Unit 3 Vocabulary 1-12

the ability to recover after experiencing something difficult

• resilience
• vulnerability
• weakness
• fragility

a state of not being sure or not knowing

• confidence
• uncertainty
• certainty
• clarity

confidence in one's self or one's own abilities

• doubtfulness
• insecurity
• self-confidence
• uncertainty

to come up with an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle

• forget
• procrastinate
• daydream
• forge

something that provides direction or advice as to a course of action or decision

• guidance
• confusion
• misdirection
• misguidance

an expression whose meaning goes beyond the meanings of the individual words

• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Simile
• Acronym

an exaggeration that is not meant be taken literally

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• irony
• simile

the use of a word as an imitation of a natural sound

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia

the study of the forms of words

• geology
• psychology
• morphology
• biology

a basic word part that gives a word its main meaning

• Root
• Trunk
• Leaf
• Branch