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MEL JRS 4
Vocab List 5
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10th Grade
04/04/2011
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Elegy(n.)
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A mournful poem.
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Figures of Speech(n.)
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Any expressive use of language.
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Antithesis(n.)
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Opposition; contrast.
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KORAN (QUR'AN)(n.)
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The religious book of Islam.
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Sermon(n.)
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A discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation.
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A Frame Story(n.)
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A secondary story or stories embedded in the main story.
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Moral(n.)
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The lesson of the story.
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Invoking(v.)
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To call for with earnest desire.
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Prodigious(adj.)
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Wonderful or marvelous.
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Inverted(v.)
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To turn upside down.
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Adjured(v.)
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To charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty.
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Resolutely(adj.)
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Firmly resolved or determined.
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Perfidious(adj.)
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Deliberately faithless.
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