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Ch. 19 & 20 Vocab
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05/12/2004

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facilitate
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to make eay or easier, help
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foster
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to help the growth and development of; promote.
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legion
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a large number, multitude
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nascent
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coming into being, beginning to develop.
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novice
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beginner
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profound
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showing great understanding
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prosaic
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commonplace; dull
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relentless
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harsh; pitiless
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syntax
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the manner in which words are arranged to form sentences
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tenet
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a principle, doctrine, or belief held as truth by a person or group
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allegory
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a story in which the characters represent moral principles or ideas
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allusion
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an indirect reference to something
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connotation
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a meaning or idea that is associated with a word in addition to its literal meaning
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idiom
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a phrase or expression whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of its individual words
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jargon
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the specialized vocabulary used by those in a particular profession or way of life
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metaphor
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a figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another to suggest a similarity
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parody
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a humorous or satirical literary or musical imitation of a serious work
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patois
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a regional dialect of a language, especially one other than the standard or literary dialect.
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solecism
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an error in grammar or standard use of language
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soliloquy
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the act of talking to oneself.
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Contemporary
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modern (adj); of the same time or age (n)
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context
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The circumstances in which an event occurs (n)
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contrary
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opposed or opposite (adj)
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endow
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to provide w/money or its equivalent
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Salvation
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deliverance from destruction or evil
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