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7488938495ambiguousunclear0
7488939193scrupulousthorough and careful1
7488939857adornto decorate2
7488940823camaraderiegoodwill among friends3
7488941764speciousseemingly true but actually logically false4
7488944749refuteto prove to be false5
7488946152deleteriousharmful6
7488947226heedto pay close attention to7
7488949567orthodoxcommonly accepted; flowerly8
7488951248construeto interpret9
7488955465elatedfilled with delight10
7488957131scornintense hatred or disrespect11
7488958658temperto soften or moderate12
7488966076floridelaborately or successfully ornamenated; flowery13
7488970224garruloustalkative14
7488970841thwartto stop or prevent15
7488971908appeaseto bring peace; quiet, or calm to16
7488977906encompassto include; contain17
7488979256carnivorousmeat-eater18
7488980102advocateto speak in favor of; promote19
7490156559caesuraa strong pause within line of verse20
7495365540cantomajor division of an epic poem21
7495372698tonal shifttone may shift throughout a work as the narrators perspective changes, or as the plot becomes more complex, dramatic, bizarre, etc. there also may be more than one tone that an author takes toward a work at the same time. for example, a novel can be both humorous and dark, or both sentimental and formal22
7495403871hamartiatragic flow; a detect in the character of the protagonist of a tragedy that brings about his/her downfall23
7495415152elegya lyric poem that laments the dead24
7495419719epitheta term used to point out a characteristic of a person25
7495433588kenningswhere the author would use a twist of words, figures of speech, or compound phrase to characterize a noun26
7495445067eulogya formal speech praising a person who has died27
7495449133epitahan inscription on a tombstone or burial place28
7495455025anagnorsisin greek drama, a starting discover; moment of epiphany; time of revelation when a character discovers his true identity29
7495472485tradegya type of drama in which the characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the worse30
7495483347tragic heroa privileged, exalted character of high repute, who, by virture of a tragic fall and fate, suffers a fall from glory into suffering31
7495501621archetypeoriginal model or models for persons appearing later in history or characters appearing later in literature32

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