07 (01/05/2015) Flashcards

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concede

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verb

admit that something is true or valid after denying or resisting it

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reprove

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verb

reprimand or censure

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extort

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verb

to obtain with force

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disperses

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verb

to distribute or spread over a wide area

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contemptuous

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adj

scornful

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bequest

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noun

a legacy

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prowess

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noun

skill or expertise in a particular activity or field

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temporal

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adj
secular
relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs

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capacity

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noun

maximum amount

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pestilence

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noun
a fatal epidemic disease
(The Bubonic Plague)

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free verse

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no form or rhyming

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hyperbole

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exaggerated to emphasize the real situation

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In media a res

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in the middle of things

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irony

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1) dramatic
- audience knows and characters don’t
2) situational
- difference of what is expected and what happens
3) verbal
- overstatement, understatement, sarcasm

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juxtaposition

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two or more ideas, places, or characters are placed side by side to show development

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