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84 Cards in this Set
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Ambiguity
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an uncertainty, doubt, double meaning
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Accusation
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an indictment, a charge of an offense
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Astute
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shrewd, crafty
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Blueprint
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a plan or program of action
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Abandoned
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to give oneself up, to reject
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Deride
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to laugh mockingly at; to scorn
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Distort
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to twist, to misrepresent
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Exclude
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to keep out; to deny entry to
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Illusory
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deceptive
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Imitate
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to mimic or copy
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Explicit
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fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated
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Ravenously
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extremely hungry
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Impart
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to make known, to give, to tell, bestow
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Profound
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Penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought
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Declamation
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speech, proper pronunciation; to speak loudly
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Disconsolate
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without consolation or solace
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Commiserate
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to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for
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Larceny
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the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods
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Indignation
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strong displeasure at something that is unjust
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Consternation
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a sudden amazement or dread that results in utter confusion
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Gloat
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to think with great or excessive, often smug satisfaction
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Remonstrance
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an expression of protest
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Abhorrence
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a feeling of extreme repungance or aversion
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Appall
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overcome with horror, consternation, or fear
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Gait
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a manner of walking or running
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Condemn
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to declare to be wrong or evil
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Contemporary
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occuring at the same time
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Contempt
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the act of despising someone or something
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Critic
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one who judges the truth or value of any matter
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Debate
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strife or contention in arguement
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Modest
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having moderate estimate of one's ability
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Novel
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new, original
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Offense
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an attack, a breach of law
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Oppose
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to set oneself against, to confront
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Perplex
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to confuse, to torment
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Prosaic
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commonplace; dull
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Restrain
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to prevent from doing something, to limit
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Scrutinize
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to inspect closely; to examine methodically
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Supplant
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to cause the downfall or; to remove from position
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Surreptitious
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obtained by suppression of the truth, acting stealthly
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Apothecary
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a druggist or pharmacist
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Bestial
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without reason or intelligence, brutal or inhuman
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Capricious
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whim, fanciful or witty
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Degradation
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the act of degrading, disgrace, or shame
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Extraneous
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not pertinent, irrelevant, not belonging to something
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Idiosyncratic
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the physical constitution peculiar to an individual
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Mortify
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to humiliate or shame
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Pendantically
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ostentatious in one's learning
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Recluse
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a person who lives in seclusion, isolated
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Violate
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evaporating quickly, changeable, flighty
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Sawbones
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slang for a surgeon or physician
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Transfigure
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to change in outward for or appearance
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Vicarious
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enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others
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Abominable
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repugnantly hateful; detestan;e; loathsome
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Geniality
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warmly and pleasantly cheerful
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Calamity
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a great misfortune or disaster
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Diabolical
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having the qualities of a devil, outrageously wicked
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Florid
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reddish, ruddy, rosy
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Harpies
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a ravenous bird, mythological creature
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Timidity
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lacking self-confidence, fearful or hesitant
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Inscrutable
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incapable of being investigated or analyzed
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Juggernaut
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large, overpowering, destructive force or object
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Penitence
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remorse for past conduct, regretful
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Quaint
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strange, peculiar, or having an old fashioned quality
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Transcendental
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abstract or metaphysical, being beyond ordinary
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Austere
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severe in manner or appearance
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Besiege
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to lay siege to; to assail or ply
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Disinterred
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to dig up or remove from a grave, to take out of place
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Enigma
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a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation
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Hypocrite
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a person who pretends to have morals or religious beliefs
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Author of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Robert Lewis Stevenson
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Author of Great Expectations
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Charles Dickens
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Queen Victoria's reign
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1837-1901
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True or false: the biggest problems for the Victorian England society are poverty, child labor, and the role of women
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True
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True or false: Victorian England did not value hard work, they valued wealth
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False: they valued hard work more than wealth
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True or false: the movement toward science greatly confused people of this time period as they were forced to question their religious beliefs
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True
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True or false: Dickens' father John was a model citized whom dickens admired greatly; his father was his greatet influence toward becoming a writer
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false: his dad got arrested for debt
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True or false: Dickens was subject to child labor and a harsh upbringing by many standards
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true
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True or false: because of his troubled love life, dickens never married nor had any children
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False, dickens married Catherine and had 10 kids
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True or false: Dickens wrote 15 and a half novels in total; most people consider him the greatest British author of all time after Shakespeare
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True
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Victorian Era:
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-realism/ romanticism
-moral earnestness -obligation to reform inconsistencies -collapsing social structure -industrial revolution |
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Transitive Verbs
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answers the question what or who
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Intransitive verbs
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does not answer the question what or who
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Verb phrases
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consists of a main verb and all or it's auxillary, or helping, verbs
EX: have gone |
