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a medieval singer or musician, especially one who sang or recited lyric or heroic poetry to a musical accompaniment for the nobility. |
minstrel man |
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a member of a band of entertainers with blackened faces who performed songs and music ostensibly of black American origin. |
minstrel man |
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a page at the beginning of a book giving its title, the names of the author and publisher, and other publication information. |
title page |
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a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme. |
epigraph |
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a newt-like amphibian that typically has bright markings, and that once was thought to be able to endure fire. |
salamander |
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strange or odd; unusual. |
peculiar |
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a unique bird that lived for five or six centuries in the Arabian desert, after this time burning itself on a funeral pyre and rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle. |
phoenix-disc |
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a strong desire to know or learn something. |
curiosity |
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mind of which one is not fully aware but which influences one's actions and feelings. |
subconscious |
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puppet show that's manipulated with strings from above a stage. |
marionette show |
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(of water, air, or glass) make (a ray of light) change direction when it enters at an angle. |
refracted |
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warning or indication of a future event. |
foreshadowing |
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figure of speak using like or as, comparison of two or more things |
simile |
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housing a tomb or tombs. |
mausoleum |
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a corpse said to be revived by witchcraft |
zombie |
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character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character. |
irony |
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gather together |
accumulate |
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an amber-colored, protein-rich liquid that separates out when blood coagulates. |
serum |
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a large, sluggish, viper that inflates the upper part of its body and hisses loudly in threat. |
puff-adders |
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struggling for breath |
suffocation |
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a substance whose effects oppose the effects of a sedative. |
contra-sedative |
