Course I: Unit 1, Academic Vocabulary

Learn these words from Code X, Course I, Unit 1.
25 words 323 learners

Learn words with Flashcards and other activities

Definition First
Print Flashcards

Other learning activities

Answer a few questions about each word. Use this to prep for your next quiz! Compete with other teams in real time to see who answers the most questions correctly! Test your spelling acumen. Read the definition, listen to the word and try spelling it!

Teaching tools

Create and assign quizzes to your students to test their vocabulary. Assign learning activities including Practice, Vocabulary Jams and Spelling Bees to your students, and monitor their progress in real-time.

Full list of words from this list:

words only definitions & notes
  1. recite
    repeat aloud from memory
  2. rigid
    incapable of or resistant to bending
  3. torment
    make suffer emotionally or mentally
  4. adjust
    adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
  5. mock
    imitate with derision
  6. devoted
    zealous in allegiance or affection
  7. frighten
    cause fear in
  8. counterpane
    decorative cover for a bed
  9. shoo
    drive away by crying `shoo!'
  10. charm
    something believed to bring good luck
  11. context
    discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage
  12. point of view
    the perspective from which a story is told
  13. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  14. irony
    incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
  15. rising action
    a series of plot events that build up toward the climax
  16. conflict
    opposition in a work of fiction between characters or forces
  17. climax
    the decisive moment in a novel or play
  18. resolution
    something settled
  19. suffix
    a linguistic element that is added at the end of the word
  20. refrain
    part of a song or poem that recurs at regular intervals
  21. fictional
    related to or involving imaginative literary work
  22. narrative
    an account that tells the particulars of an act or event
  23. introduction
    the first section of a communication
  24. body
    the main or central part of a written work
  25. conclusion
    the last section of a communication
Created on Fri Sep 25 10:41:07 EDT 2020 (updated Mon Jun 21 16:16:10 EDT 2021)

Sign up now (it’s free!)

Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, Vocabulary.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.