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List 10 Vocabulary
List 10 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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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 |