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LA EXAM REVIEW
LA VOCAB
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| foreboding | a prediction |
| chaotic | confused or disordered |
| homophones or homonyms and heterophones or heteronyms | Two type multiple meaning word |
| characteristics society admires, fight for noble cause, braver stronger smarter, has human weakness, | epic hero qualities |
| strong, patriotic, resolve problems | archetypal |
| plot center around hero, deeds of superhuman valor and strength, big setting, supernatural force, overwritten, poet remain objective | element of epic |
| epithet | word or phrase applied to person or thing |
| phrase precede specific word | context |
| euphemism | vague expression replaced by offensive |
| cunning | skillful in evil schemes |
| bereft | deprive, make desolate, death |
| beguiling | influence by trickery |
| ardor | warmth of feeling |
| abominably | very unpleasant |
| plunder | rob goods by force |
| guile | skillfull deceit |
| insidious | intended to entrap |
| assuage | make less severe |
| travail | painfully difficult |
| fate |