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LA voc
words 31-40
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| impunity | freedom from punishment |
| irascible | easily angered, hot tempered |
| juxtapose | to place side by side |
| loquacious | given to excessive talking, talkative |
| melancholy | sad, gloomy |
| nocturnal | pertaining to the night, active at night |
| obeisance | a gesture or movement of the body to show respect |
| ominous | suggesting something unfavorable or bad will happen, threatening |
| redress | to set right, remedy |
| preclude | to make impossible by action taken in advance, prevent |
| alliteration | several words in a row all starting with the same sound |
| end rhyme | last words in lines of poetry that rhyme |
| internal rhyme | two words in a line of poetry that rhyme |