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15 Cards in this Set
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Reprove |
reprimand or censure (someone). |
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Concede |
admit that something is true or valid after first denying or resisting it. surrender or yield. |
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Extort |
obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means. |
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Disperses |
go or cause to go in different directions or to different destinations. |
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Contemptuous |
showing contempt; scornful. |
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Bequest |
a legacy. |
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Prowess |
skill or expertise in a particular activity or field. |
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Temporal |
relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular. relating to time.
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Capacity |
the amount that something can produce. |
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Pestilence |
a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague. |
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Free verse |
poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. |
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Hyperbole |
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. |
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In media res |
into the middle of a narrative; without preamble. |
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Juxtaposition |
the fact of two things/ideas being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. |
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Irony |
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect |
