English 10 Unit 2 Vocab
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 sundry | adj - different, other |
| coy | adj - displaying modesty or shyness |
| smart | verb - to cause pain |
| brawn | noun - muscle |
| alight | verb - to stop in a journey, to arrive |
| scurrility | noun - coarseness or indecency of language |
| victual | noun - food or provisions of any kind |
| spry | adj - active, full of health and spirit |
| cuckold | noun - derisive name for the husband of an unfaithful wife |
| gallant | noun - a ladies' man, a paramour |
| lecherous | adj - characterized by indulgence of lust |
| knave | noun - an unprincipled man |
| nigh | adj - near |
| prevail | verb - to predominate |
| abate | verb - to lessen, diminish, reduce |
| doleful | adj - sorrowful |
| narrative verse | non-dramatic verse that tells a story |
| persona | from the latin word for mask, meaning the character assumed by the narrator in a poem or work of fiction |
| topos | from the greek word for place, meaning a commonly used literary scenario or technique |
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