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Animosities

Plural of animosity; a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action

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Deference

Respectful or courteous regard

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Deplorable

Causing or being a subject for regret or disapproval

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Despondent

Feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement or gloom

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Eminent

High in station, rank, or repute; prominent, distinguished

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Enumerate

To mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list

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Expedient

A means to an end

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Importuning

To beg for (something) urgently or persistently

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Modest

Having regard for decencies of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

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Prodigious

Extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.

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Propagation

Multiplication or increase, as by natural reproduction

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Rudiment

The elements or first principles of a subject

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Scrupulous

Having scruples; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled

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Sustenance

Means of sustaining life; nourishment

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Masque

A form of entertainment for the court involving singing and dancing as well as acting, usually with elaborate costumes and sets

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Epic

A long narrative poem in elevated style depicting the heroic adventures of a valiant, superhuman individual

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Medias Res

In the middle of the action

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Invocation

A common Roman device that is a call for inspiration

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Enjambment

A sentence that continues from one line into another in a poem, continuing a thought over two or more lines rather than ending each sentence at the end of each line of poetry (end-stopped poetry)

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Inversion

Changing the normal word order of a sentence

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Elision

Omitting a letter or syllable of a word to maintain the meter of a line of poetry

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Allusion

A reference within a work to a famous person, event, or another work of literature

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Parable

A very brief story told to teach a moral lesson

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Restoration

The reestablishment of the monarch in England after the Puritan Revolution

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Enlightenment

The Age of Reason which emphasized reason, rational thinking, and order

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Neoclassicism

Literally means new classicism; emphasizes order, symmetry, elegance, and structure in the arts, including literature

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Novel

An extended fictional prose narrative

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Epistolary Novel

A novel written in the form of a series of letters

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