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29 Cards in this Set

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denigrate
to sully or defame, to speak damagingly of
denotation
literal meaning of a word
descant
a discussion or discourse on a particualr theme, an ornamental melody played above a theme in music
diction
the authors choice of words
didactic
intended to instruct
dilettante
one who takes up art, music, etc, purely for amusement; a dabbler
dirge
a song for the dead, slow, heavy, depressed, melancholy
discursive
digressive, rambling
disdain
full of or showing scorn, scornful
dissembling
disguising or concealing something, feigning
dissonance
the grating (harsh sound) of incompatible sounds
doggerel
crude, simplistic verse, often in sing song rhyme, limmericks
domestic
a hired household servant
effeminate
soft, delicate to an unmanly degree in traits, tastes, habits
efficacy
effectiveness; power or ability to produce a desired effect
élan
impetuous ardor; dash; enthusiastic vigor
elegy
elegaic expressing sorrow or lamentation
ennui
boredom; feeling of weariness and discontent
epic
a long narrative poem on a serious theme
epigrammatic
expressing a thought or observation in a short, concise, often witty way
epitaph
lines that commemoratethe dead at their burial place
equinoctial
pertaining to the equinox, occuring about the time of an equinox
euphemism
a word or phrase that takes the place of a harsh, unpleasant, or impolite reality
euphony
when sounds blen harmoniously
epository
serving to set forth, to explain
farce
extremely broad humor. in earlier times used to mean a play/ funny play
feigned
pretended, counterfeited
feminine rhyme
lines rhymed by their final two syllables
flippant
frivolously shallow, disrespectful, characterized by levity