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2017-18 School Year Nawrocki Vocab Midterm

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Term
Definition
Capitulate   Verb- Surrender under agreed conditions  
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Torpid   Adj.- Slow and apathetic  
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Disquietude   Noun- Feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable  
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Gratitude   Noun- A feeling of thankfulness and appreciation  
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Folly   Noun- Foolish or senseless behavior  
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Prodigious   Adj.- So great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe  
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Repine   Verb- To express discontent  
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Glut   Verb/Noun- Supply with an excess of; overeat or eat immodestly; the quality of being so abundant that prices fall  
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Hurlyburly   Noun- Noisy disorder and confusion  
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Flout   Verb- Scorn or show contempt for  
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Harbinger   Noun- Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone; a sign of things to come  
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Gall   Verb/Noun- Bitterness of spirit  
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Compunction   Noun- Causing or feeling regret, guilt, or remorse  
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Largess   Noun- The bestowal of gifts or the gifts themselves  
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Mettle   Noun- Courage and fortitudes; the courage to carry on  
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Prate   Verb- To speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly  
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Cleave   Verb- To adhere closely; to remain faithful  
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Incarnadine   Verb- To make blood red  
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Equivocate   Verb- To use vague or ambiguous language, especially in order to avoid speaking directly or honestly  
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Clamour   Noun- A loud and harsh or strident noise  
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Symbolism   The use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities  
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Adaptation   A written work that has been recast in a new form  
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Satire   A technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness  
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Horatian   Nice, gentle satire where the audience can laugh at themselves  
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Juvenalian   Harsh, bitter satire with the intention to hurt or offend  
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Caricature (Hyperbole)   Distortion for emphasis or exaggeration  
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Diatribe (Invecture)   Direct attack without irony or sarcasm  
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Parody   Imitation which evokes amusement  
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Irony   The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite  
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Verbal irony   When the speaker's words are the opposite of what is intended  
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Litotes   A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite  
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Reductio ad absurdum   A satire technique where the author agrees enthusiastically with the basic attitudes or assumptions he satirizes and by pushing it to an extreme, makes fun of it  
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Rhetoric   The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing  
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Logos   A logical argument that appeals to reasoning  
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Ethos   An appeal to ethics  
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Pathos   An emotional appeal  
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Antithesis   The opposition of ideas, words, or phrases against each other that express conflict  
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Meter   A regular pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in lines of poetry  
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Scansion   The action of scanning a line or verse to determine its rhythm  
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Iambic Pentameter   Meter with ten syllable lines with five iambs (unstressed, stressed)  
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Catalectic Trochaic Tetrameter   Rapid meter consisting of four feet of trochees (stressed, unstressed)  
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Aside   The part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience  
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Dramatic Irony   A plot device when the audience has knowledge that the character does not  
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Soliloquy   An utterance by a person who is talking to themself or is disregardful to others present  
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Stichomythia   Dramatic dialogue characterized by brief exchanges between two characters each of whom usually speaks one line of verse during a scene of intense emotion  
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Double-entendre   A word or expression used in a given context that can be understood in two ways  
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Pun   A play on words  
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Chorus   The group of actors in Greek drama who collectively comment on the action of the play  
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Situational Irony   What happens is the exact opposite of what was planned or expected  
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