Stem List 2 Flashcards

(9 cards)

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Penta

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Five
Ex: pentameter- of 5 measures
The poem was in iambic pentameter, 5 iambic feet to a line

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Rev

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Rule
Ex: regicide- killing of a king
Macbeth’s regicide of King Duncan hunts his conscience

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Corp

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Body
Ex: incorporeal- not consisting of matter
The spirits’s essence was incorporeal, not corporal

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Lith

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Rock
Ex: megalith- huge rock or stone
The prehistoric megaliths stood in black outline against the red sky

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Fort

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Strong
Ex: fortepiano- loud then soft
The passage should be played fortepiano

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Fid

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Faith
Ex: perfidious- treacherous
The perfidious act was roundly condemned by the loyalists

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Ego

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I
Ex: egomania- self obsession
His irritating egocentrism developed into unendurable egomania

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Cantena

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Chain
Ex: concatenate- chain together
The concatenated events found a chain of causes and effects

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Intra

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With in
Ex: intramural within the walls
Intramural activities are held with in the school

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