Matsuo Basho Flashcards
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| 1217765530 | Samurai | The warrior aristocracy of japan | 1 | |
| 1217765531 | Affinity | Attraction; likeness | 2 | |
| 1217765532 | Antithesis | The direct opposite; contrast | 3 | |
| 1217765533 | Poetaster | An inferior poet; versifier | 4 | |
| 1217765534 | Shogun | One of a line of a military governors ruling japan until the revolution of 1867-8 | 5 | |
| 1217765535 | Austere | Somber, grave, severe | 6 | |
| 1217765536 | Oeuvre | A substantial body of work constituting the life work of a writer an artist or a composer | 7 | |
| 1217765537 | Lapidary | Having the elegance and precision associated with inscriptions on monumental stone | 8 | |
| 1217765538 | Epigram | A short poem dealing concisely, pointedly and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought | 9 | |
| 1217765539 | Aphorism | A concise statement of a principle | 10 | |
| 1217765540 | Wily | Crafty, sly | 11 | |
| 1217765541 | Scudding | Moving or running swiftly, especially as if driven forward | 12 | |
| 1217765542 | Urchins | Pert or roguish youngsters | 13 | |
| 1217765544 | Jaunty | Lively | 14 | |
| 1272240876 | Prefecture | The district governed by a prefect | 15 | |
| 1272241528 | Shaling | Urinating | 16 |