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AP Eng Lang 11
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18
English
11th Grade
12/17/2009

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Impinge
Definition
hinder; interfere with
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Lament
Definition
express grief for; mourn
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Melancholy
Definition
sadness; depression
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Sanction
Definition
an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
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Truncated
Definition
shortened; cut off
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Aesthetic
Definition
having to do with the appreciation of beauty
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Anthology
Definition
a collection of literary pieces
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Contemporary
Definition
current, modern; from the same time
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Dilettante
Definition
one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
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Eclectic
Definition
made up of a variety of sources or styles
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Excerpt
Definition
a selected part of a passage or scene
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Genre
Definition
describing a category or artistic endeavor
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Medley
Definition
an assortment or a mixture, especially of musical pieces
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Mural
Definition
a large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
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Narrative
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characterized by the telling of a story; a story
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Parody
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an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
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Realism
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artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
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Virtuoso
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a tremendously skilled artist
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