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Wordwright 4
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Language - English
11th Grade
04/10/2015

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1. lower (v.)
Definition
To become sad.
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2. portend
Definition
A sign that something bad is going to happen.
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3. sovereign (adj.)
Definition
Having unlimited power.
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4. restive
Definition
Feeling bored or impatient while waiting for something.
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5. leeward
Definition
The side that is protected from the wind.
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6. jubilee
Definition
A special anniversary.
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7. sacriligious
Definition
Treating a holy place or object without respect.
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8. concede
Definition
To admit you have been defeated.
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9. enterprise
Definition
A business organization.
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10. sunder
Definition
To split apart violently.
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11. denounce
Definition
To say someone or something is bad.
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12. fiat (not the Italian car)
Definition
An order given by someone with power.
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13. redress
Definition
To correct.
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14. shroud (v.)
Definition
To hide something.
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15. decorous
Definition
Correct and polite in a particular situation.
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16. sanction
Definition
Official approval or permission.
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17. obdurate
Definition
Refusing to do what others want.
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18. pale (v.)
Definition
Paling.
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19. anthem
Definition
A formal song of loyalty.
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20. cipher (v.)
Definition
Changing a message to keep it secret.
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21. discourse
Definition
the use of words to exchange thoughts.
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22. blasphemy
Definition
Great disrespect shown to God.
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23. bombast
Definition
Speech or writing that is meant to sound important but is not sincere.
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24. impunity
Definition
Freedom from punishment.
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25. remonstrate
Definition
To disagree and argue about something.
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26. consolation
Definition
Something that makes a person feel less sadness.
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27. exaction
Definition
The act of requiring much attention.
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28. absolve
Definition
To make someone free from guilt.
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29. stolid
Definition
To show little or no emotion.
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30. fetters
Definition
A shackle for the feet.
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31. Abolitionist
Definition
A person who favors the abolition of a practice.
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32. orator
Definition
A public speaker.
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33. flay
Definition
To peel the skin off.
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34. sham
Definition
A thing that is not what it is purported to be.
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35. impiety
Definition
a lack of being religious
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36. avarice
Definition
extreme greed for wealth.
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37. rhetorical question
Definition
A question directed to make a point, instead of getting an answer.
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38. appeal to pathos
Definition
Appeals to reader through emotion.
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39. appeal to ethos
Definition
Appeals to reader through credibility.
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40. appeal to logos
Definition
Appeals to reader through logic.
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41. lamentation
Definition
The passionate expression of grief.
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42. crescendo
Definition
A gradual increase in loudness in a musical piece.
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43. formal diction
Definition
A style of writing using perfect grammatical form.
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44. invocation
Definition
An action of invoking someone.
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45. paralepsis
Definition
The device of giving emphasis by professing to say little or nothing about a subject.
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46. oxymoron
Definition
A type of speech that two contradictory terms appear.
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47. analogy
Definition
A comparison between two things.
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48. antithesis
Definition
A person that is the direct opposite of someone.
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49. meteorology
Definition
Study of the atmosphere.
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50. climactic
Definition
Referring to climate.
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51. metaphor
Definition
A figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing for rhetorical effect.
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52. chiasmus
Definition
A figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point.
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53. paradox
Definition
A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement.
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54. personification
Definition
Attributing human characteristics to an animal.
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55. anaphora
Definition
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
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56. fervid
Definition
Intensely enthusiastic, or passionate.
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57. accretion
Definition
A process of growth.
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