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English Final Flashcards

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Odious

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Describes something deserving hatred

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Nocturnal

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Something that is active at night

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Palpable

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Able to be felt

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Tangible

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Describes something that has substance or reality; capable of being touched

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Disarming

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Describes something that removes the feelings of mistrust or unfriendliness

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Analytical

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Describes someone or something that is skilled in breaking a whole into parts and examining it

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Futile

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Something that has no result or effect

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Indifferent

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Neither good nor bad

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Drone

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A continuous low humming sound

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Saunter

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To walk in a slow, relaxed manner

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Disgruntled

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Angry or dissatisfied

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Accusatory

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Indicating or suggesting that one believes a person has done something wrong

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Annihilate

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To destroy utterly; obliterate

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14
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Infer

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To conclude from evidence and reasoning

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Recalcitrant

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Having an uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline

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Supposition

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An idea or theory that one believes is true; an uncertain truth

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Clamorous

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Marked by loud insistent cries; full of noise

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Abashed

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Embarrassed or ashamed

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Despondent

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Very sad and without hope

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Plod

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To walk slowly with heavy steps to; to progress or develop slowly

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Ostentatious

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Excessively showy displaying wealthy knowledge, etc. in a way meant to attract attention

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Cumbersome

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Hard to handle because of size or weight

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Derision

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Contemptuous ridicule or mockery

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Subtle

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Hard to notice or see; not obvious; clever and indirect

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Glint

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To be reflected in brilliant flashes of light

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Befuddled

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Unable to think clearly; confused

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Alack

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An expression of sorrow

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Abhor

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To loathe utterly

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Mortal

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Liable to death

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Valiant

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Strong; brave, heroic, or courageous

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Aspire

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To rise, climb, or soar

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Benevolent

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Well meaning and kindly

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Shrine

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A place in which devotion is paid to a saint or God; a tomb for the dead

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Pilgrim

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One who travels to a shrine or holy place as a devotee

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Profane

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Not sacred, secular; to debase by a wrong

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Prevail

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To succeed

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En,it’s

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Hatred

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Harbored

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To hold or contain

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Obscure

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Not well known or difficult to understand

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Avenge

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To indict harm in return for a wrong done to oneself or another

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Wretched

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Very unhappy or unpleasant

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Conspire

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To act or work together to plan something evil

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Ignorant

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Lacking knowledge or awareness

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Expel

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To drive out or force away

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Cryptic

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Mysterious, puzzling

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Mock

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To attack or ridicule by mimicry of action or speech

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Sustain

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To support, hold, or bear up

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Despise

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To hate

49
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Perish

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To die or pass away

50
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Characterization

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The method in which the author develops a character

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Protagonist

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The main character in a novel, drama, etc.

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Antagonist

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One who strives against another

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Setting

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The time and place in which a story takes place

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Plot

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The structure of the story

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Exposition

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The background information of the story

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Rising Action

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Conflicts that develop

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Climax

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The turning point of the story; interest and intensity are at its peak

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Falling Action

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The events that occur after the climax

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Resolution

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The conflict is resolved; the way things are going to be from now on

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Theme

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The main moral or message of a piece of literature

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Conflict

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Problem

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Point of View

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The angle in which the story is told

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First Person

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The narrator is a part of the story and uses pronouns

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Third Person Omniscient

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The narrator is an outside voice that is all-knowing and call tell a characters thoughts and feelings

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Mood

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The emotional effect that the text creates for the audience

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Situational Irony

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An event or result that is the opposite of what was expected

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Dramatic Irony

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When the reader or audience knows more about something than a character

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Verbal Irony

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When a person says or writes something, but means something else

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Symbolism

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An object used to represent something else

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Imagery

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The use of words to help the reader create a mental picture

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Foreshadowing

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When an author hints at events that are going to occur later

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Flashback

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An interruption of the story with the showing or telling of an earlier event

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Allusion

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An indirect reference

74
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Antithesis

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The opposition of words or phrases against each other

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Analogy

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A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure

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Simile

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A phrase that uses the words like or as to describe something by comparing it with something similar

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Metaphor

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When an author writes one thing as another to make a comparison and create a visual

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Personification

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Giving an inanimate object human-like qualities

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Hyperbole

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A figure of speech that produces a vivid impression by obvious exaggeration

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Repetition

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The act of repeating something that has already been said or written

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Onomatopoeia

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The formation of the word in imitation of the sound of the thing meant

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Alliteration

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of connected words

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Rhyme

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The repetition of sounds at the ends of lines in a verse

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Incessant/Incessantly

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Nonstop, without end; describes an action that is nonstop

Anna Rose Dean Period 8 (8 decks)

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