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64 Cards in this Set
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A person or group on the otherside in a contest?
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adversary
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kindly
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benevolently
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What is elude?
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slip away from
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etiquette
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Formal rules
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humility
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humble:meekness
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prodigy
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a person with amazing talents
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What is relent?
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to be become less harsh
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a copy of something
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replica
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retort
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a sharp or witty reply
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solemonly
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a serious way
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Bias
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impartial judgment stemming from prejudice
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affable
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pleasant to others
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barbarous
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savage
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condone
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overlook
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discern
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recognize
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imperative
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must be done
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indolently
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lazily
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palpable
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that which can be touched or felt
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solicitously
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showing concern
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taint
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spoil, corrupt
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tangible
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that which can be touched or felt
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blighted
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ruin
decay |
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doggedness
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stubbornness
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frond
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fern leaf
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infallibility
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never mistaken
never any errors |
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invalid
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weak from sickness
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mournful
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sad
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naught
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zero
none nothing |
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reiterate
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to repeat over and over again
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sullenly
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in a way that shows anger
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vermillion
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bright red
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accost
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approach an peak to first
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avenge
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to take revenge on someones behalf
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endeavor
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to make an effort
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impunity
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freedom from punishment
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insufferably
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unbearable
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obstinate
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not to give in
stubborn |
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preclude
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prevent
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recoil
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draw or shrink back
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tier
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arrange in rows above one another
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virtuoso
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a person who has artistic excellence
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characterization
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the way an author uses to develop a character
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conflict
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struggle between to opposing forces
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dialogue
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a conversation between to or more people
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figurative language
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not literal
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flashback
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a way to show what happened in the past
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foreshadowing
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hint of what is to come
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hyperbole
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figure of speech with a lot of exaggeration
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imagery
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the use of the senses
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inference
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a reasonable conclusion about something
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irony
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what appears to be and what really is
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metaphor
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to compare without using like or as
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mood
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overall atmosphere
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personification
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give life to non living thing
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plot
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what is happening in the literary work
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point of view
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authors choice of narrator for the story
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pun
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play on words
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protagonist
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main character
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satire
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a way in which to ridicule a subject
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setting
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the time
season or period of history |
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simile
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a figure of speech using like or as
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style
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disisived handkling of language by an author
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theme
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main idea of literary work
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tone
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attitude of author either stated or emplied
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