Week 2 Flashcards
Anaphora
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, noun
Promiscous
Having many brief sexual relationships, adjective
Subservient
Below someone in authority or willing to obey, adjective
Refrain
Restrain, hold back, keep under control , verb
Hence
From here, adverb
Thence
From there, adverb
Whence
From where, adverb
Hither
Here , to this place, adverb
Thither
There, to that place, adverb
Whither
To which place, where, adverb
Metonymy
Adjunct for that of the thing meant, noun
Impediment
A hindrance or obstruction, defect in a person’s speech, noun
Tercet
A group of three lines of verse rhyming together or connected by the rhyme with an adjacent triplet, noun
Vagrant
A person who has no settled home or job,( originated from the French word ‘vagarant’ which means wandering about), noun
Stanza
Group of lines forming the basic unit in a poem; a verse, noun