| A | B |
|---|
| opportunist | a person who takes advantage of any opportunity to achieve a goal, with little regard for moral principles |
| shrew | a mean, nagging woman |
| sensation | a state of great interest and excitement |
| tangible | able to be seen or touched, material |
| specialization | a focus on a particular activity or area of study |
| absurd | ridiculously unreasonable |
| vacuous | showing a lack of intelligence or thought |
| naivete | a lack of sophistication; simplicity |
| regression | a return to a less developed condition |
| impair | to weaken; damage |
| syndrome | a group of symptoms that characterizes a disease or psychological disorder |
| statistically | in terms of the principles used to analyze numerical data |
| hypothesis | a theory used as a basis for research |
| proportional | having a constant relation in degree or number |
| introspective | examining one's own thoughts, feeling, and sensations |
| narrative poem | a poem that tells a story |
| dramatic poem | a poem that tells a story but focuses more on character |
| lyric poem | a poem where the poet shares his thoughts and feelings |
| free verse | a poem having no regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme |
| epic poem | a long narrative poem |
| rhythm | the sound of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of each line of a poem |
| symbol | a person, place, object, or action that stands for something beyond itself |
| speaker | the voice that speaks the poem's words |
| inference | logical guesses or conclusions |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | a comparison not using like or as |
| personification | when human qualities are given to inanimate objects or animals |
| imagery | when words or phrases appeal to the 5 senses. |
| ode | a lyric poem with serious themes |
