english final vocab
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- eloquence
- speech that is vivid, forceful, graceful and persuasive
- soliloquy
- long speech in expressing the thoughts of a character along on stage. ex. Romeo gives soliloquy after the servant has feld and paris has died
- intercession
- the act of pleading on behalf of another
- monologue
- speech by one character in a play, story or poem
- remnants
- remaining persons or things
- cunning
- cleverness; slyness
- blank verse
- poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines
- augmenting
- increasing; enlarging
- predominant
- having dominating influence over others
- lamentable
- distressing; sad
- enjoined
- ordered
- pensive
- thinking deeply or seriously
- prose
- an ordinary form of written language. most writing that is not portry is considered this can be non fiction or fiction
- dialogue
- conversation between characters
- vile
- worthless; cheap; low
- ambiguities
- statements or events whose meanings are unclear
- vial
- small bottle containing medicine or other liquids
- haughty
- arrogant
- flat characters
- Not mentioned in full detail of story only a "shrew"
- procure
- get; obtain
- sallow
- of a sickly pale yellowish complexion
- round characters
- Character that shows many important traits and is mentioned throughout the story
- free verse
- poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern of meter
- grievance
- injustice; complaint
- exile
- banish
- martial
- military
- penury
- extreme poverty
- dismal
- causing gloom or misery
- loathsome
- disgusting
- couplet
- pair of rhyming lines, usually of the same length and meter used in shakesphere
- aside
- short speech delivered by an actor in a play, expressing the characters thoughts
- unwieldy
- awkward; clumsy
- waverer
- one who changes or is unsteady
- wayward
- insistent upon having ones own way; headstrong
- pilgrimage
- long journey
- fray
- noisy fight
- tragedy
- catastrophe for the main character
- pernicious
- causing great injury or ruin
- transgression
- wrongdoing; sin
- heretic
- those who hold to a belief opposed to the established teachings of a church
- fickle
- changeable
- sepulcher
- tomb
- scourge
- whip or other instrument for inflicting punishment
- gallant
- brave and noble