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40 Cards in this Set
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catharsis
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a cleansing of or release of emotions
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repulse
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driving back
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swagger
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bold strut
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comprehensive
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including all of the details
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senile
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mentally impaired
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lithe
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flexible and graceful
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insolence
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bold disrespect
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waver
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to doubt
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transcends
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goes beyond the limits of
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deference
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respect
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malicious
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mischievious
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somberly
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gloomily
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piety
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loyal devotion
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vigil
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the act of watching and guarding
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transgress
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disobey
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calamity
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great misfortune
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recoils
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draws back
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difle
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make dirty
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sated
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satisfied
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wrath
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anger
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prologue
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the exposition of the Greek tragedy which gives background and conflict
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parados
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first ode or choral song in a Greek tragedy chanted by the chorus as it enters the area in front of the stage
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choragos
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leader of the chorus
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strophe
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right to left
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antistrophe
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left to right
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ode
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each scene is followed by an ode
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epode
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final stanza of the ode
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paean
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hymn in praise of a god
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exodos
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the final or exit scene
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verbal irony
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what is said is opposite of what is meant
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foil
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character who serves as a contrast to another charcter
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anachronism
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event otr detail that is inappropriate for the time period
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aphorism
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short, wise, often clever saying
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anarchy
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the condition of a society without government
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prophet
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you know what that is
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sentry
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a soldier standing guard
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folly
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lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight
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fate
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power beyond all human control
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woe
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deep suffering
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decree
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and order usually having the force of law
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