To indicate or represent by drawn or painted lines

Marked by withdrawal from society

Moving in or forming a straight line

Descent in a line from a common progenitor

To make impossible by necessary consequence, rule out in advance.

To shut away from others or from observation, make isolated or private.

To expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation

A summons or strong inclination to a particular state or course of action

Hobby, work done for pleasure and interest rather than profit

Making a noisy outcry, shouting.

Not able to be called back or undone

Calling forth, tending to remind, suggestive.

To mislead, especially to tell the truth in such a way that is misunderstood.

State of being similar, likeness, image, or counterpart.

to absorb and make part of something larger, Become like and be incorporated into an entity or system

A verbal comparison using like or as

The modern sense of human purposelessness in a universe without meaning or value

One of six basic categories of fictional role common to all stories

The doctrine or disposition that regrades beauty as an end in itself, and attempts to preserve the arts from subordination to moral, didactic, or political purposes.

Philosophical investigation into the nature of beauty and the perception of beauty especially in the arts.

Pertaining to emotional effects or dispositions

Dramatic effect aimed at encouraging an attitude of critical detachment in the audience

A story or visual image with a second distinct meaning partially hidden behind its literal or visible meaning.

The repetition of the same sounds- usually initial consonants or words of stressed syllables- in any sequencing of neighboring words.

An indirect or passing reference to some event, person, place, or artistic work, the nature of the relevance of which is not explained by the writer but relies on the readers familiarity with what is mentioned.

Openness to different interpretations, or an instance in which some use of language may be understood in diverse ways.

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Rippy Vocab #1

Vocabulary and Literary Terms #1

Question	Answer
Verbatim	Word for word
Delinate	To indicate or represent by drawn or painted lines
Recluse	Marked by withdrawal from society
Rectilinear	Moving in or forming a straight line
Lineage	Descent in a line from a common progenitor
Preclude	To make impossible by necessary consequence, rule out in advance.
Seclude	To shut away from others or from observation, make isolated or private.
Abduct	To seize and take away
Traduce	To expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation
Conducive	Tending to promote or assist
Vocation	A summons or strong inclination to a particular state or course of action
Avocation	Hobby, work done for pleasure and interest rather than profit
Vociferous	Making a noisy outcry, shouting.
Irrevocable	Not able to be called back or undone
Evocate	Calling forth, tending to remind, suggestive.
Equivocate	To mislead, especially to tell the truth in such a way that is misunderstood.
Similitude	State of being similar, likeness, image, or counterpart.
Verisimilitude	Appearance of truth
Assimilate	to absorb and make part of something larger, Become like and be incorporated into an entity or system
Facsimile	An exact copy
Simile	A verbal comparison using like or as
The Absurd	The modern sense of human purposelessness in a universe without meaning or value
Acant	One of six basic categories of fictional role common to all stories
Aestheticism	The doctrine or disposition that regrades beauty as an end in itself, and attempts to preserve the arts from subordination to moral, didactic, or political purposes.
Aesthetics	Philosophical investigation into the nature of beauty and the perception of beauty especially in the arts.
Affective	Pertaining to emotional effects or dispositions
Alienation Effect	Dramatic effect aimed at encouraging an attitude of critical detachment in the audience
Allegory	A story or visual image with a second distinct meaning partially hidden behind its literal or visible meaning.
Alliteration	The repetition of the same sounds- usually initial consonants or words of stressed syllables- in any sequencing of neighboring words.
Allusion	An indirect or passing reference to some event, person, place, or artistic work, the nature of the relevance of which is not explained by the writer but relies on the readers familiarity with what is mentioned.
Ambiguity	Openness to different interpretations, or an instance in which some use of language may be understood in diverse ways.

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