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American Literature NECB
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Undergraduate 2
10/19/2018

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Taciturnity
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Habitual silence or reserve in speaking
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Reticent
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Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself
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Irresolute
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Unsure of how to act or proceed; indecisive
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Languid
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lacking energy or vitality; weak; showing little or no spirit or animation
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Rebukingly
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In a way that is critical or sharp
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Reproachfully
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In a way that expresses blame
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Dunnage

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Personal baggage
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Diction
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The author's choice of words
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Gothic
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Relating to a style of fiction that has a grotesque, desolate and mysterious themes and descriptions
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Benumbed
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Deprived of sensation; numb
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Mollified
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Lessened in intensity; softened
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Round character
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Demonstrates a range of human qualities typical of actual human beings
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Flat character
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Shows one single, dominant trait
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Antipodes
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Something that is exact opposite or contrary of another
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Frame story
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A narrative structure containing or connecting a series of otherwise unrelated tales
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Querulous
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Given to complaining; peevish
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Poignancy
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Profoundly moving; piercing; incisive
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Rapture
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The state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy
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Eloquence
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Persuasive, powerful speech
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Spectral
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Ghostly
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