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J - ELA Q2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Garish | Overly showy or flashy (like Juliet's description of the sun. |
| Pensive | Deeply thoughtful, often sad |
| Bier | A stand of frame used to support a body before burial |
| Forbear | To resist doing something or hold back |
| Pestilent | A person who is extremely hateful or deadly |
| Beguile | Someone means to trick or mislead them |
| Supple | Flexible or able to bend easily |
| Penery | Extreme poverty |
| Inter | To bury of place in a tomb |
| Dexterity | Refers to skill with the hand, like Tybalt's sword fighting |
| Dirge | A funeral song or hymn |
| Orizon | A prayer or religious repetition |
| Inexorable | Impossible to stop of prevent |
| Arbitrate | To settle a dispute between parties |
| Ambiguous | Clear only if you know which meaning is intended; having more than one possible meaning. |
| Dramatic irony | When the audience knows something the characters do not |
| Simily | A comparison using "like" or "as" |
| Metifore | A comparison without like of as, such as "Night's candles are burnt out" |
| Foil | A character whose traits contrast with another's (example Mercutio and Romea) |