Grade 9 Language Flashcards by William Odgers | Brainscape

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Usurpation

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Illegal seizure of the throne

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Denoument

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Final outcome of play explained

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Cyclical

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Regularly patterned

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Hamartia

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Fatal flow leading to downfall

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Spiritual malpractice

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Wrongful practice of magic

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Equivocation

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Ambigious language to conceal truth

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Evoke

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Recall a memory

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Stark contrast

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Sheer contrast

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Superlative

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Highest degree of quality (great’est’)

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Endearment

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Love or affection

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Noncholant

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Calm and relaxed

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Nihilism

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Belief life is meaningless

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Abberation

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Something abnormal

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Cardinal sin of regicide

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Sin against God of killing the King

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Cardinal

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Member of the Catholic church

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Unecclesiastical

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Not relating to Christan church

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Lamenting

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Express grief or regret

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Ingratiate

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Bring one into favour by flattery

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Quintessential

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The perfect example of something

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Antithesis

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Direct opposite of something