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English Fall Final14

Fall Final English Vocabulary 2014

TermDefinition
drama a story written to be performed by actors; script made up of dialogue and stage directions
blank verse unrhymed iambic pentameter with ten syllables per line and every second syllable is stressed
direct characterization author states character traits
indirect characterization authors give clues through what the character says and does as well as what others think about the character
dramatic foil a character whose purpose is to show off another character
round characters characters who have many characters traits, like real people
flat characters one-dimensional characters
static characters characters within a story who remain the same
dynamic characters characters that change somehow during the course of the plot
pun humorous use of a word with two meanings
dramatic irony a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader/audience knows to be true
verbal irony words that are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant
situational irony an event that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience
allusion reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
anticlimax turning point that is a letdown; point when audience/reader learns the story will not turn out in a way that completely resolves the conflict
atmosphere feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
oxymoron a combination of words that contradict each other
theme central message or insight into life revealed through literary work
abroad out and about; all around
addle jumbled
bandying verbal strife
banished send someone away from place forever
bedeck decorate; adorn
bier frame/stand for burial or a coffin
consortest associate with
corse corpse
dissemblers to conceal the truth or real nature of
effeminate foolish; powerless
eloquence fluent or persuasive speaker
exile to send away from a place and never return
jocund merry; joyful; cheerful
lenity mildness; gentleness
perjury hollow lie; untruth
plague calamity; affliction; scourge
sojourn reside; visit
sped finished; done for
strategems plots; attacks
tributary paying a tribute
inundation outpouring; overflowing
prorogue defer, delay
chide rebuke
charnel burial vault
surcease cease; stop
lamentable sorrowful
presage predict
apothecary pharmacist; druggist
obsequies funeral rites
inexorable unstoppable; severe
conjuration demand, entreaty
amorous expressing love
sepulchre burial place
jointure inheritance; marriage settlement
covetous jealousy eager to possess something
destitute poor
impropriety an improper act; indeceny
ruddy a healthy reddish color, particularly from outdoor life
tremulous quavering; trembling
veneration a feeling of awe or reverence
agitation turmoil
avarice extreme greed for wealth
capacious spacious, roomy; able to hold much
despoil to take by force; to rob; to loot
irrepressible not capable of being controlled
supposition a theory
apoplectic extremely agitated; nearing a stroke
declension a downward slope or bend
execrable deserving to be disliked; of very poor quality
factious causing strife within a group
sidled moved in a sneaky or secretive manner
opulence seeming to be abundantly wealthy or rich
bereft deprived; parted from, abandoned
detestation intense hatred
persevered to carry on (persist) in the face of discouragement or difficulty
exrescence a growth on the body or an organ of the body
besought past tense of beseech; to ask; beg
feign to portray; imitate
Created by: kwittner
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