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99 Cards in this Set
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Licentious |
Morally unstrained |
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Numismatist |
Coin collecter |
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Paucity |
A lack |
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Fatalistic |
Predetermined life before birth |
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Obtrude |
To force one self into a situation
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Pensive |
Deep thought |
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Lackadaisical |
Disinterested |
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Alienate |
Set against |
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Elated |
Overjoyed |
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Epigram |
A qoutation |
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Amalgamate |
Blend |
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Demented |
Deranged |
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Hone |
Sharpen |
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Beleaguer |
Surround |
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Nepotism |
Favorite |
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Begrudge |
Resent |
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Mandarin |
An influential person |
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Glutinous |
Gluey |
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Enmity |
Hatred |
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Declaim |
To speak in a dramatic manner |
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Imbue |
To inspire |
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Gaff |
A fisherman hook |
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Quaff |
To drink large quantities |
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Bibliophile |
A lover of books |
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Gird |
Brace |
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Daunt |
Intimidate |
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Flux |
Change |
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Hovel |
Shanty |
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Cadaverous |
Corpse |
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Gothic |
Mysterious |
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Penury |
Poverty |
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Egress |
Passage |
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Felicity |
Delight |
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Despot |
Tyrant |
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Felonious |
Criminal |
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Belated |
Tardy |
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Animate |
To give life |
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Chauvinist |
Devotion |
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Egalitarian |
Promotes equal rights |
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Ostentatious |
Grande display |
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Delude |
Deceive |
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Elude |
Avoid |
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Fallow |
Inactive |
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Blight |
Disease |
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Obsequy |
A funeral |
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Laggard |
Straggler |
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Gambit |
A strategy |
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Jaded |
Exhausted |
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Efface |
Erase |
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Bandy |
To exchange words |
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Dastardly |
Dishonorable |
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Doubling |
When characters act as doubles or twins for each other |
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Doubling |
When characters act as doubles or twins for each other |
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Diction |
Use of slang by the author |
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Doubling |
When characters act as doubles or twins for each other |
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Diction |
Use of slang by the author |
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Connotation |
Words used in an incorrect sentence |
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Doubling |
When characters act as doubles or twins for each other |
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Diction |
Use of slang by the author |
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Connotation |
Words used in an incorrect sentence |
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Denotation |
The dictionary definition |
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Doubling |
When characters act as doubles or twins for each other |
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Diction |
Use of slang by the author |
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Connotation |
Words used in an incorrect sentence |
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Denotation |
The dictionary definition |
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Third person omniscient |
The narrator sees and knows everything even all the thoughts of all the characters |
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Doubling |
When characters act as doubles or twins for each other |
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Diction |
Use of slang by the author |
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Connotation |
Words used in an incorrect sentence |
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Denotation |
The dictionary definition |
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Third person omniscient |
The narrator sees and knows everything even all the thoughts of all the characters |
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Third person limited |
The narrator tells the events from the perspective of one character focusing on the characters thoughts and feelings |
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Doubling |
When characters act as doubles or twins for each other |
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Diction |
Use of slang by the author |
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Connotation |
Words used in an incorrect sentence |
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Denotation |
The dictionary definition |
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Third person omniscient |
The narrator sees and knows everything even all the thoughts of all the characters |
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Third person limited |
The narrator tells the events from the perspective of one character focusing on the characters thoughts and feelings |
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Plural possessive |
To make a last name that ends with "s" add "es" |
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Doubling |
When characters act as doubles or twins for each other |
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Diction |
Use of slang by the author |
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Connotation |
Words used in an incorrect sentence |
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Denotation |
The dictionary definition |
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Third person omniscient |
The narrator sees and knows everything even all the thoughts of all the characters |
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Third person limited |
The narrator tells the events from the perspective of one character focusing on the characters thoughts and feelings |
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Plural possessive |
To make a last name that ends with "s" add "es" |
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Iambic pentameter |
Ten syllables and five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables |
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Paraphrase |
Info from another source but reworded |
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Paraphrase |
Info from another source but reworded |
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Verbal irony |
A difference between what is said and what is meant |
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Paraphrase |
Info from another source but reworded |
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Verbal irony |
A difference between what is said and what is meant |
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Dramatic irony |
When the audience knows something that the characters does not know |
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Blank verse |
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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Blank verse |
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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Fixed poetry |
Traditional poetry |
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Blank verse |
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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Fixed poetry |
Traditional poetry |
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Free verse poetry |
Follows no guidelines about rhyme |