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Vocab 38 Palmer
Honors English 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| syllogism | three-part deduction |
| metonymy | association name |
| anaphora | repetition in successive phrases |
| bowdlerize | censor prudishly |
| locus classicus | classical example |
| reiterate | repeat |
| desultory | rambling |
| funambulist | tightrope walker |
| lyssophobia | fear of insanity |
| idee fixe | obsession |
| schism | division |
| apotheosis | raising to god status |
| precursor | forerunner |
| cosmology | study of the universe |
| euphony | beautiful sound |
| Joseph and Potiphar's wife | wife put in jail for accused rape, but released by pharaoh to interpret his dream. |
| Joseph in Egypt | governor of all the lands of Egypt |
| Jonah | precurser to Christ's death. |
| judgment of Paris | beauty contest in Greek mythology |
| know them by their fruits | judge others by their actions, rather than by appearances |