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Shakespere
Final Vocab
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Undergraduate 1
05/14/2012
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Abstemious
 Definition
not self indulgent
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ague
 Definition
disease w/ fever & chills
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allegory
 Definition
story with story
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alliteration
 Definition
repetation
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alms
 Definition
money or food given to poor people
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anapest/anapestic
 Definition
2 unstessed, 1 stressed
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angels
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coins
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animate
 Definition
having life
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antithesis
 Definition
opposite
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apocryphal
 Definition
of doubtful authorship
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archetype
 Definition
the original pattern or model(a standard or example for imitation or comparison.) from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based
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duplicitous
 Definition
deceitful
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iamb/iambic
 Definition
1 unstressed, 1 stressed ex- a-bout
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Simile
 Definition
like or as
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bardolatry
 Definition
excessive admiration of Shakespeare
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blank verse
 Definition
verse without rhyme
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hierarchy
 Definition
a system where people are ranked
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Hydra's heals
 Definition
when one head is cut off, multiples of 3 appear
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idealize
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regard or represent as perfect or better than in reality
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hyperbole
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exaggerated statements
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inanimate
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lifeless object
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gibbet
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gallows
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impressed
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conscripted / drafted
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icongraphic
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represents pictures
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Cherubim
 Definition
angelic baby with wings
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coat of arms
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distinctive, shield of a family
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Elizabethan
 Definition
time period of Shakespeare
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epiphany
 Definition
sudden realization
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foils
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minor
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trochee
 Definition
one stressed syllable, followed by one unstreseed
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anapest/ anapestic
 Definition
two unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable- very rare in Shakespeare
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dactyl/ dactylic
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one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables reverse order of the anapestic foot
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di,tri,tetra, penta hexa hepta octa - meter
 Definition
2-8 feet
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earth
 Definition
coldness and drying
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water
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coldness and moisture
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air
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heat and moisture
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fire
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most noble element, hot and dry
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quatrain
 Definition
four lines in a sonnet
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couplet
 Definition
2 rhythms lines in a sonnet
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melancholy (black bile)
 Definition
relatesto element of earth
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phlegm
 Definition
relates to element of water
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blood
 Definition
relates to the element of air
Personality type: sanguine
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choler (yellow bile)
 Definition
relates to element fire
personality type: choleric
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volta
 Definition
turn in thought in a sonnet
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sestet
 Definition
6 lines
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antic
 Definition
grotesque or bizarre
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apocryphal
 Definition
of doubtful authenticity
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endow
 Definition
to bequeath
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evanescent
 Definition
soon passing out of existence
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generation
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kind
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gentile
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not jewish
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anti-masques
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characters played by professional actors
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stitchomythia
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one line conversation
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stocks
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public punishment
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sylvan
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forest
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tartar
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inhabitant of Turkey
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dower/dowry
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widow: shoe for life
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ducets
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form of money
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harpy
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half woman/ half bird monster
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lyric
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short poem of sangline quality
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macrocosm
 Definition
cosmos
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octave
 Definition
8 lines
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masque/masquers
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form of drama entertainment
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microcosm
 Definition
little world
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misogynistic
 Definition
hatred of women
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motley
 Definition
colors, jesters clothes
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naiads
 Definition
water nymph
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narrative
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poem or plot
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chaff
 Definition
bushes of corn, line wheat and straw
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perdition
 Definition
eternal domination
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quailing
 Definition
losing heart
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Rialto
 Definition
trading center in venice
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sardonic
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grimly mourning
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scimitar
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short sound
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telos / teleology
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predetermined end
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sensitive
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having physical essence
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terminus a quo/ terminus ad quem
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starting point/ending point
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Seraphim
 Definition
beloved beings (angels)
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translated
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transformed
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dear
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expensive
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deus ex machina
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god in machine
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colonialism
 Definition
control over another country
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usury / usance
 Definition
illegal practice of interest lending money
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commodity/ com-modification
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an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.
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Janus
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God of faces
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coxcomb
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conceited man
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joie de vivre
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enjoyment of life
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juxtaposed
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to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
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visage
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face
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vizards
 Definition
a mask or visor.
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balm
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ointment
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zenith
 Definition
top/highest point
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carbunde
 Definition
boil on the shin
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ostenity
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appearance/manner
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inimical
 Definition
tending to obstruct or harm
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inordinately
 Definition
exceeding reasonable limits
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scutcheon
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coat of arms
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hedonistic
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devoted to pleasure
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laconic
 Definition
using very few words
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pontifical
 Definition
relates to the pope
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malaise
 Definition
general feeling of discomfort
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impunity
 Definition
lack of punishment
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temporal
 Definition
relating to the world as opposed to heaven
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abstemlous
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not self-indulgent
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philological
 Definition
study of texts and written records
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sprezzatura
 Definition
standard carelessness
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truculent
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eager to fight
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pernicious
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having a harmful effect
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composite
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made up of distinct parts
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fiat
 Definition
arbitrary order
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ineradicable
 Definition
not capable to be rewarded
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archetype / archetypal
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very typical of certain and of person or thing
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troth plight
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ceremony, betrothed
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indecorous
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improper
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empiricism
 Definition
theory that all knowledge is derived from sense experience
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magnanimity
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generous in spirit
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surfeit / surfeited
 Definition
an excessive amount of something
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tautology
 Definition
needless repetition of an idea
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propriety
 Definition
standard of what is socially acceptable
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ascetic
 Definition
severe self- discipline
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probity
 Definition
having strong principles
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eclectic
 Definition
derives ideas style or taste from broad and diverse range of sources
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imperious
 Definition
assuming authority without justification
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austere / austerely
 Definition
severe or strict
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intermediary
 Definition
go between
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effete
 Definition
affecting/over defined
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catechism
 Definition
a summary of formal questions put as a test
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traduced
 Definition
speak boldly/ to ruin one's reputation
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conceit
 Definition
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance
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catenulate
 Definition
chain like form
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poignantly
 Definition
touching manner
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epigrammatic
 Definition
terse and ingenious in expression.
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internecine
 Definition
destructive to both
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countenance
 Definition
admit as acceptable
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bombast
 Definition
high sounding language with little meaning
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gloss
 Definition
translation
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elucidate
 Definition
to make something clear
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drollery
 Definition
comic incident
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ordinance
 Definition
authoritative order
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self-effacing
 Definition
reluctant to draw attention to oneself
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hovel
 Definition
small dwelling
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colic
 Definition
gas digestion
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dalliance
 Definition
casual or sexual relationship
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viands
 Definition
item of food
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grossness
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materialistic
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mettle
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loftiness of spirit
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mundane
 Definition
related to earthly world
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pastoral
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lit of country life
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numinous
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mysterious
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prolix/ prolixity
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using to many words
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raillery
 Definition
good humored banter
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rhapsodist
 Definition
professional reality of epic poems and who recites them
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trope
 Definition
cliche
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sooth/forsooth/soothsayer
 Definition
truth/reality
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ignis fatuus
 Definition
phosphorescent light sea horses or flowers at night over mushy ground
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assonance
 Definition
resemblance of proximal vowel sounds
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extempore
 Definition
spoken or done without proportion
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ethology
 Definition
cause of disease
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sublunary
 Definition
people with the orbit of the moon
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superfluous
 Definition
useless
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logorrhea
 Definition
wordiness
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malapropism
 Definition
misused of sound of words
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sach
 Definition
plunder
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body-politic metaphor
 Definition
ratios comparing hierarchy elements of the human body to political entity
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carnal
 Definition
bodily
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didactic
 Definition
intended to teach
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sanguine
 Definition
related to air, blood
-impulse, pleasure seeking, sociable and charismatic
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choleric
 Definition
relates to fire and yellow bile
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epistemology
 Definition
theory of knowledge
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entemology
 Definition
study of insects
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etymolgy
 Definition
origin of words
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