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71-90 Flashcards

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Profuse

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Pending or giving freely and in large amount, extravagant

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Pending or giving freely and in large amount, extravagant

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Profuse

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Pusillanimous

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Lacking courage

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Lacking courage

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Pusillanimous

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Repartee

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A quick, witty reply

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A quick, witty reply

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Repartee

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Resplendent

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Shining brightly

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Shining brightly

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Resplendent

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Reticent

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Disposed to be silent or not to speak freely. Reluctant or restrained

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Disposed to be silent or not to speak freely. Reluctant or restrained

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Reticent

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Ruminate

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To chew, or ponder

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To chew or ponder

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Ruminate

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Sardonic

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Characterized by bitter or scornful derision, mocking

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Characterized by bitter or scornful derision, mocking

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Sardonic

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Schism

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Division or disunion

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Division or disunion

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Schism

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17
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Scintillate

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To emit sparks, to sparkle

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To emit sparks, to sparkle

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Scintillate

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Subversive

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Tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy

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Tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy

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Subversive

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Sundry

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Various or diverse

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Various or diverse

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Sundry

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Timorous

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Fearful

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Fearful

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Timorous

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Tumultuous

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Full of tumult or riotousness, marked by disturbance and uproar

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Full of tumult or riotousness, marked by disturbance and uproar

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Tumultuous

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Ubiquitous

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Existing or being everywhere, esp at the same time.

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Existing or being everywhere, esp at the same time.

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Ubiquitous

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Vacillate

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To waver in mind or opinion

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To waver in mind or opinion

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Vacillate

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Vacuous

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Without contents. Empty

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Without contents. Empty

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Vacuous

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Vexation

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Irritation. Annoyance

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Irritation annoyance

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Vexation

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Vituperative

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Abusive language and venomous censure

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Abusive language and venomous censure

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Vituperative

37
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Wizened

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Withered. Shriveled

38
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Withered. Shriveled

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Wizened

39
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Zeal

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Fervor for a person, cause or object

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Fervor for a person, cause or object

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Zeal

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Simile

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A direct comparison using “like” or “as”

42
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A direct comparison using “like” or “as”

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Simile

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Structure

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The way an essay is organized as to the order in which you present your ideas To the reader

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The way an essay is organized as to the order in which you present your ideas to the reader

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Structure

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Style

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How you present your ideas

46
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How you present your ideas

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Style

47
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Symbolism

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A figure of speech where something has another deeper meaning than its literal meaning

48
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A figure of speech where something has another deeper meaning than its literal meaning

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Symbolism

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Synecdoche

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A figure of speech which a part signifies the whole. Such as “head of cattle” or “all hands on deck”

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A figure of speech which a part signifies the whole. Such as “head of cattle” or “all hands on deck”

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Synecdoche

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Syntax

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The way words are put together to form phrases/causes and sentences

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The way words are put together to form phrases/causes and sentences

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Syntax

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Tone

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The attitude a literary work takes toward its subject/theme

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The attitude a literary work takes toward its subject/theme

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Tone

55
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Trope

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The use of a word in a figurative sense with a decided change or extension from its literal meaning. A storytelling shorthand for a concept that the audience will recognize immediately

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The use of a word in a figurative sense with a decided change or extension from its literal meaning. A storytelling shorthand for a concept that the audience will recognize immediately

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Trope

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Voice

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The acknowledged source of words of the story, the speaker telling the story

58
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The acknowledged source of words of the story, the speaker telling the story

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Voice

59
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Zeugma

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Grammatically correct linkage of one subject with two or more verbs or a verb with two or more direct objects. The linking shows a relationship between ideas more clearly. Example, “with one touch she stole his heart, and his wallet”

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Grammatically correct linkage of one subject with two or more verbs or a verb with two or more direct objects. The linking shows a relationship between ideas more clearly. Example, “with one touch she stole his heart, and his wallet”

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Zeugma

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