Week 7 & 6 Flashcards
Superfluous
Extra; unnecessary
Gratuitous
Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
Alleviate
To ease a pain or burden
Asylum
A place of retreat or security
Auspicious
Favorable; promising
Benevolent
Well-meaning; generous
Benign
Kind and gentle
Mollify
To calm or soothe
Reclamation
The act of making some thing useful again
Sanction
To give official authorization or approval
Homograph
Words we write identically but which have different meanings
Homonyms
Words that are identical with each other in pronunciation and spelling, but different in meaning
Homophones
Words that are identical in pronunciation, but different in meaning
Homeoteleuton
Words with the same ending
Hyperbaton
Figures of speech that consist of an alteration of the logical order of the words in a sentence
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Florid
Describing flowery or elaborate speech
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Opulent
Exhibiting a display of great wealth
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Ornate
Elaborately decorated
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Ostentatious
Describing a showy or pretentious display
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Poignant
Profoundly moving; touching
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Ebullience
Intense enthusiasm
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Effusive
Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
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Egregious
Conspicuously bad or offensive
Easily seen
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Flagrant
Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
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Frenetic
Wildly excited or active
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Enallage
Wording ignoring grammatical rules or conventions
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Enjambment
Incomplete syntax at the end of lines in poetry
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Enthymeme
An informal syllogism
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Epistrophe
Repetition of the same word or group of words at the end of successive clauses
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Epizeuxis
Repetition of a single word, with no other words in between
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Euphony
Opposite of cacophony(pleasant sounding)
