09 (03/03/2015) Flashcards
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precepts
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noun
a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct
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imminent
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adj
likely to occur at any moment
impending
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pernicious
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adj
fatal
causing insidious harm or ruin
deadly
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piteous
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adj
deserving of pity
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perusal
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noun
a reading, survey, or scrutiny of something
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brevity
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noun
shortness of time and duration
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satirical
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adj
something that employs irony,
sarcasm, or ridicule to expose the follies or flaws of human condition
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contrive
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v
to plan with ingenuity
to deserve or invent
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mood
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emotional attitude the author takes towards the subject
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motif
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a recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work
a dominant theme or central idea
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ode
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celebratory lyric poem for a person, place or thing
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onomatopoeia
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word that imitates a sound
wow, splash, boom
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oxymoron
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hot ice sad joy seriously joking good grief honest lawyer
