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42 Cards in this Set
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Gothic Literature
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Type of literature that is often gloomy, with elements of horror.
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Puritan Plain Style
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Characterized by direct statements, common words, and references to everyday things.
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Romanticism
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Movement that valued imagination and feeling over intellect and reason.
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Narrative Poetry
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Verse that tells a story
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Realism
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Literary Movement that portrays life as realistic.
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Tragedy
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Play in which a Main Character suffers a downfall
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Persuasion
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writing that attempts to move readers to a particular viewpoint or action.
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Regionalism
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an emphasis on themes, characters, customs, and settings of a particular geograhical region.
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Transcendentalism
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Literary Movement whose followers believed that basic truths could be reached only by going beyond or reasoning and reflecting on the world of spirit and on one's own free intuition.
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adamant
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unshakable in purpose, determination, or opinion
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admonition
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a warning; cautionary advice
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base
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morally low; dishonorable
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benefactor
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one who gives help or financial aid
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conciliatory
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trying to gain the goodwill of another by friendly acts
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elusive
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difficult to explain or grasp
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exalted
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elevated
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guile
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cunning, deceit or slyness
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haughty
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conceited; arrogant
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immaculate
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unblemished; flawless; pure
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indictment
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formal legal accusation, charging the comission, or omission of an act, which is punishable by law
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integrity
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moral uprightness
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lattices
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a structure of crisscrossed strips, commonly wood or metal, that form a pattern of openings
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manifest
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apparent to the eye or mind; evident; obvious
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melancholy
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depressing; dismal; gloomyq
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perception
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an awareness; an insight
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persistence
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stubborn or determined continuance
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placid
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calm; peaceful; undisturbed
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pretenses
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false show or appearance; especially for the purpose of decieving
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reprimand
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to reprove or correct sharplyq
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respite
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a period of rest or relief, as from work or sorrow
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retaliation
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the act of repaying an injury or a wrong committing the same, or a similar
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subservient
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useful, in an inferior capacity, to promote an end; submissive
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subtle
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barely noticeable; not open, direct, or obvious
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unperturbed
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undisturbed, calm
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virulent
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extremely poisionous
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con
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MEANING: with; together, in association with
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dict
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MEANING: word
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in
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MEANING: having a negative or private force
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sub
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MEANING: under
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circum
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MEANING: round, about, around
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per
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MEANING: through, thoroughly, utterly
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bene
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MEANING: good
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