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50 Cards in this Set
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abstract
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not relating to concrete objects but expressing something that can only be appreciated intellectually
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acquiesce
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to accept without protest
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affirmation
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statement asserting something to be true
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aghast
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shocked, often in horror
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annotation
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explanatory side note usually in books
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benign
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not harmful
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beseech
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to ask as if pleading
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catalyst
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someone or something that speeds up a process
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catechism
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way of understanding through question and answer (relating to religion)
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clef
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a range of musical notes and their accompanying symbols
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constituent
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part of a whole
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contemplation
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long consideration
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devise
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to plan or invent
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diagesis
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fictional space in which a narrative takes place
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diction
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word chocie in a sentence
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discourse
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formal or written discussion
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dour
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gloomy
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emigrate
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to leave one country and move to another permanently
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emit
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to give off
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ensue
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to come after (time)
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entropy
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the dispersment of energy overtime
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ethos
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characteristic spirit odf a community, culture or era
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furtive
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secretive
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hydraulic
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operated by water
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implied author
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constructor of the narrative, person telling the story
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inimitable
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not able to be immitated. unique.
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invective
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having to do wit an insult
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iridescent
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of lustrous appearance
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lethargy
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drowsiness, lack of energy
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logos
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word, meaning or content
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metronome
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instrument that marks exact time by a repeated tick
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motif
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reoccuring theme or symbol
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mythos
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events of a story in the order in which they are told
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narratology
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the study of narrative structures
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omit
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to leave out
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opine
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to voice ones opinion outloud
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parallelism
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the act of two characters who progress along the same lines
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pathos
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quality that arouses an emotional response
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penultimate
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second to lsat
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phosphorescent
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still giving off light even after the source is gone
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precambrian
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geologic era of the oldest man
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progression
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movement forward
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prolepsis
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flash forward
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proverb
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short statement that assumes a general truth
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recede
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to go backwards
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regression
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movement backwards
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rue
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to feel a sense of remorse for
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scanty
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barely sufficient
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syntax
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ordering of words within a sentence
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transcendentalism
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philosophical movement that stressed the role of divinity in nature
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