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22 Cards in this Set
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Fecund |
Very productive or creative intellectually |
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Infirmity |
A physical weakness or ailment |
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Malady |
Any disorder or disease of the body |
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Scintillate |
To emit sparks |
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Vitiate |
To impair the quality of |
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Analogous |
Corresponding in the Same particular |
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Brigand |
A bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions. |
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Emissary |
A representative sent on a mission or errand |
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Magnanimous |
Free from petty resentfulness |
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Repartee |
A quick witty reply |
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Syntax |
The way words are put together to form sentences |
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Theme |
Central or dominant idea |
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Thesis statement |
Focus statement of an essay |
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Tone |
The attitude a literary work takes toward it's subject/theme |
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Topic sentence |
The sentence that identifies the main point of the paragraph |
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Transition words |
Weird and devices that being unity, coherence to writing |
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Trope |
The use of a weird in a figurative sense |
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Understatement |
Expression of an idea as less important than it actually is |
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Utopia |
An imaginary place of ideal perfection |
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Voice |
The acknowledged source of words of the story |
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Wit |
Quickness of intellect |
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Zeugma |
Linkage of one subject with two or more verbs or a verb with two or more direct subjects. |
