foreword-3 Flashcards
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juxtapose
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placed side by side so as to permit comparison and contrast
2
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poignant
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causing or having a very sharp feeling of sadness
3
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prose
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ordinary writing, made of sentences and paragraphs, without any metrical (rhyming) structure
4
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antique
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perceived as having value because of its historical significance; atleast 100 years
5
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reminiscent
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suggesting something by resemblance
6
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archaic
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very old or old fashioned
7
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bog
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- freshwater wetland
- soft, spongy ground
- partially decayed plant matter called peat
8
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william osler
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father of modern medicine
9
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cadence
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the regular rise and fall of the voice
10
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compendium
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collection of consice but detailed info about a particular subject
11
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redux
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brought back; revived
12
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racous
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disagreably harsh
