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20 Cards in this Set
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abdolution |
forgiveness, pardon, release |
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blatant |
obvious |
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ensconce |
establish firmly in a position |
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hasten |
hurry, accelerate, rush |
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plausible |
can be believed, reasonable |
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reprieve |
a respite, postponment of a sentence |
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tawdry |
of little value, gaudy |
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abstain |
desist, go without, withdraw |
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blighted |
damaged, destroyed, ruined |
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credulous |
gullible, ready to believe anything |
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enshroud |
cover |
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haughtiness |
arrogance, pride |
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obfuscate |
deliberately make something difficult to understand |
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plethora |
an excess or over abundance |
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repudiate |
shun, eschew |
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satire |
a work that targets human vices or social institutions and conventions for reforms or ridicule |
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hypophora |
figure of reasoning in which one or more questions is/are asked and then answered (raising and responding to one's own question) |
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didactic |
works have a purpos of teaching or instructing |
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genre |
the major category into which a literary work fits, the basic divisions of literature are prose, poetry, and drama |
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denotation |
the literal, dictionary definition of word |
