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Week 7 & 6 Flashcards

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Superfluous

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Extra; unnecessary

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Gratuitous

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Given freely; unearned; unwarranted

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Alleviate

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To ease a pain or burden

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Asylum

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A place of retreat or security

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Auspicious

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Favorable; promising

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Benevolent

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Well-meaning; generous

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Benign

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Kind and gentle

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Mollify

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To calm or soothe

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Reclamation

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The act of making some thing useful again

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Sanction

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To give official authorization or approval

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Homograph

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Words we write identically but which have different meanings

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Homonyms

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Words that are identical with each other in pronunciation and spelling, but different in meaning

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Homophones

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Words that are identical in pronunciation, but different in meaning

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Homeoteleuton

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Words with the same ending

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Hyperbaton

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Figures of speech that consist of an alteration of the logical order of the words in a sentence

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Florid

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Describing flowery or elaborate speech

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Opulent

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Exhibiting a display of great wealth

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Ornate

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Elaborately decorated

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Ostentatious

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Describing a showy or pretentious display

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Poignant

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Profoundly moving; touching

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Ebullience

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Intense enthusiasm

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Effusive

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Emotionally unrestrained; gushy

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Egregious

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Conspicuously bad or offensive

Easily seen

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Flagrant

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Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable

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Frenetic

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Wildly excited or active

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Enallage

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Wording ignoring grammatical rules or conventions

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Enjambment

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Incomplete syntax at the end of lines in poetry

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Enthymeme

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An informal syllogism

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Epistrophe

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Repetition of the same word or group of words at the end of successive clauses

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Epizeuxis

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Repetition of a single word, with no other words in between

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Euphony

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Opposite of cacophony(pleasant sounding)

AP Language & Composition (6 decks)

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