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Vocabulary 9 and 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Artifact | A man made object that is usually a tool that was made in n earlier period. |
| Artifice | Craftiness, Trickery |
| Artless | Natural, Simple |
| Artisan | A skilled Craftsperson |
| Ode | A poem adressed to a person, object. or event |
| parody | A humorous imitation of a piece of literature or music |
| Rhapsody | Speech or writing with enthusiasm |
| incantation | The chanting of words seeming to have magical power or magical spells |
| recant | To take back a formal statement or belief previously made known |
| depict | to paint |
| pictograph | A tool used for writing on a waxen |
| accure | to come as a natural increase or advantage |
| crescendo | A gradual increase of sound often referring to music |
| excrescence | Abnormal growth or outgrowth |
| benefice | Doing good or Causing good be done |
| efficacious | Effective a means or remedy |
| facile | Acting, working, or preceding with ease |
| factsmile | An exact copy of a book, painting, document etc |
| faction | A group or clique within a larger group |
| mollify | To calm |
| context | The parts before or after a word or statement the influence its meaning |
| pretext | A false reason put forward to conceal the true one |