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15 Cards in this Set
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inundate |
to flood |
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penury |
extreme need or poverty |
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obsequy |
a funeral rite or ceremony |
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inexorable |
not capable of being persuaded; stubborn; unstoppable |
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auspicious |
favorable circumstances |
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persage |
intuition or feelin of what is going to happen in the future; premontion |
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conjuration |
a solemn appeal |
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jointure |
an arrangement by which a man sets aside property to eb used for the support of his wife after his death |
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betroth |
to promise to give in marriage to promise to marry |
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sepulcher |
a tomb or burial vault |
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dramic personae |
latin for the characters in a play |
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soliloquy |
a speech in a play that is mean to be heard by the audience; a characters inner thoughts |
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aside a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other charcters in the play |
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monologue |
a speech delivered by one person |
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character foil |
a character who contrasts with another charcter (usually the portagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character |
