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absolve: grant remission of a sin to
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affect: the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
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agent: an active and efficient cause
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alacrity: brisk and cheerful readiness, efficiency, enthusiasm etc
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alliteration: use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
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anagnorisis: recognition
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aposiopesis: information left out of sentences
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apostrophe: address to an absent or imaginary person
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archetype: an original model on which something is patterned
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assail: launch an attack or assault on
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avert: turn away or aside
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beguile: to charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way
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bildungsroman: a coming of age novel
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bombast: language used in order to impress people
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caprice: a sudden desire/change in emotions
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catharsis: emotional release
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chiasmus: inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
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choler: anger, irritability or irascibility
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circumlocution: an indirect way of expressing something
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coda: the closing section of a musical composition
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complacent: overly confident
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connotation: the implied meaning of a word or phrase
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credulity: tendency to believe readily
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cumulative: collective
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cynicism: a cynical feeling of distrust
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deduce: to come to a conclusion using reasoning
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denotation: the direct meaning of a word or phrase
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diction: word choice
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didactic: instructive
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dilatory: inclined to waste time
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discourse: verbal expression
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dissemble: make believe with the intent to deceive
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doppelganger: a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart
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earnest: sincere
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egregious: frightful, atrocious, terrible, awful etc
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ellipsis: omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
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engender: to cause, to produce, to create
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ensconce: settle comfortably
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equivocal: capable of double interpretation, ambiguous
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ethos: the distinctive spirit of a community, culture or era
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expound: add details, as to an account or idea
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fathom: to understand something
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felicity: state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
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foil: anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
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fortuitous: to happen by chance
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garb: clothing
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hamartia: the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall
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homophone: two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
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homophone: sounds the same as another word
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idiom: a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
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ineffable: defying expression or description
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inflection: the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
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iniquity: immoral or grossly unfair behavior
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innuendo: an indirect (and usually malicious) implication
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intervene: to come between
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invert: turn inside out or upside down
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irrevocable: impossible to retract or revoke
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knave: a dishonest, immoral, corrupt or unscrupulous man
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languid: slow, sluggish, listless, weak
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lascivious: driven by lust
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malicious: characterized by malice, intending or intended to do harm, evil etc
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marginalize: relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people
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meek: very docile
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metamorphosis: a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
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mise en scene: arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
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mitigate: make less severe or harsh
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montage: a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
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mood: verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
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morsel: a small amount of solid food
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motley: eclectic
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mountebank: a flamboyant deceiver
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necromancy: conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying
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negligence: the failure to take proper care in doing something, often resulting in unsatisfactory results
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obsequious: attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner
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ode: a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
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opaque: not clear
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overt: open and observable
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paradox: (logic) a self-contradiction
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paragon: a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality
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pathos: a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
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penance: voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
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pensive: contemplative
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perdition: hell
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pliant: flexible or supple
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pore: To read studiously or attentively
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profligate: a recklessly extravagant consumer
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promulgate: to promote or make widely known, to propagate, publicize etc
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quixotic: not sensible about practical matters
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rebuke: an act or expression of criticism and censure
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repent: feel remorse for
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respite: a pause from doing something (as work)
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reverence: profound respect
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rhetoric: using language effectively to please or persuade
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rote: memorization by repetition
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sanctum: a place of inviolable privacy
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sate: to fill to satisfaction
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saucy: improperly forward or bold
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sedative: tending to soothe or tranquilize
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sequester: set apart from others
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shrive: obtain forgiveness by confessing sins
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sublime: inspiring awe
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supercilious: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
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superfluous: more than is needed, desired, or required
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superlative: an exaggerated expression (usually of praise)
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suppress: to put down by force or authority
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syntax: sentence structure
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taciturn: habitually reserved and uncommunicative
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timorous: timid by nature or revealing timidity
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tone: the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
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trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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utilitarian: having a useful function
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venial: a small sin
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vexation: the state of being annoyed, frustrated, displeased etc.
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vigil: a period of sleeplessness
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vigilant: carefully observant or attentive
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vigilante: someone who takes law enforcement into his or her own hands
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voyeurism: the pleasure in watching without being seen.
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ward: a person under the care and supervision who is not their parent by birth
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warrant: an implied guarantee
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wend: direct one's course or way
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wherewithal: the necessary means (especially financial means)
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wrought: shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
