Unit Five Expository Writing
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 jocose | joking; humorous |
| jocular | with humor |
| festoon | to drape or adorn festively |
| fete | an elaborate party (often outdoors) |
| bacchic | related to a wild celebration |
| bacchanal | a drunken reveller |
| plaintive | expressing sorrow |
| plaint | a cry of sorrow and grief |
| elegy | a mournful poem |
| elegiac | expressing sorrow often for something past |
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