Vocab Review Words Second Semester

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Mauldin

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Overly sentimental ( adj,)

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Orthodox

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Conforming to tradition (syn conventional/conservative, adj)

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Ostentatious

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Excessively showy (adj)

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Pentulance

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Angriness, foul mood (adj)

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Pittance

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A small amount of money (Noun)

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Preclude

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To make impossible (verb)

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Precocious

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Developing intelligence ahead of time (adj)

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Sophmoric

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Inexperienced and immature (adj)

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Terse

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Concise; to the point (adj)

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Onerous

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Requiring hard labor (difficult (adj))

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Sycophant

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Someone who uses flattery to try to get what he/she wants from an authority figure (noun)

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Non sequiter

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A statement that does not logically follow a conversation's flow (interruption)

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Impregnable

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Unable to be captured or broken into (adj, secure)

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Demure

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Shy or modest (adj, reserved)

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Slipshod

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Showing a lack of care or thought (adj, blotched/sloppy)

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Precursor

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A person or thing that comes before another of a similar kind (noun, forerunner)

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Nefarious

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Known for a bad reason, Wicked or criminal (adj, evil)

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Diatribe

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A forceful and bitter verbal attack (Noun, rant)

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Ubiquitous

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Appearing everywhere (adj)

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Fidelity

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Faithfulness to a person, case or belief by continuing loyalty and support (noun)

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Goad

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Provoke or annoy to stimulate an action or reaction (verb)

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Incarnate

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Embodied in flesh; in human form (adj)

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Incorrigible

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Not able to be corrected (adj, referring to somebody and their tendencies)

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Prosaic

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Lacking poetic beauty; having the style or diction of prose, plain (adj)

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Pallid

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Pale, typically because of poor health (adj)

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Panacea

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A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases (noun)

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Innocuous

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Not harmful or offensive (adj)

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Judicious

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Having or showing good judgement or sense (adj)

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Juxtaposition

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the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect (noun)

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Pernicious

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having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way (adj)

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Jingoistic

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characterized by extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy (adj)

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Implacable

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Unable to be calmed down (adj)(syn:stern, unrelenting, harsh)

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Affinity

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a spontaneous or natural liking or sympathy for someone or something (noun, synonyms: empathy, bond, liking for)

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Coquette

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A woman who flirts (noun)

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Harangue

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A lengthy and aggressive speech (noun)

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Oxymoron

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Opposite words (cruel kindness)

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Prologue

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Introduction

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Drama

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A type of play for theatre

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Chorus

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When everyone speaks together

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Monologue

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Long speech by actor

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Aside

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A small comment usually for commical effect

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Sonnet

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14 lined poem

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Alliteration

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Common occurrence of sound @ beginning of words (Sally sold shells by the sea shore)

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Simile

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Like or as comparison

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Metaphor

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Comparison of saying something without meaning it literally (I fell down the trapdoor of depression)

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

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Personification

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Giving an inanimate object human qualities

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Allusion

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A reference to something

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Mood

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How reader fells when reading the story

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Tone

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How the author feels when writing