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Dive into the fascinating world of vocabulary centered around CANT/CHANT, encompassing meanings and uses of words like 'recant,' 'incantation,' and 'inaudible.' Understand the nuances behind terms such as 'disenchanted,' 'dissonance,' and 'auditory' while exploring their applications in context. Enhance your understanding of language and improve your communication skills by recognizing the differences in sound, meaning, and context. This guide offers clear definitions, examples, and connections to enrich your English vocabulary.
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Vocabulary List #6 English 1 English 1 Honors
CANT/CHANT “to sing, to call”
RECANT • Verb • To formally withdraw. • Although he was critical of his fellow band members at first, the drummer later recanted his criticism.
INCANTATION • Noun • Ritual chant; spell. • The children, exposed to the words of a foreign language for the first time, thought they were hearing a magical incantation.
DISENCHANTED • Adjective • Losing fondness for; disillusioned. • The team’s fans, who had once loved the star pitcher, grew disenchanted with him as he failed to strike the other team out.
AUD “to hear”
INAUDIBLE • Adjective • So quiet as to be impossible to hear. • Feedback from the microphone grew from an almost inaudible buzzing to a deafening shriek.
AUDITORY • Adjective • Having to do with the sense of hearing. • Developing auditory skills involves knowing hat to listen for and when to listen for it.
AUDIT • Noun • A thorough review. • Once the accounting scandal became public knowledge, an audit of the company’s finances was called for.
SON “to sound”
DISSONANCE • Noun • Unpleasant or unharmonious sound. • The static blaring from the radio filled the room with a painful dissonance.
ASSONANCE • Noun • Similarity of word sounds. • The young poet could produce lines of skillful assonance and great beauty.
RESONANT • Adjective • Having an effect; powerful. • The music of some composers who died long ago is still resonant today.
LOG “to speak, to reason”
ANALOGOUS • Adjective • Comparable to; like. • Do you think the invention of the printing press is analogous to the invention of the computer in our own time?
DIALOGUE • Noun • Communication between two or more people. • The countries had been at war for so long that any kind of dialogue seemed impossible.
PROLOGUE • Noun • A speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event. • In the prologue to the novel, the author lists the main characters and their histories.
