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10 Cards in this Set
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Parisomony
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Stingeness
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Instigate
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to stir up or cause to happen
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Depreciate
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to lesson the price or value of
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Prudence
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cautious, good judgement
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Ravage
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destructive action or its results
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Coveted
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desired strongly; wished for longingly
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Metaphor
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a figure of speech in which a comparison is implied by analogy with out using "like" or "as"
Ex:"the night would be my eyelids" |
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Simile
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a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
Example: moonless Caribbean night...It's like moist black velvet" |
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Personification
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a metaphorical speech in which animals, ideas, things, etc. are represented as having human qualities
Example: "a sharp hunger was picking as him" |
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Irony
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a figure or speech in which the literal meaning of the word is the opposite of their intended meaning
Example: "We do are best to preserve the amenities of civilization here." Zaroff when he is hunting men for sport |
