Special Words #2 Flashcards

(36 cards)

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Bacchand

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Drunken; riotous celebration

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Aurora

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The start of something; 1st of daybreak, illuminates sky

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Hydra-headed

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Difficult; multifurious

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Mercurial

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Changeable personalities; changable

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Mnemonics

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Song or rhyme used to help remember something (PEMDAS)

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Narcissism

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Excessive self-love

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Paean

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Song or poem of praise or triumph

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Pheonix

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Mythical bird that is reborn

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Protean

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Displaying great diversity or variety

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Stygian

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Pertaining to stynx or netherworld; dark, gloomy

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Absalom

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David’s 3rd favorite son; father of peace

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Filthylucre

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Violation of the 10th amendement

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Judas

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Betrayal of Christ; malicious traitor

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Samson & Delilah

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Bad choices people make when you’re blinded by love

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Don Quixote

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Impractical idealist; who tries to fix everything

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Jekyll and Hyde

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Someone w/ 2 personalities one good one evil

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Berserk

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Destructive; violent

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Bloomer

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Bohemian

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Nonconformist

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Chauvinist

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Person displaying aggressive patriotism

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Donnybrook

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Dungaree

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Blue denim; jeans

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Machiavellian

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Manipulative; cunning; deceitful

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Carte Blanche

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Unconditional authority (blank check)

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Faux pas
Socially awkward act; embarrassing social mistake
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Laissez-Faire
No interference
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Malfeasance
Wrong doing mostly in politics
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Chiasmus
Reversal of order of 2 parallel phrases | Ex: forget what you want to remember and remember what you want to forget
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Litototes
Understatement
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Synecdoche
Figure of speech in which a part is used as a whole | Ex: all hands on deck; i'm all ears
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Motonomy
Figure of speech that consists of the use of name of an object for that of another to which it is related Ex: oh! He's really hitting the bottle
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Allusion
Indirect or passing reference | Ex: i was surprised his nose isn't growing
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Apherism
Observation containing general truth | Ex: bumper stickers
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Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
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Consonance
Repetition of Consonant sounds
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Thespian
Actor or actress