English Vocab 3

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noun

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miscreant

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miscreant

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villian

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adj

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sacrosanct

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sacrosanct

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most holy or sacred

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sacrosanct

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to muslims, the image of mohammed is blank and shouldn't be replicated in cartoons

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toothsome

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voluptuous; sexually alluring

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adj

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toothsome

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toothsome

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kim kardashian

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noun

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tu quoque

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tu quoque

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a retort accusing an accuser of a similar offense

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tu quoque

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mrs woods says stop talking and student says but you always talk

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adj;noun

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valedictory

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valedictory

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bidding good bye; saying farewell

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valedictory

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a blank speech. general petraeus' ideas proposed a blank interview

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valedictory

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if used as a noun, it means a farewell address

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adj

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urbane

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urbane

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elegant, sophisticated

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urbane

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son of a famous father, harvard-educated, handsome, charming, blank, a northeastern aristocrat with all advantages, jfk appeared to be everything

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urbane

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ex: george clooney, michelle obama, kate middleton

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verb

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winno

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winnow

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to separate or distinguish (valuable from worthless parts)

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winnow

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to blank the finalists from the long list of applicants

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noun

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dilettante

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dilettante

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a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement; a dabbler

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adj

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contemporaneous

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contemporaneous

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at the same time

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contemporaneous

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legislation was introduced blankly in the house and senate

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extemporaneous

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out of order, spontaneously

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cacophony

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a mixture of harsh, unpleasant, discordant sounds. opposite of euphony

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cacophony

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ex; mealy, blunt, pulchritude

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ambiguity

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the result of something being stated in such a manner that the meaning is unclear

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ambiguity

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author uses blank in never let me go and macbeth

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ambiguity/equivocation

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fair is foul and foul is fair

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allusion

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indirect reference to a person, statement, event,theme in lit, arts, history, myths, religion, pop culture

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allegory

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story with two meanings. first is surface level with the story line and plot. the second level may be moral, political, philosophical, or religious. extended metaphor. poe said inferior

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chiasmus

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a figure of speech in which words are repeated in reverse order

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chiasmus

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fair is foul and foul is fair, flowers are lovely and love is flowerlike, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country

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dialogue

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conversation with multiple people

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verb

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bowdlerize

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bowdlerize

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to edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive; expurgate

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bowdlerize

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what many students dont realize is that some texts they read in school anthologies are blanked by editors

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bowdlerize

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thomas blank was an english physician who published and expurgated edition of shespeare's work that he considered to be more appropirate than original for women and children

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double entendre

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a figure of speech similar to the pun, in which a spoken phrase can be understood in either of two ways. many times, the second meaning is risque.

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double entendre

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that's what she said