Good words :) Flashcards

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3 ways Atwood challenges identity?

A

could be:
challenges a traditional perception of female identity

challenges the singularity of identity

Atwood challenges identity as being entirely self-determined.

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2
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Peroration

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Conclusion of a speech

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3
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Convoluted

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Confused and ambiguous statement

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4
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Vexation

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Frustration

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5
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Nuanced

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Subtle meaning, not straitforward

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6
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Poignant

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Evoking sadness

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7
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Melancholic

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Feeling or expressing pensive sadness

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8
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Sardonic

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Grimly mocking, cynical

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9
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Cerebral

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Intellectual rather than emotional

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10
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Introspective

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Contemplative

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11
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Multifaceted

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Different aspects

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12
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Ebullient

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Cheerful, full of energy

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13
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Sagacious

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Wise

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14
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Ephemeral

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Lasting for a short time

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15
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Obfuscate

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Render obscure

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16
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Pernicious

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Having a harmful effect in a gradual way

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Quixotic

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Exceedingly idealistic

18
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Pulchritudinous

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Beauty

19
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Defenstration

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Throwing someone out a window, or a person of authority talking to someone below them

20
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Obdurate

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Stubborness to change

21
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Sagacity

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Mental discernment and good judgement

22
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Metamorphosis

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Profound change in form

23
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Caharsis

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Releasing emotion

24
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Epiphany

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Sudden realisation

25
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Perspicaciousness

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Having insight and understanding

26
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Reticence

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Reluctance to speak

27
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Unctuousness

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Excessively flattering

28
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Querelousness

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Constantly complaining

29
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Transmorgify

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Transform surprisingly