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Midterm Flashcards

1
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Taut

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Pulled or drawn tight

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Fulcrum

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The pivot about which a lever turns

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Hiatus

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An interruption in the intensity or amount of something

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Recrimination

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Mutual accusations

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5
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Strident

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Unpleasantly loud and harsh

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Incantation

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A ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect

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Flaunt

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Display proudly, act pretentiously

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Impalpable

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Not perceptible to the touch

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Parody

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A composition that imitates or misinterprets somebody’s style, usually in a humorous way

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Immure

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Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

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Inarticulate

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Without or deprived of the use of speech or words

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Leviathan

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The largest or most massive thing of its kind (sea monster)

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Furtive

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Secret and sly

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14
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Officious

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Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

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Symbolism

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The practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships

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Swathe

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Wrap in swaddling clothes

17
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Motif

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A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work

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Sinewy

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Consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon

19
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Inscrutable

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Of an obscure nature

20
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Frond

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Compound lead of a fern or palm tree

21
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Vicissitude

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A change in circumstances or fortune at different times in life or in the development of something

22
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Incredulity

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Doubt about the truth of something

23
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Gesticulate

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Show, express or direct through movement (esp. with the hands)

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Vagrant

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A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

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Wrest

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Obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically

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