Word Of The Day #3 Flashcards

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Satire

A

A literacy work holding human vices or foolishness to ridicule or mock

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2
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Parody

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A ridiculous imitation

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3
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Editorial notes

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The opinion and notes if the article that the editor gives

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4
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Footnote

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A note printed on the foot of the page referring to a certain text, page, word or event

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5
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Stage directions

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Usually in the italics of parenthesis, show the instruction if the play, movement or position

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6
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Obsolete

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No longer produced or used; out of date

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7
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Dialect

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A political, rural, or socially distinct variety of a language that differs from the standard language

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8
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Indifirence

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Lack of interest of concern

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9
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Precaurious

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Uncertain, unstable, insecure

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10
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Scrupulous

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Having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right, principled

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11
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Resolution

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The act of resolving or determining upon an action

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12
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Artifice

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A skillful or artful contrivance expedient or to trick someone

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13
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Pseudonym

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A fictionous name used by an author to conceal his/her identity

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14
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Egotism

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Excessive reference to oneself in conversation or writing

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15
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Melancholy

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A gloomy state of mind

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