English Final Exam Vocab And Terms

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plundered

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to rob of goods by force

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hallowed

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reguarded as holy or sacred

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comrade

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a friend or companion

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lustrous

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shining, shimmering, bright

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decree

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a formal authoritive order

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harried

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to disturb or distress; harass

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chided

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to express disapproval of; scold; rebuke

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tactician

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a person who is skilled in planning precedures

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staunchly

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strongly or firmly standing

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zest

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great enthusiasm or energy

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vagabond

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a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job

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qualm

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an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear

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piteous

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pathetic; deserving of pity

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strife

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bitter or vigorous conflict

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foe

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enemy

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pernicious

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ruinous, deadly

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covert

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a shelter or hiding place

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tyrannous

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unjustly harsh, cruel, or severe

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transgression

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violation of a law or command; a sin

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propagate

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to mutiply; reproduce

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posterity

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succeeding generations; future times

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bliss

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supreme happiness

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perilous

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full of danger; dangerous; daring

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disposition

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state of mind reguarding something

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inundate

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to flood or overwhelm

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pensive

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expressing thoughtfulness

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abate

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to reduce the amount of intensity

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dismal

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gloomy; melancholy

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loathsome

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causing feelings of hate or disgust

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lament

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to express regret for; mourn deeply

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haughty

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disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant

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peruse

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to examine carefully

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inauspicious

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not favored by fortune; unlucky

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mutinous

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revolt against authority; rebelious

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shrouding

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a cover for something

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muster

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to assemble as for battle or inspection

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reverent

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feeling or showing profound respect

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enticing

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alluring, to lead on by exciting hope or desire

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cordial

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courteous and gracious; friendly

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libation

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a liquid being poured as an offering to a god or goddess

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cunning

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tricky; sneaky; in a sly manner

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Iamb

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a foot with one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

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pentameter

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verse written in five-foot lines

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sonnet

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a fourteen-line poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter

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shakespearean sonnet

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consists of three quatrains (four-line stanzas) and a couplet (two lines), usually rhyming: abab cdcd efef gg

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memoir

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an account of one's personal life and experiences

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biography

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a written account of another person's life

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autobiography

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history of a person's life written or told by that person

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myth

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A traditional, typically ancient story explaining aspects of the natural world or the psychology, customs, or ideals of society

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legend

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a collection of unverifiable, unhistorical stories of an admirable person and the things they've done- passed down orally

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folktale

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any belief or story passed on traditionally, esp. one considered to be false or based on superstition. usually contains animals

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minstrel

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A medieval entertainer who traveled from place to place, especially to sing and recite poetry.

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epic

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noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style

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epithet

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A term used to characterize a person or thing

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epic simile

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a comparison between something familiar and something unfamilar

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epic machinery

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term referring to a god involved with a mortal

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allusion

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an indirect reference by casually mentioning something that is generally familiar (mythology, the bible, history, politics, sports, pop culture, etc)

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meter

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the rhythmical pattern of a poem

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foot

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the basic building block of meter; usually consisting of one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllables

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in medias res

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starts in the middle and flashes back to the beginning

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muse

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any goddess presiding over a particular art. (zeus's daughters: people pray to them for a good performance)

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xenia

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the hospitality rule- a guest must be respectful to the host and the host must be a good host

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proscenium stage

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no outer stage; only inner stage and a large curtain separates it from the audience

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thrust stage

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minimal scenery allows playwrights to move their stories rapidly from place to place

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arena stage

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Theatre in which the stage is located in the center of the auditorium with the audience seated on all sides

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groundlings

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A spectator in the cheap standing-room section of an Elizabethan theater

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aside

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lines whispered to the audience or to another character on stage (not meant to be heard by all the characters on stage)

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pun

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play on the multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings- used in jokes for humorous effect

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foil

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a character who is used as a contrast to another character

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soliloquy

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a single character on stage thinking aloud (a way of letting the audience know what's on the character's mind)

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paradox

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statement or situation that seems to be a contradiction but reveals a truth

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pungent

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sharp smell or taste

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patriarchal society

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society in which men dominate