j Flashcards

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Solicitously

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In a manner showing concern or care for someone’s well-being.

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Imprudent

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Lacking wisdom or good judgment.

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3
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Diverting

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Entertaining or amusing.

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4
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Deplorable

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Deserving strong condemnation or criticism.

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5
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elude

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escape

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6
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engimatic

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strange in nature

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7
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Inference:

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A conclusion drawn based on evidence or reasoning

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Disconsolate:

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Extremely unhappy or dejected.

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Caste-

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A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank, profession, or wealth.

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Debilitate-

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Make someone or something weak and infirm.

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Destitute:

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Extremely poor; lacking the necessities of life.

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12
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personification

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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

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13
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imagery

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visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

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14
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Simile:

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like or as

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15
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alliteration

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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16
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Metaphor:

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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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Hyperbole:

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exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

18
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connotative

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words for other words implied meaning or term

19
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Denotative

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real meaning or definition