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Aloof   at a distance especially in feeling or in interest  
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Warrant   to give authority to, to justify  
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Presage   something that foreshadows a future event (normally something bad)  
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Banish   to expel by authoritative degree  
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Adversary   a person, group, or force that opposed or attacks  
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Assonance   repetition of some vowel sound  
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Consonance   repetition of consonant sounds  
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Alliteration   the repetition of the same sounds  
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Anaphora   the deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses  
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Stanza   an arrangement of a certain number of lines in poetry  
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Free Verse   verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern  
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Inflection   change in pitch or tone of voice  
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Meter   a count of beats  
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Rhyme/Rhyme Scheme   a pattern of rhyming  
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Rhythm   repeated pattern of movement or sound  
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Chaste   not engaging in sexual relations  
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Furtive   sneaky or stealthy  
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Herald   royal messenger  
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Cynical   showing contempt for an accepting or normal idea  
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Eminent   of high rank  
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