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omnipotent

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having unlimited power

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arbitrary

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tyrannical or random by choice

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vanquish

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conquer or subdue

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override

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dominate

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constrain

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restrain or force

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provocation

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incitement or irritation

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militiate

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to have weight or effect

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embroil

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involve or confuse

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contrive

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plan or design

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conduce

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contribute toward

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ingratiate

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win favor

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incantation

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magic

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conciliate

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pacify (make less angry)

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mollify

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soothe or soften (reduce in intensity)

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assuage

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make less severe

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sufferance

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endurance and toleration or permission

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succumb

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yield or give way

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susceptible

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easily influenced

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eccentric

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strange

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idiosyncrasy

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personal peculiarity

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ludicrous

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laughable

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frivolous

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silly or trivial

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drivel

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foolish talk

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glib

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ready or fluent

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pompous

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showy or pretentious

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lethargy

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laziness

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encroach

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to trespass or intrude

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interloper

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intruder

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indignity

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insult or outrage

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foolhardy

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foolishly bold

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diabolic

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devilish or fiendish

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inquity

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wickedness

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wanton

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unjustified or unprovoked

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malefactor

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evildoer

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insidious

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sly

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flagrant

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outrageous

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repugnant

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repulsive

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eerie

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weird

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bogus

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not genuine

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feign

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pretend

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hoodwink

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decieve

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consummate

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extreme

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ultimate

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final

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finite

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limited

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inconsiderable

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insignificant

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parochial

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narrow

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integral

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essential or linked

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piecemeal

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gradually

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sundry

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several

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teem

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overflow

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prevalent

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widespread

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copious

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plentiful

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exorbitant

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excessive

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tally

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record or agree

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tragedy

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depicts the death or destruction of a hero of high stature- suffers many calamities because of a tragic flaw or fate- should be uplifting, evoke compassion, and conclude with a sense of justice and restored order

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tragic hero

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great man, who, through some flaw of defect in an otherwise noble character, brings about his own destruction

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tragic flaw

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fault in character which leads to a great man's destruction (brutus only sees the good in people)

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soliloquy

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long speech given by an actor alone on stage who speaks his thoughts and feelings directly to the audience
2 purposes: gives insight into the character and gives general comment on the progress of the action of the play

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character foil

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character who develops through another character through contrast- brutus contrasts with cassius and antony

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anachronism

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an event or detail in a literary work that is placed outside its historical time period- pockets

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blank verse

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unrhyming iambic pentameter- 10 syllables in one line that don't rhyme

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exposition

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act 1

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incentive moment

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act 1

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rising action

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act II

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initial action

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act II

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climax

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act III

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climax

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act III

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falling action

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act IV

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catastrophe

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act V

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aftermath

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final words

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come

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is coming, came, have come