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Demuro vocabulary Unit 1

Terms in this set (46)

connotation
suggested or implied meaning of a word
denotation
literal meaning of a word
tone
a writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject
theme
the central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work
reap
to gather or take
accompaniment
music, a part in a composition designed to serve as a background and support for more important parts.
noble
very impressive or opposing in appearance
gait
a manner of walking, stepping, or running
rickety
likely to fall or collapse
lethargic
of, pertaining, or affected with lethargy. Tired and sluggish
vain
excessively proud of or concerned about ones own appearance qualities achievements, etc
feeble
physically weak, as from age or sickness
definition essay
writing that explains or defines what a topic means
evacuee
person who is withdrawn or removed from a place of danger or a disaster area
steadfastly
firm in purpose, resolution, faith, attachment, unwavering
wrenching
to affect distressingly; a sharp distressing pain as to the feelings
rhyme scheme
a consistant pattern of rhyming word at the line endings throughout the poem
free verse
poetry without a fixed pattern of meter and rhyme
metaphor
comparison between two unlike things in which one is spoken as if it were another
simile
a comparison between two unlike things using the word like or as
exulting
to show or feel a lively or triumphantly
vessel
a craft for traveling on water - usually larger than an ordinary row boat
mournful
feeling or expression of sorrow or grief; sorrowful; sad or gloomy somber or dreary
tread
the action of treading, stepping or walking
gaudy
cheaply showy in a tasteless way; flashy
exiled
a person banished from his or her native land
rhetoric
the undue use of exaggeration or display
overhung
to hang or be suspended over
solitude
remoteness from habitations as of a place; absence of human activity
bouquet
the characteristic aroma of wine, liquors,
shepherding
to tend or guard as a shepherd; to watch over carefully
curdled
to change into curd; coagulate; congeal
monstrous
extraordinarily large; great; huge
slew
killed by violencwe
suppliant
one who prays humbly
moored
to secure in a particular place by cables or lines
seized
to take hold of something suddenly or forcefully
cast
to draw as in telling fortunes
premonition
a forewarning
reeled
to sway about in standing or walking; as from dizziness, intoxication
scorched
to parch or shrivel with heat
scheme
an underhanded plot
tormented
to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain
lagged
to fail to maintain a desired pace or to keep up; fall or stay behind
brute
a brutal insensitive or crude person
epic
long narrative about the deeds of heros or gods; can be prose by poetry
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