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41 Cards in this Set

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Immutable
not subject to change, constant
Assuage
To make easier, relieve,
Hackneyed
Used often, lack of freshness or originality
Ingratitude
To make oneself agreeable, to gain acceptance
Ascribe
To assign or refer, to credit
Vicarious
To experience by one person in place of another,
Seditious
Resistant to authority, purpose to overthrow
Disabuse
To flee from deception or errors, to set right
Tranecend
To rise from above, to exceed
Epitome
A summary, condensed
Salutary
Beneficial
Scathing
Severe, causing harm
Ameliorate
To improve
Sinecure
Little or no work
Transgress
To go beyond a limit
Aspersion
A damaging statement
Ennui
Lack of occupation or interest
Remonstrate
To argue with someone, protest
Sedulous
Persistent, determination
Insular
Relating to, characteristics of
Precipitate
To fall, product of an action
Repudiate
To disown, reject
Querulous
Complaining, irritable
Aggrandize
Increase in greatness/power/wealth
Axiomatic
Self-evident, accepted rules / principles
Sepulchral
Funeral, gloomy
Transient
Lasting only a short time
Anomalous
Abnormal
Castigate
To punish, to criticize
Megalomania
A delusion by a feeling of power/wealth/talent
Transmute
To change from ones nature, to transform
Abominate
A dislike for
Lassitude
Weariness of body / mind
Prerogative
A right / privilege, a quality showing excellence
Innuendo
A hint / refrence
Contrive
A scheme, to invent
Anaphora
The repitition of a word or phrase
Situational irony
Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that was opposite from what was intended
Dramatic irony
Irony understood by readers but not the characters in the story
Conflict
Internal: questioning yourself
External: against a different character
Counter argument
A rebuttal