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| an absence of emotion or enthusiasm |
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| pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon |
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| a guide who conducts and informs sightseers |
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| propriety in manners and conduct |
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| compensation for a wrong ; the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing |
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| dandy: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance |
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| without revealing one's identity |
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| is a material, usually metal, that is cast into a shape suitable for further processing. |
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| a person who shows no gratitude |
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| are an ethnic group originally from northern Sudan |
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| attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery |
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| In a manner that is sluggish, without enthusiasm |
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| is the person on a ship responsible for the handling of money on board |
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| several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another |
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| one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another |
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| serve as a personal attendant to |
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| the act of affirming or asserting or stating something |
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| free from obscurity and easy to understand |
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| capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner |
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| the state of cohering or sticking together |
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| communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive |
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| extended verbal expression in speech or writing |
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| is fluent, forcible, elegant or persuasive speaking in public |
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| to stress, single out as important |
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| capable of flowing and easily changing shape |
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| a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred |
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| initiate: someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field |
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| using language effectively to please or persuade |
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| favoring one person or side over another |
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| showing lack of favoritism |
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| pronounce not guilty of criminal charges |
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| someone with the power to settle matters at will |
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| in an obvious and provable manner |
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| freed from any question of guilt |
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| judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices |
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| establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts |
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| apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful |
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| a person who repents for wrongdoing |
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| the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do |
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| Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude |
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| without respect; in a disdainful manner |
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| belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot ;a cruel and oppressive dictator |
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| of or characteristic of a dictator |
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| lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike |
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| disdainful: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy |
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| disdainful: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy |
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| characteristic of those who treat others with condescension |
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| fable: a short moral story |
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| passing reference or indirect mention |
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| address to an absent or imaginary person |
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| original: something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies; |
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| a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience |
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| is any person, persona, identity, or entity that exists in a work of art |
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| a major division of a long poem |
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| a phrase or expression that has been repeated so often it has lost its significance |
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| a pair of lines with rhyming end words |
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| A type of informational diction. |
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| Dramatic structure is the plot structure of a dramatic work such as a play or screenplay |
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| A long narrative poem, told in a formal, elevated style |
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| when a character suddenly experiences a deep realization about himself |
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| an adjective which expresses a quality or attribute considered characteristic of a person or thing |
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| a recurring object, concept, or structure in a work of literature |
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| any story that attempts to explain how the world was created or why the world is the way that it is |
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| a statement that is apparently self-contradictory or absurd but really contains a possible truth |
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| a figure of speech in which two contradictory words or phrases are combined to produce a rhetorical effect by means of a concise paradox |
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| A humorous imitation of another, usually serious, work. |
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| Refers to who tells us a story and how it is told |
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| A play on words that relies on a word’s having more than one meaning or sounding like another word |
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| saying one thing and meaning another |
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| the use of humor and wit with a critical attitude, irony, sarcasm, or ridicule for exposing or denouncing the frailties and faults of mankind’s activities and institutions |
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| a manner of putting thoughts into words or the characteristic mode of construction and expression in writing and speaking |
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