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Increasing, enlarging
Getting bigger
Augmenting
The weapons of World War 1 were augmenting.
Injustice, complaint
Complaint
Grievance
The employee filed a grievance due to unfair treatment by his supervisor.
Wrongdoing, sin
Wrong
Transgression
Cheating on a test is considered a transgression.
Those who hold to a belief opposed to the established teachings of a church
Opposite of what others think
Heretics
Those who believe in same-sex marriage are considered heretics because it goes against the church.
Cleverness, slyness
Tricky
Cunning
The cunning boy escaped the locked up room.
Get
Recieve
Procure
Paris hoped to procure Juliet’s love.
Worthless
No value
Vile
Juliet considered marriage vile, and didn’t want to try hard to find the perfect man.
Having dominating influence over others
Majority
Predominant
Adolf Hitler was predominant over the German population.
The act of pleading on behalf of another
Pleading
Intercession
The judge interceded on behalf on the prosecutor.
Of a sickly, pale, yellowish complexion
Sick
Sallow
After getting hit in the face with the ball, the girl looked sallow.
One who changes or is unsteady
Unbalanced
Waverer
During the novel Huck Finn, Huck is a waverer because he is constantly changing day to day, by acting like Tom Sawyer and Jim.
Distressing, sad
Upset
Lamentable
Romeo not finding Rosaline is lamentable.
Causing great injury or ruin
Broken bone
Pernicious
There is pernicious fighting between the two families.
The authors method of structuring a text; the way the text is structured from beginning to end. In literary works, the structure could include flashback and foreshadowing, for example. In nonfiction works, the structure could include sequence question-answer, cause-effect, etc.
Structure
Text organization/structure
The text organization/structure in Huck Finn is organized into chapters.
Romeo be Juliet is organized by act.
A topic or discussion of work; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work. A theme may be stated or implied. Clues to the theme may be found in the prominent and/or reoccurring ideas in a work.
Major idea
Theme
The theme of Huck Finn is maturing.
The theme of Romeo and Juliet is love.