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Honors English Final- Semester II
Vocabulary Portion 2
30
English
12th Grade
06/04/2009
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Guile
 Definition
crafty
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Haggard
 Definition
broken down; ugly
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Hyperbole
 Definition
exaggeration
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Iconoclast
 Definition
destroyer of images
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Idiom
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Imagery
 Definition
an image that the work of art brings to your mind
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Inciting Incident
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Indomitable
 Definition
unconquerable
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Innovative
 Definition
creative
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Ironic
 Definition
ironic....duh!
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Latrine
 Definition
restroom
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Litotes
 Definition
understatement
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Lobotomy
 Definition
brain surgery
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Lofty
 Definition
extending high
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Matriarchy
 Definition
female dominated
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Maudlin
 Definition
foolishly; sentimental
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Meiosis
 Definition
understatement
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Melancholy
 Definition
sad
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Metaphor
 Definition
NO LIKE OR AS
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Metonymy
 Definition
the use of a concept related to another concept
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Monologue
 Definition
speech spoken with or without others present on stage
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Morale
 Definition
emotional or mental condition
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Motif
 Definition
recurring thing that represents a theme of the story
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Novel
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Original
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Omnipresent
 Definition
everywhere
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omniscient
 Definition
all knowing
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onomatopoeia
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Oxymoron
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JUMBO SHRIMP
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Paradox
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contradicting statement
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Parallelism
 Definition
a parallel or comparison
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