group. hoard (v/n) collect/store Horde (n) large group hole (n) hollow space in something Whole (adj/n) complete human (adj/n) people/person Humane (adj) kind implicit (adj) implied / unquestioning Complicit (adj) involved in illegal activity imply (v) Suggest or express indirectly. Implicate (v) suggest someone is involved Infer (v) guess based on information you have incur (v) experience something unpleasant Occur (v) to happen indeterminate (adj) impossible to know exactly Interminable (adj) lasting a long time, boring way influence (v/n) make an impression Affluence (n) wealth ingenuous (adj) innocent and unsuspecting Ingenious (adj) really clever / inventive its (pronoun) belongs to it It's (contraction) it is knew (v) Past tense of "know." New (adj) not old, Not existing before know (v) knowledge No (adv) Negative response or denial. laid (v) the past of lay Lain (v) past participle of lie (rest) later (adv) in the past / at a subsequent time Latter (adj/n) near the end / second of two lay (v) to put something down lie (v/n) To recline or tell an untruth. lead (v/n) to take charge / a metal Led (v) had taken charge (past tense) lessen (v) to weaken or reduce Lesson (n) what a teacher teaches lightning (n) Electric discharge in the atmosphere. Lightening (n/v) making less dark or heavy