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| (v): to serve as an omen or a warning of |
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| (v): submissive, behaving like a slave |
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| (adj): untroubled, not bothered |
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| (adj): immoral; senseless; deliberately malicious; excessive |
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| (v): to improve a negative condition or situation |
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| (n): an attack upon the reputation of a person |
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| (adj): reverent, devout, dutiful; may at times be marked by hypocrisy |
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| (adj): happening by chance |
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| (v): to pretend, give a false impression, to invent falsely |
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| (n): a person who upholds religious doctrines contrary to the established beliefs of his church |
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| (v): to make known subtly and indirectly; hint |
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| (adj): unrestrained by law or morality |
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| (n): honesty or uprightness |
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| (n): an expression of protest, complaint, or reproof, especially a formal statement of grievances |
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| (adj): to regard with respect and reverence; to honor |
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| (n): an act or instance of revolting against authority; rebellion |
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| (adj) worldly; polished; suave |
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| (n): concise statement of principle; adage |
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| (adj): concerned with or appreciative of beauty. |
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| (n): disposition towards mercy, mildness |
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| (n): temporary postponement of a punishment |
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| (n) title given to eldest son of king |
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| (v): to infer on minimal grounds, conjecture, suppose |
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| (n): rashness; foolish or reckless; boldness |
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| (v): to speak loudly or noisily |
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| (n): an extravagant or erratic notion or action. |
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| (adj): extraordinarily bad |
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| (n): an emotional purification, an emotional release |
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| (adj): pertaining to a group within a larger group that is limited by common beliefs or interests; narrow-minded |
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| (v) to scare someone by using force; to bully |
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| (n) a short, witty statement |
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| (adj) educational; a teaching tone |
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| (n) a writing which imitates another serious piece and pokes fun at the original |
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| (n) the joining of two or more ideas or arguments to produce a new idea or argument |
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| (n) a summary of the main points of a story or essay |
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| (adj) reasoning from the general to the specific |
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| (adj) reasoning from the specific to the general |
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| (n) the speaker’s attitude toward the subject, as evident through the language. The speaker can be the author or a character. |
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| (n) the style of the sentence and vocabulary used in conversation and written communication. This includes slang, formal, parental, didactic, common, etc. |
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| (n) a coming of age novel; the story of a person’s development. |
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| the way in which words and clauses are ordered and connected so as to form sentences. Standard English syntax is subject-verb-object; poets distort this and invert it. |
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| (adj) informal conversation; differs from formal language in grammar, vocabulary, syntax, imagery or connotation. |
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| (n) the dictionary definition of a word; the actual meaning of a word. Relates to diction. |
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| (n) all the emotions a word brings. Relates to diction. |
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| (n) figure of speech in which exaggeration is used in the service of emphasis. |
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| (n) the form of a given passage. Prose may be stream of consciousness; poetry may be a sonnet. |
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| (adj): brief or terse in speech; using few words |
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| (n): a person who dislikes people in general |
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| (adj): an ability to recover from, or adjust easily |
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| (adj): motionless with horror |
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| (n): promptness in response; cheerful readiness |
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| (v) to express strong disapproval of |
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| (adj) peevish; faultfinding; expressing or suggestive of complaint |
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| (v) to tear down completely; to destroy |
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| (adj): noble; inspiring awe or admiration |
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| (adj): derogatory; negative |
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| (n) condition of being doubtful or confused(n) condition of being doubtful or confused |
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| (adj): openmouthed in wonder or astonishment |
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| (n): a denunciation, a biting speech |
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| (v): to improve or make better |
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| (n): cunning talk or conduct intended to deceive a person |
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| (n): an evil reputation borne of a criminal act, a reputation for evil deeds |
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| (adj): intentionally harmful |
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| (adj): deserving of blame |
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| (adj) clearly expressed in few words; concise; terse |
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| (n): the point in the sky directly above one; the highest point |
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