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89 Cards in this Set
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artifice
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skillfull or ingenious device
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craven
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a coward
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demise
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a death of a person
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exhilerate
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to cheer or give spirit to
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muse
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think about in dreaming way, ponder
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negligible
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unimportant
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precedent
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an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
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punitive
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inflicting or aiming at punishment
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sojourn
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a temporary stay, short time
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urbane
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refined in manner or style
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affiliated
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associated, connected
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bequeath
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to give or pass on as an inheritance
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cogent
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forceful, convincing
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hitler
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expunge
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to erase, destory
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malevolent
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spitefull, showing ill will
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panacea
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remedy for all ills, cure all
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skulk
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to move about stealthily
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supercilious
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proud and contemptuos, showing scorn because of a feeling or superiorty
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uncanny
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strange, mysterious, weird
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venial
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easily excused pardonable
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altruistic
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unselfish, concerned with the wellfare of others
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chivalrous
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marked by honor, knightly
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dearth
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a lack, inadequate supply, a famine
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diffident
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shy, lacking self confidence
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indomiable
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unconquerable
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pungent
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causeing a sharp sensation, stinging, bitting
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bad smell
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repose
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to rest, or lie, relaxation peace of mind
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bed
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temeirty
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rashness, boldness
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truculent
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fierce and cruel, aggressive
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a trucker
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unfeigned
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sincere, real, without pretence
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brandish
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to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
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explicit
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clear, definite
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officious
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meddling
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ominous
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unfavorable, threatning
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pinnacle
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high point or peak
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rampant
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running wild, or without check
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indians
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solace
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comfort or relief
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stately
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dignified, majestic
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horses
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supple
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bending easily
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soliloquy
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a speach given on stage in the presence of another actor
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juliet
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it (marriage) is an honor that i dream not of
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juliet
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my grave is like to be my wedding bed
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juliet
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what in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet
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friar
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For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households rancor into true love
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prince
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for never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her romeo
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friar
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thy tears are womanish, thy wild acts denote the unreasonable hury of a beast. by my holy order, i thought thy disposition better tempered
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lord capulet
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how how! chop logic! What is this? get thee to church o thursday or never look me in the face
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romeo
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O my love! death, that hath sucked honey of thy breath , hath had do power yet upon they beauty
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oxymoron
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juliet says: parting is such sweet sorrow
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pun
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hie to high fortune
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adulterate
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to corrupt, to make worse by adding something of lesser value
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deploy
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to position or arrange
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fortitude
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courage in faceing in difficulties
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guise
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cover, mask
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insidious
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sly, treacherous
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opulent
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weathly, luxurious
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tentative
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uncertain hesitant
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unkempt
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untidy, not properly maintaied
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verbatim
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word for word, exacally as written or spoken
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warily
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cautiously, with great care
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averse
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opposed,unwilling
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belligerent
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warlike, aggressive
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benevolent
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kindly, charitable
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duplicity
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treachery, deceitfullness
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feasible
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possible, able to be done
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impetus
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a moving force
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meticulous
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extremely careful
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nostalgia
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longing for something from the past
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quintessence
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the purest essence or form of somthing
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scrutinize
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to examine closely
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Richard Connell
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The Most Dangerous Game
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Frank R Stockton
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The Lady? Or the Tiger
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James Thurber
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Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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A Mother in Mannville
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Cask of the Amontillado
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Edgar Allan Poe
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James Hurst
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The Scarlet Ibis
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O. Henry
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The Gift of the Magi
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Guy de Maupassant
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The Necklace
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Allusion
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a reference in one work of literature to a person place or thing
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Climax
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point of greatest emmotional intensity, suspence
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Symbol
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an object representing something
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Foreshadowing
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giving hints to the future about what is going to happen later in the story
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Setting
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where a story takes place
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Verbal Irony
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a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
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Dramatic Irony
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irony when audience understands meaning but characters don't
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Direct Characterization
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author simply tells what the character is like
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Indirect Characterization
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writer reveals information about character and personality through thoughts, words, and actions, & how other characters respond to that character
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Theme
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the main topic or idea of the story
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Pun
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play on words
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