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Folktale
Help humans understand how the world is at its present
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Folklore
Studied for its content/customs, a story that tells a lesson, orally told
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Myths
Don't always teach a lesson
Explain the natural earthly phenomenon
Includes supernaturals
Creation myths
Explains how everything began
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Aristotle’s Rhetorical Triangle:
Pathos- Emotion: empathy, sympathy, pity, anger, love, fear, etc.
Ethos- Ethics: perceived, intellect, authority, etc. (credibility)
Logos- Logistics: data, stats, calculations, science, etc.
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Worldview:
overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world
Ex) Evolutionism, Creationism, and the Big Bang Theory
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Qualities of a Creation story
explain how the universe, earth, and life began, phenomena, customs, institutions, or religious rites, passed through generations, supernatural elements, expresses moral values,
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Types of characters in myths
Culture heroes (Show how to do what is right + how to become the people we are, Shape the world through the theft of sun, fire, or water, Often divine at birth)
Trickster heroes (Provide for disorder/change, provide for the possibility of change, remind us that culture is artificial, enable us to see the underside of life)
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Activism
taking action to bring about social or political change toward a perceived greater good
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Parallelism
Alignment in the syntax of a sentence
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Syntax
structures
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Diction
word choice
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Ethnocentrism
evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture or worldview
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Puritanism
A denomination of Christianity that thinks that only a few people are unknowingly chosen for salvation and everyone else is dammed
Heaven and hell
Golden rule: Do to others what you want them to do to you
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Powhatan Faith
A monotheistic religion where it’s believed that if moral codes are violated you will receive misfortune. Their creator deity is Ahone.
Believe in unending singing and dancing while going on a path to the sun in the afterlife.
Golden rule: “All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really one.”
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Buddhism
They believe in Samsara, the existence of a soul, and Nirvana. Nirvana is the belief that one’s soul can break out of the Samsara and experience true rest.
Reaching Nirvana is the golden rule
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Islam
Allah is the one and only god, they believe in the Holy Books and label Abraham, Adam, Moses, David, and Jesus (different name) as prophets. The final prophet is said to be Muhammad.
They believe in Judgement Day which determines the salvation or damnation of humanity and heaven and hell.
Treat others the way you want to be treated
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Hinduism
Henotheistic religion - worship of supreme god while acknowledging other deities
There’s a caste system where whatever class you’re born into, you stay in that class for the rest of your life. They believe in the soul and the idea of reincarnation into any kind of living being, including animals and plants.
Karma: every action has a consequence to it
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Judaism
Their holy scriptures are the Torah and the Tenakh. They are a monotheistic religion based on God’s laws for daily life.
Love your neighbors as you love yourself
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1st and 3rd person Limited point of view
The narrator only describes the thoughts and feelings of one or a few character
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1st and 3rd person Omniscient point of view
The narrator describes the thoughts and feelings of most or all of the characters
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Rhetorical
Asking a question but answering yourself
Ethos pathos logos are rhetorical appeals
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Rhetoric
How something is made persuasive; How is a speech made effective
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Chief Tecumseh’s Speech to the Osages
Repeats “brothers” in each paragraph: Is a poetic device of repetition
“We are friends”: Pathos
Pathos: emphasizes the shared heritage and common struggles of the tribes, urging them to come together as one family under the Great Spirit
Has a lot of logos :“Children of the Great Spirit”
Powerful call for unity among Native American tribes against the encroaching white settlers
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A Red Man’s Thoughts by Tso-le-oh-woh
the satirical poem that critiques the choices for others' attitudes of white settlers toward Native Americans
highlights the irony of white people's eagerness to "help" and "civilize" Native Americans while often exploiting and disregarding their true needs and desires
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The General History of Virginia by John Smith
provides a detailed account of the early English colonization efforts in North America: focusing on the Jamestown settlement (Diet was bad & Building colony = hard)
Interactions with the Indigenous peoples: Attacked Jamestown (Smith got captured)
Pocahontas saves Smith (Made peace together)
Some whites tried to kill him
Pocahontas would bring food: Was the reason why he and others survived
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What are the 4 necessities of life?
Food, shelter, cltohing, fuel
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Henry David Thoreau wrote?
Walden (ch.1 economy) and Where I lived, and What I lived for
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Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote?
Nature
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5 Characterisitics of Romanticism
Emotion > Reason
Gothicism & the Unknown
Personification
Self Reflection
Impluse towards reform
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The Shoshone Love Song
Compares their love with nature
Nature is something that they highly value so that means their love is very important and powerful
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To My Dear and Loving Husband
Compares her love for her husband with the value of wealth and the extremity of passion
Shows how they value riches and wealth a lot
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Writing style: informative, first-person, formal, descriptive
Imagery:
Visual of crowded space
The smell of a terrible odor
The sound of people being flogged or cut and groaning in pain
Uses imagery, pathos, and diction to evoke empathy from the reader
Image of cruel conditions
Emotional appeal through their suffering and emotional turmoil
Word choice for how he addresses people
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Freedom of Religion by Sagoyewatha
Seneca belief system:
Believed that there is a creator that they should obey
They valued love, peace, friendliness, freedom of religion
They might have condemned greediness, betrayal, no freedom
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Judeo-Christian Biblical Creation Story
God creates light and divides it from darkness
God separated the water and the sky and created dry land
Earth and seas created, Creates plant life after, Creates animal life and marine life, Creates a bright light for day and a weaker light and stars for the night, God creates Man
The serpent tempts Eve into eating the forbidden fruit by saying that she’ll be able to become like God
God found out and was angry with the serpent and punished Adam and Eve by casting them out of the garden and making it hard for them to grow plants
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The World on the Turtle’s Back
Iroquois creation story
In the beginning = there was no land no creatures no men
But as a great ocean
Husband of a pregnant woman tries to get some roots for his wife
A hole forms and the woman falls through it when trying to inspect it out of curiosity
A great sea turtle receives the woman on its back when birds who caught her wanted to put her somewhere
Right-handed called “He Holds Up The Skies” “Master of Life,” and “Great Creator”
Left-handed called “Flint,” the devious one, “Old Warty”
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Imagery of fire to evoke fear
It’s a sermon that is telling people that they are to suffer in hell unless they choose to become Christians and serve God
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The New Colossus
The Statue of Liberty symbolism in this
hope, compassion, and peace for immigrants and refugees
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Smith Rescued by Pocahontas Lithograph (what POV)
shown in third-person omniscient
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Slave Trade, 1791 (what POV)
third person limited view
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SOAPSTone
Speaker
Occasion
Audience
Purpose
Subject
Tone
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Case Brief (in order)
Case Name/Caption (blank v blank)
Procedural History (how the case got brought up)
Facts of the Case (up until the case was filed)
Issue (What is the legal issue of the case)
Holding (what you want to happen)
Rule (the legal question that has been answered)
Reasoning (why? Putting down evidence)
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party in court that bears the “burden of proof” as well as the other party
Plaintiff & Defendant
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Concurring Opinion
is when a judge or justice agrees with the majority's decision in a case, but for different reasons
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Dissenting Opinion
is when a judge or justice disagrees with the majority's decision and reasoning
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Trial Court
Opening statement (introduction)
The prosecution presents the case (presents witness and evidence)
The defense presents the case (witness testify)
Closing arguments
The jury makes a decision
Ruling
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Supreme Court
1 chief justice (8 other members) 9 total
Body of government that is referenced in the Federalist Papers today
Rule of 4 (4 most votes to listen to a case)
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Significant writers of the time
Alexander Hamilton (wrote 51)
John Jay (wrote 5)
James Madison (wrote 29)
Thomas Jefferson (Drafters/wrote the constitution)
Thomas Paine (wrote the common sense)
Phillis Wheatly (She was born free but kidnapped and sold as a slave to the Wheatly family.)
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Political beliefs of Colonial/Revolutionary
Anti-Federalists - opposed ratification of the constitution and believed in smaller central government
Federalism - Voted for the ratification of the constitution and believed in a strong central government
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Subject matter of the Federalist Papers
Why a republic is the way America should be run
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No. 9 (Hamilton)
“Union is Best To Combat Factions”
Stronger central government: protects the union against attack, rebellion, & corruption
Rebellion is resolved quickly
Majority can take care of minority abuses & corruption
States remain united, then all the states are powerful
Danger of Factions
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No. 10 (Madison)
“Republics Prevent Factions From Bullying Minority Groups”
“The Madisonian Dilemma” (about factions and how to guard them)
How to reconcile citizens with different ideas
Suggests that a representative republic is effective against partisanship & factionalism
Shows an exploit rejection by the Founding father of the principles of direct democracy & factionalism
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No. 48 (Madison)
“The Three branches should overlap”
Despotism = when the same hands control the 3 branches of government
ONLY OVERLAP SLIGHTLY
Departments should not be far enough to not work together
Prime Ex) of Checks and Balances: Judicial Review = judicial branch’s power to view past laws to see if it is constitutional or not
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No. 51 (Madison)
“Structure of Government must furnish proper checks and balances”
CHECKS AND BALANCES grants freedom and liberty
Judges are an exception because they must be independent from the 2 branches in order to make unbiased decisions
"If men were angels, no need for government"
The Constitution protects the weak parts or weak states
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Federalist Papers were also called?
Publius (came from a Roman Patriot, Valerius Publicola)
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Why was the constitutional convention called in 1787?
to make a constitution
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The main goal of the Federalist papers
To try and convince others to support the ratification of the constitution
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“What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July” by Frederick Douglass
speech on the 76th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
However, he did not use this occasion to celebrate; instead, he used it to remind the Americans of continued enslavement and the hypocrisy of the DOI
Frederick himself was a former slave who escaped slavery
He connects deeply with the enslaved people and is more passionate about this topic
Juneteenth connects to themes in this speech because unlike the DOI, juneteenth significances a real date when enslaved Africans were set free
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Partick Henry’s Liberty or Death Speech
Played a roled in the American Revolution
Famous line: “Give me liberty or give me death!”
Speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1775 against British taxation
Uses parallelism
Emphasizes to break off from Britain
That the colonists must fight and stand for their freedom and liberty
War is inevitable
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Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence from the Britain written by Jefferson
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If the Age of Enlightenment focused on reason. __________________ focused on emotion
Romanticism
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5 themes of Transcendentalism
Nonconformity, Self-reliance/individualism, free thought, confidence, nature
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
considered the father or pioneer of Transcendentalism
Emerson claims that a child can best comprehend nature
Raised by women since his father died
He became an abolitionist vocally in 1844
Works: Nature (deep appreciation for nature)
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Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau’s mentor was Ralph Waldo Emerson
Works: Walden in 1854
Thoreau lives in the woods, Thoreau’s negative thoughts about nature slowly fades away.
The only way to live is to be living in the moment.
Thoreau lived at Walden Pond for 2 years, 2 months, 2 days
Works: Where I Lived and What I Lived For
he wants to simplify, he is comfortable living alone in a shack. He also regards society in a very harsh tone.
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The theme of “What a Wonderful World”
nature
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Historical context of Transcendentalism
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment is the age that preceded the Romantic/Transcendentalist movement
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Iambic Meter
unstressed, stressed
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trochee meter
stressed, unstressed
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Spondee meter
stressed, stressed
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pyrrhic mete
unstressed, unstressed
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anapest
unstressed, unstressed, stressed
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dactyl meter
stressed, unstressed, unstressed
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Who wrote this? “I would die from a bear or be miserable alone. I would not be myself and get a new view on Mother Nature’s cruel behavior. I can only pray for mercy and not die from its hands.”
Henry David Thoreau
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The Raven (edgar allan poe)
The name of the person the narrator lost is Lenore
A man grieving the loss of his wife Lenore which caused him to go mad
The only thing the Raven ever says is Nevermore; means that nothing can change the speaker’s loss og to move on from his wife
The Raven stands on top of the Pallas and the raven stands on top of Pallas to threaten the narrator's sanity
The theme of “The Raven” is grief and sanity
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Cask of amontillado (edgar allan poe)
Theme of the story is revenge and it was written in the end of Poes life
Them bickering back and forth is a double entendres
Double entendres means to have a double meaning
moral = is actions have consequence
The object depicted on the crest are a foot being bitten by a snake
Fortunato is a fool who does not care
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Anabelle Lee (edgar allan poe)
About a man who mourns his dead wife Annabel Lee
The narrator blames these winged creatures for the death of his loved one which are seraphs
Sepulcher is the place you could be put in when you die
The sea represents peacefulness
There are lots of alliteration, repetition, and anaphora
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The Masque of the Red Death
The disease theorize the Red Death is based off of the bubonic plague or tuberculosis
The symbol for hiding from the plague is the masks at the masquerade
The symbol for the stages of life or the symbol for the 7 deadly sins
Each of the seven rooms
The message of the story is how one cannot escape death
Death is like a thief in the night and is ultimately inevitable
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Edgar Allan Poe
mother died from tuberculosis, bad relation with father, foster mother died from tuberculosis, his wife Virgina died from tubercluosis, got kicked out of his first university
left his second university
Left west point
he died alone and poor at the age of 40
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Themes of Gothicism
Death
Horror
Supernatural
Dark setting
Romance
Emotional extremes
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Common Antagonists in a Gothic Novel
Are supernatural beings
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The gothic Genre combines Horror and Romanticism
Horror and Romanticism
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Antagonism n.
actively expressed hostility or opposition
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Antediluvian adj.
before the flood; extremely primitive or outmoded
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Callow adj.
lacking adult sophistication
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Cant n.
a hypocritical or sanctimonious talk
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Cantankerous adj.
difficult or irritating to deal with
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Decapitate v.
to cut off the head of
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Decimated v.
to reduce drastically
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Embroil v.
to throw into disorder or confusion
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Fugacious adj.
lasting a short time
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Hapless adj.
having no luck
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Indigent adj.
suffering from extreme poverty
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Indigenous adj.
occurring naturally in a particular environment
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Loll v.
to hang or move in a loose or lazy manner
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Lope n.
an easy gait capable of being maintained
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Paramount adj.
superior to all others
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Precedent adj.
prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance
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Precedential adj.
of, relating to, or constituting a precedent
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Prima donna n.
a principal female singer in an opera or concert organization -a vain or undisciplined person who finds it difficult to work with others
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Probity n.
adherence to the highest principles and ideals
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Retinue n.
a group of retainers or attendants
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Anomaly n.
deviation from the common rule
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Antipathy n.
settled aversion or dislike
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Canonical adj.
conforming to a general rule or acceptable procedure
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Capitulate v.
to surrender often after negotiation of terms
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Decalogue n.
the Ten Commandments -a basic set of rules carrying binding authority
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Decorous adj.
-marked by propriety and good taste
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Decorum n.
propriety and good taste in conduct or appearance
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Emblazon v.
to inscribe on a surface
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Emeritus n.
one retired from professional life but who retains as an honorary title the last position held
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Emigrate v.
to leave one’s country to live elsewhere
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Fungible adj.
interchangeable, flexible
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Furrier n.
one that makes, repairs, alters, or cleans fur garments
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Inaugurate v.
to observe formally the beginning of
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Indolent adj.
causing little or no pain -averse to activity, effort, or movement
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Indomitable adj.
incapable of being subdued
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Loquacious adj.
full of excessive talk; wordy
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Lugubrious adj.
mournful or dismal
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Obsession n.
a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling
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Precipitate v.
cause an event or situation typically bad to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely
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Revere v.
to show devoted honor to
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Appease v.
to bring to a state of peace or quiet
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Caricature n.
exaggeration by means of distortion
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Delineate v.
to describe or portray with accuracy or in detail
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Encroach v.
to advance beyond the usual or proper limits
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Endorse v.
to approve openly or recommend
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Gaffe n.
a noticeable mistake
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Gall v.
to irritate or vex
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Inebriation n.
drunkenness
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Ineffable adj.
incapable of being expressed
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Lascivious adj.
lewd, lustful
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Lummox n.
-a clumsy person
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Lynch v.
to put to death by mob action without legal sanction
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Maelstrom n.
a powerful, often violent whirlpool
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Odious adj.
arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance
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Ogle v.
to look at especially with greedy or especially interested attention
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Omnivorous adj.
feeding on both animal and vegetable substances
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Predicament n.
a difficult, perplexing, or trying situation
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Prescience n.
foreknowledge of events
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Rivulet n.
a small stream
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Subterfuge n.
a deceptive device or stratagem
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