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Poetry Unit
Poetry Unit Vocabulary
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9th Grade
11/29/2016
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host
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a great number
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glee
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joy
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pensive
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thoughtful, thinking deeply
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bliss
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great joy, happiness
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azure
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blue
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sore
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fierce, cruel
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abash
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embarrass
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deferred
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put off until a future time
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fester
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infectious, forming pus
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barren
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empty, deserted
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unbidden
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unbidden
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uninvited
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sinister
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threatening harm, ominous
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meticulously
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very carefully, scrupulously
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voluminously
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fully, at great volume
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palpitating
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beating rapidly, throbbing
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monotone
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one sound

 

(monotonous - uninterrupted repetition of the same sound)
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paean
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song of joy and triumph
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quaint
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strange, unusual
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beguiling
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tricking, charming
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respite
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rest, relief
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desolate
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deserted, abandoned
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pallid (adj.)

 

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pale
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pallor (n.)
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paleness
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woeful
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full of sorrow
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treble
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high pitched voice
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ceasing
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stopping
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drowsiness
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sleepiness
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woes (n.)
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great sorrow
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perplexed
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puzzled
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thronging
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crowded into
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languid
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drooping, weak, wilting
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wreathed
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curled around
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writhing
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twisting and turning
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tumult
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a noisy commotion
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keener
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sharper, clearer
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warp
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bend or twist out of shape
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divine
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heavenly
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Greek Root: dys -
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bad, ill, or difficult
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Greek Root: mis-
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hate
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Greek root: Eu-
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good, well, advantageous
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Greek root: Macro
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large
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Greek root: Micro
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very small, minute ("my-newt")
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Greek root: "a- or an-"
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not or without
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Greek root: Mono-
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one
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Greek root: Poly-
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many
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Greek root: Phobia
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fear
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Greek root: Phil-
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fear
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Primo-
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first in time or importance
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-ness
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state or condition of a thing
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sol-
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alone
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