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11th Grade
02/04/2013

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Parallelism
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The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.
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Inexorability
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Mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up.
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Inhibition
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A feeling that makes one self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way.
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Banality
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Platitude.
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Anticlimax
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A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events.
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Tone
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The overall quality of a musical or vocal sound.
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Vignette
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A brief evocative description, account, or episode.
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Sililoquy
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An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, esp. by a character in a play.
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Imperative
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An essential or urgent thing.
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Hyperbole
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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
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Antithetical
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Directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible.
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Metaphorical
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Expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another.
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Fallibility
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The likelihood of making errors.
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Paradox
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A statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises.
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Stealth
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Cautious and surreptitious action or movement.
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Crescendo
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A gradual increase in loudness.
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Ruminative
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Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
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Omniscience
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Having infinite knowledge.
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Subjectivity
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Judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts
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Menace
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A person or thing that is likely to cause harm.
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Oxymoron
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A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
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Amorality
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The quality of being amoral.
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Passive Construction
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Rectitude
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Morally correct behavior or thinking.
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Industry
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Economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.
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Juxtaposition
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The act of positioning close together (or side by side) opposite statements.
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Accretion
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The process of growth or increase, typically by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter.
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Colloquial
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Used in ordinary conversation.
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Second Person
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Pronouns and verbs used to refer to the person addressed by the language in which they occur.
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Third-person limited
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The third-person limited is a narrative mode in which the reader experiences the story through the senses and thoughts.
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Paltriness
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Worthlessness due to insignificance.
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Symbolism
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The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
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Apostrophe
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A punctuation mark (') used to indicate either possession.
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Furl
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Languid
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Pendulate
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Ochre
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Trepidation
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Prattle
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Wold
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Devoid
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Anticipatory
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Verdigris
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Roil
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Defile (n.)
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Prognosticate
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Abalone
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Equanilmity
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Transitory
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Alluvial
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Periphery
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The outer limits or edge of an area or object.

Outside my periphery, I couldn't see anything.
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Baroque
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Relating to or denoting a style of European architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Baroque style of music is what we refer to as classical.
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Joist
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A length of timber or steel supporting part of the structure of a building.

The joist was strong as steel.
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