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36 Cards in this Set
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Repulsed |
To refuse to accept |
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Daunting |
Seeming too difficult to deal with |
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Indisposed |
To be unavailable |
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Dispute |
To engage in an argument |
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Indelible |
Not to be forgotten or removed |
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Rebuke |
Sharp disapproval or criticism |
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Relegate |
To dismiss as an inferior rank or position |
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Refuge |
Shelter or place of protection |
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Loathe |
To detest |
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Infallible |
Incapable of error |
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Audacity |
Rude behavior |
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Consolation |
Comfort received by a person after a loss |
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Engender |
Cause to give rise to a feeling |
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Deduce |
To arrive at a conclusion by reasoning |
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Reproach |
To address in such a way to show disapproval |
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Presumptuous |
Failing to observe the limits of what is permitted |
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Indispensable |
Absolutely necessary |
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Deference |
Humble submission or respect |
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Detached |
Separate or disconnected |
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Entreat |
To ask someone earnestly |
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How do you cite a novel? |
Underline |
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How do you cite a story or poem? |
Quotation marks |
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Emigrant vs. Immigrant |
Emigrant-in the process of becoming an immigrant Immigrant- someone who moves to a different country |
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Break vs. Brake |
Break- break apart Brake- stop |
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Good vs Well |
Good-things are good Well- people feel well |
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A Part vs. Apart |
A Part- a part of Apart- break apart |
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Counsel vs. Council |
Counsel-To guide someone Council- a group of people |
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That vs. Which |
That-no comma Which-comma |
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Proceeds Vs. Precedes
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Proceeds-what you make Precedes- before |
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Dramatic Irony |
Irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play. |
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Situational Irony |
Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected. |
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Verbal Irony |
Irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning. |
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Motif
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A recurring subject, theme, or idea |
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Simile |
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared using like or as |
Ex: She is as light as a feather He felt as strong as a steel gate The children ran like ripples through water |
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Metaphor |
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. |
Ex: She is the apple of my eye He felt a roller coaster of emotions |
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Magical Realism |
A literary genre or style associated especially with Latin America that incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction |
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