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cum Flashcards

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bombastic

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overblown, inflated language (adj)

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buoyancy

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resilience of spirit (n)

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connotative

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suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning (adj)

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consternation

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a sudden, alarming dread or dismay (n)

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cynical

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negative, pessimistic, cutting (adj)

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abstruse

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difficult to understand (adj)

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acrimony

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bitterness or ill feeling (n)

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despondent

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in low spirits from lack of confidence (adj)

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affusive

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expressing feelings of gratitude or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner (adj)

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enmity

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being actively opposed or resistant to something (n)

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euphemistic

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polite language, politcally correct (adj)

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flippant

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sarcastic, irreverant (adj)

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homespun

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plain, unpolished, unsophisticated speech (adj)

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idiomatic

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peculiar to a particular language or dialect (adj)

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insolent

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rude or disrespectful (adj)

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jargon

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special words or expressions used by a particular group (n)

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lugubrious

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dismal or gloomy in an affected way (adj)

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pedantic

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precise, over exciting, meticulous (adj)

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picturesque

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particularly detailed in rich visual imagery (adj)

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sanguine

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optimistic or positve, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation (adj)

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serene

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calm, peaceful, tranquil (adj)

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somber

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extremely serious, grave, depressing (adj)

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trite

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hackneyed or stale (adj)

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turgid

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tediously pompous or bombastic (adj)

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chiasmus

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the order of the terms in the first of parallel clauses is re ersed in the second “has the church failed mankind, or has mandkind failed the church” (n)

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anadiplosis

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repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause “the crime was common, common be the pain”

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asyndeton

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omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words “he was brave, fearless, afraid of nothing”

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personification

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giving a non-living thing human/active qualities

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synecdoche

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a figure of speech in which a part is used to designate the whole or vice versa “all hands on deck”

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horatian

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light-hearted, intended for fun

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juvenalian

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bitter, angry attacking

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dimunition

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taking a real-life situation and reducing it to make it ridiculous and showcase its fault

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understatement

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the opposite of exaggeration. by contrast, it draws attention to the truth

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apostrophe

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words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea

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allusion

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reference to other literary works or something like that

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