Kalkstein Vocabulary Terms Review

Unfair bias in favor of one thing or person compared with another; favoritism

An account of a person’s life written by that person

Extremely unpleasant; repulsive

An indirect reference, often to a person, event, statement, theme or work

A personal possession

(a record of events) starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred

An account of a person’s life written by another person

A usually large farm or estate, on which cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane, or the like is

Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure

A spoken or written account of connected events; a story

A person of mixed white and black ancestry, a person with one white and one black parent

One's expression that normally signifies the opposite, for humorous or emphatic effect

Not showing proper respect; rude

A person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution

Details that appeal to the senses; they trigger the imagination to form mental pictures

The process of depriving a person or group of positive human qualities

study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, an academic discipline

An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information

Prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography

A state essential for human well-being such as food and warmth are scarce or lacking

Extreme cruelty or brutality

Condition in which one human being was owned by another.

An indication or hint