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Flashcards: Midterm Vocabualry

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Begrudgeto envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone):
Belieto show to be false; contradict; to misrepresent
Behooveto be necessary or proper for, as for moral or ethical considerations; be incumbent on:
Diabolicalhaving the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked
Impedimentobstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
ParsimoniousParsimonious
Ebullientoverflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited
Ephemerallasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory
Effronteryshameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity
ProdigiousProdigious
Quatraina stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.
Sestetthe last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit.
Cinquaina short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, two, four, six, eight, and two syllables.
Coupleta pair of successive lines of verse, esp. a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.