Quiz #5 Flashcards
grex
herd/flock
herere
to stick
similis
like
adhere
to stick together (like with glue)
aggregate
a group of something
dissimulate
( think disguise) to hide your true motives and intentions
egregious
outstandingly bad
ensemble
a group of performers
facsimile
a copy
gregarious
talkative and very social
inherent
existing in something naturally
segregate
to separate from the group
semblance
the outward appearance of something
Oxymoron
The combination of two contradictory words or phrases; concise paradox;
contradiction in terms
Pun
Humorous play on words in which one word will have double meaning
Flashback
interruption of the narrative to show an episode that happened before the story opens
Foreshadowing
indication by the author of events to come later in the plot
Genre
type, kind, sort of literature (short story, essay, drama, novel, poetry: ode, sonnet, etc)
fidelity 1.
loyalty
fidelity 2.
an exact match
complicity
involvement as a helper in a crime