Lit terms and vocab.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Calumny | a falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another |
| Austerity | Sourness and harshness to the taste; Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline; Freedom from adornment; |
| Chauvinism | of or relating to persons convinced of the superiority of their own gender or kind |
| Burnish | To polish |
| Contingency | eventuality: a possible event or occurrence or result |
| Differentiate | To show, or be the distinction between two things; To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate |
| Cosmopolitan | a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries |
| Auspices | the act of endorsing; |
| Disparity | the state of being unequal; difference; incongruity |
| Bode | An omen; a foreshadowing; A bid; an offer |
| Mood | The feeling or attitude of a section of the story |
| Ambiguity | having more than one possible meaning |
| Gothic Novel | a type of novel that aims at evoking terror through a gloomy setting and sensational, sometimes supernatural, action |
| Allusion | makes a reference or representation of or to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art |
| Journal | A diary or daily record of a person |
| Enjambment | a sentence that is carried over to the next line without pause |
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