English Final Exam 2010

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: to attack vigorously or violently; assault

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assail

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marvelous; amazing; prodigious.

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Portentous

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privately informed of

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privy

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incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.

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Invulnerable

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Nice to meet you

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Mucho Gusto

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firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion

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obstinate

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not pious or religious

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impious:

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likely to happen soon, threatening

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imminent

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a commandment or direction given as a rule of action

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precepts

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evoking or deserving pity; pathetic

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Piteous

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the act of examining in detail; scrutiny

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perusal:

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shortness of time

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brevity

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indulging in or given to satire

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satirical

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to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent

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contrive

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bluff, or part of a plateau, overlooking a lowland.

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Promontory

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destructive to life; deadly; poisonous.

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Pestilent

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pertaining to the country or to life in the country

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pastoral

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to change the pronunciation of

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affrication

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the face, usually with reference to shape, features

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visage

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full of disorder

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turbulent

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contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech.

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Insolence

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a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something

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calumny

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violent, rushing stream; flood of words

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torrent

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moderation or self-restraint in action, statement

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temperance

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or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency

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judicious

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: an act or deed showing mercy or leniency

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Clemency

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still in existence, not lost or destroyed

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extant

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the first original

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primal

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joined together, united, or linked.

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Conjoined

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metaphor

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figure of speech not using "like"or "as"

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similie

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same as a metaphor but uses like or as

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personification

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giving inaminmate objects human traits

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irony

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3 types; verbal, dramatic, situational

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tagic hero

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the person is usually causes a persons downfall in a tragedy

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protagonist

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good person hero

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aside

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character in a play says something to audience other characters cant hear this

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soliloquy

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only 1 character talking to himslef not directed towards the audience

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monologue

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talks to the audience

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tragic hero

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a literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy

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tragedy

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a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society, to downfall or destruction.

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tragic flaw

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the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy

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protagonist

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the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.

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catharsis

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the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions

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Five Part Dramatic Structure

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exposition
rising action
climax
falling action
dnouement