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Epitomized
Represented
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Disreputable
Dishonorable
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Debutante
An upper class young woman making her first appearance in fashionable society
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Stinkard
A smelly person
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Noisome
Having an extremely offensive smell, disagreeable, unpleasant
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Satire
Ridicule intended to expose truth
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Mauler
A long handled hammer
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Gynarchy
Rule by women or woman
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Foibles
A minor weakness or falling of character; slight flaw or defect; an all-too-human foible
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Labefaction
Deterioration or Downfall
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Ignominious
Deserving/causing shame or public disgrace
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Prosody (Prosodic features)
Everything to do with your voice when you speak
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Paralinguistics (Paralinguistic features)
Gestures, hands/facial expressions
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Wimple
A cloth headdress covering the head, neck and sides of the face, formerly worn by women and still worn by some nuns
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Idiolect
Personal speaking style
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Pathos
Greek word. Emotional manipulation of a reader or an audience by the writer
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Juxtapositioning
Putting two things together to compare them
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Polemic
A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something
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Complicity
The state of being involved with others in an illegal activity or wrong doing
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Condescendingly
Displaying a patronizingly superior attitude
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Impoverished
Reduced to poverty
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Thematically
Of or pertaining to a theme
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Monetary
Of or relating to money or currency
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Fanatic
A person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause
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Pertinent
Relevant or applicable to a particular matter, apposite
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Bildungsroman
This is a type of book which focuses on characters who grow up and learn lessons about life
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Stanza
Verse in a poem
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Enjambement
Carry on a line to the next line
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Impediments
Obstruction
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Tempests
A violent winter storm
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Bark/Barque
A sailing ship with 3 or more masks
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Sickle
A farming tool
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Betwixt
Between
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Fay
Fairy or elf
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Leveret
A young hare in it's first year
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Ambiguous
Open to more than one interpretation
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Nefarious
Wicked or criminal
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Rime
Frost formed on cold objects by the rapid freezing of water vapour
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Abed
In bed/asleep
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Beseech
Ask (someone) urgently
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Perfunctuary
Carried out with minimum effort
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Masochistic
Deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from being abused or dominated
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Anaphora
Repetition of a word at the beginning
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Hyperbole
Use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device
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Illicit
Forbidden or frowned upon
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Unrequited
Not returned
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Melancholy
A deep, pensive and long-lasting sadness
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Homophone
Two words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings
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Bestow
To present as a gift, give
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Elusive
Difficult to find, catch or achieve
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Temperament
A person's or animal's nature, especially as it permanently affects their behaviour
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Saddled with
Burdened with someone or something
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Onerous
Involving a burdensome amount of effort and difficulty
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Poignant
Invoking a key sense of sadness and regret
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Akin
Of similar character or related by blood
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Glib
Insincere and shallow
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Plosive sounds
Hard sounds often used to emphasise anger
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Free verse
No rhyme or rhythm
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Card 2

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Dishonorable

Back

Disreputable

Card 3

Front

An upper class young woman making her first appearance in fashionable society

Back

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Card 4

Front

A smelly person

Back

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Card 5

Front

Having an extremely offensive smell, disagreeable, unpleasant

Back

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