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Special Words #2 Flashcards

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Bacchand

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Drunken; riotous celebration

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Aurora

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The start of something; 1st of daybreak, illuminates sky

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Hydra-headed

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Difficult; multifurious

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Mercurial

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Changeable personalities; changable

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Mnemonics

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Song or rhyme used to help remember something (PEMDAS)

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Narcissism

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Excessive self-love

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Paean

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Song or poem of praise or triumph

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Pheonix

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Mythical bird that is reborn

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Protean

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Displaying great diversity or variety

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Stygian

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Pertaining to stynx or netherworld; dark, gloomy

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Absalom

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David’s 3rd favorite son; father of peace

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Filthylucre

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Violation of the 10th amendement

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Judas

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Betrayal of Christ; malicious traitor

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Samson & Delilah

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Bad choices people make when you’re blinded by love

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Don Quixote

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Impractical idealist; who tries to fix everything

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Jekyll and Hyde

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Someone w/ 2 personalities one good one evil

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Berserk

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Destructive; violent

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Bloomer

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Iron worker

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Bohemian

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Nonconformist

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Chauvinist

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Person displaying aggressive patriotism

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Donnybrook

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Drunk umbral

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Dungaree

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Blue denim; jeans

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Machiavellian

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Manipulative; cunning; deceitful

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Carte Blanche

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Unconditional authority (blank check)

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Faux pas

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Socially awkward act; embarrassing social mistake

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Laissez-Faire

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No interference

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Malfeasance

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Wrong doing mostly in politics

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Chiasmus

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Reversal of order of 2 parallel phrases

Ex: forget what you want to remember and remember what you want to forget

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Litototes

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Understatement

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Synecdoche

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Figure of speech in which a part is used as a whole

Ex: all hands on deck; i’m all ears

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Motonomy

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Figure of speech that consists of the use of name of an object for that of another to which it is related
Ex: oh! He’s really hitting the bottle

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Allusion

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Indirect or passing reference

Ex: i was surprised his nose isn’t growing

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Apherism

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Observation containing general truth

Ex: bumper stickers

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds

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Consonance

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Repetition of Consonant sounds

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Thespian

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Actor or actress

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