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English R&J vocab

QuestionAnswer
Mar damage, disfigure, spoil
heretic a person who holds opinions, doctrines, and beliefs contrary to those of the church (doesn't conform)
Ween stop a child or young animal from nursing on mother's milk or to free from a habit, activity, or dependence
boisterous rough; rowdy; noisily high spirited and unrestrained
disparage say bad things about; to belittle or discredit
choleric hot-tempered, easily angered, irascible
enmity hatred; ill will
impute to blame or charge with
baleful harmful, evil, deadly
sallow sickly yellow
personification to give something nonhuman human qualities--- the star leaped across the sky
metaphor a comparison without like or as--- the night was a blindfold
simile a comparison with like or as--- he was a smart as Albert Einstein
classical allusion reference to greek or roman gods-- Neptune dragged him down
reversed word 2 parts of a word being reversed--- upfill
reversed thought putting two opposing thoughts in one thought--- the earth that's nature's mother is her tomb; what is her burying grave, that is her womb
reversed sentence construction putting predicate before subject (reverse the order)--- Wrote and read she did.
Created by: 2016sophia
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