Vocab #11-20 + gothic terms
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| 299650279 | chromosome | a threadlike linear strand of DNA and associated proteins in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells that carries the genes and functions in the transmission of hereditary information | |
| 299650280 | churlish | of, like, or befitting a churl; boorish or vulgar | |
| 299650281 | circumlocution | the use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language | |
| 299650282 | circumnavigate | to proceed completely around | |
| 299650283 | deciduous | shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season | |
| 299650284 | deleterious | having a harmful effect, injurious | |
| 299650285 | diffident | lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid | |
| 299650286 | enervate | to weaken or destroy the strength and vitality of | |
| 299650287 | enfranchise | to endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote | |
| 299650288 | epiphany | a Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi | |
| 299650289 | gothic | a novel in which magic, mystery, and chivalry are the chief characteristics | |
| 299650290 | necromancy | conjuration of the spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing future or influencing the course of events | |
| 299650291 | macabre | dwelling on the gruesome; tending to produce horror in the beholder | |
| 299650292 | interior monologue | recording the internal, emotional experience of the character it reaches downward to the non-verbalized level where images must be used to represent sensations or emotion | |
| 299650293 | allegory | a form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with meaning that lie outside the narrative itself | |
| 299650294 | stream of consciousness | the total range of awareness and emotive-mental response of an individual, from the lowest pre-speech level to the highest fully articulate level of rational thought | |
| 299650295 | stream-of-consciousness novel | the type of novel taking as its subject matter the flow of the stream-of-consciousness of one or more of its characters |
