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List 10 Vocabulary
List 10 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ver | True |
| Aver | To affirm or declare as being true |
| Matr | Mother |
| Matriarch | A woman who is the head of a family, tribe, or group of people |
| Mega | Large |
| Megalomania | An obsession with the exercise of power and domination of others |
| Pop | People |
| Populous | Having a large population; densely populated |
| Sangui | Blood |
| Sanguine | Cheerfully optimistic; hopeful |
| Eu | Good |
| Nihilism | The rejection of all religious and moral principles believing that life is meaningless |
| Cogn | Know |
| Cognizant | Having knowledge or being aware of |
| Alliteration | The repetition of the initial letter or sound of a word |
| Anaphora | The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses |
| Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds within words |
| Enjambment | The running on of a thought or sentence from one line of poetry to the next |
| Euphemism | A pleasant way of saying something offensive or unpleasant |
| Motif | A recurring symbol or theme in a piece of literature |
| Ode | A formal lyric poem that celebrates a person, place, thing, or idea |
| Oxymoron | A pairing of two seemingly opposite words |
| Parody | A humorous imitation of another's work |
| Scansion | The analysis of the metrical feet of a poem |