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WW Unit 5

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clergy   a group of people who have been formally appointed to religious service  
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repository   a place where things are stored  
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necessity   needed  
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illuminated   decorated with gold  
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paraphernalia   equipment  
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preliminary   before the main step  
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scribe   someone who copies written documents  
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transcribe   to write or type a copy of  
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gild   to cover with gold  
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notable   worthy of notice  
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connotation   what a word suggests in addition to its exact meaning  
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appositive   an explanatory phrase  
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notation   a short written note  
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denote   to indicate  
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ascribe   to regard something as belonging to a particular cause  
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proposal   a plan put forward for consideration  
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circumscribe   to surround or encircle  
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expose   a story that makes wrongdoing known  
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proscribe   to forbid  
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annotation   a written note or comment  
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misnomer   an incorrect name  
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satire   a type of humor that makes fun of human faults and foolishness  
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personify   to be a perfect example of something  
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syntax   the way words are put together to make phrases and sentences  
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hyperbole   exaggeration  
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derive   to come from a source  
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context   the part of a sentence that surrounds a word and helps make its meaning clear  
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cliché   an overused expression  
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metaphor   a figure of speech comparing 2 words or objects  
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oxymoron   an expression combining words that contradict each other  
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