Vocabulary 5-8
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- epithet
- a descriptive name or title for a person
- Pun
- A play on words that have teh same or similar sounds but different meanings.
- Colloquy
- A conversation, conference, or dialogue
- Alto
- the second-highest voice in a four-part harmony.
- ineffable
- that which cannot be expressed in speech.
- Repartee
- A quick, witty replay or conversation
- etude
- a musical study for a solo insturment
- succinct
- Compressed concise or terse
- Caesura
- a break or pause in a line of poetry
- Paradox
- A statement that seems self-contradictory but that may be true.
- Declaim
- To speak in an elaborately rhetorical manner or deliver in a voice strong with emotion.
- idiom
- a correct expression that is unusual in form or meaning
- reticence
- The state of quality of being quiet, reserved, or uncommunicative
- tableau
- a vivid picture or representation; or a representation of a scene by the groupoing of silent, montionless person in appropriate poses.
- caret
- A sign ^used for marking a place in writing where something has to be put in
- iterate
- to repeat
- Emendation
- A correction or removal of errors, espeically in a leterary work
- dulcet
- sweet, pleasant, or agreeable to the ear
- conundrum
- A riddle, problem, or unanswerable question
- Irony
- an inconsistency between what is expected to happen and what actally does happen, or between what appears to be the case and what is the case; or a sarcastic use of words to express the opposite of the speaker's thought.
- descant
- a melody sung or played in harmony with the main melody
- thrum
- to strum or play a stringed instrument monotonously
- discursive
- rambling or wandering form topic to topic
- lexicon
- a dictionary or vocabualry book, particularly Greek, Hebrew, or latin
- Personification
- An attribution of human qualities to inanimate objects; or an embodiment or perfect example.
- Prate
- To chatter, babble, talk foolishly and at length
- syntax
- sentence structure, or the arrangement of words in a sentence
- Symposium
- A conference at which a particular subject is discussed
- Idyll
- a simple written description of rural life and pasteral scenes
- italic
- a style in which the letters slant.
- Allude
- to mention or refer to indirectly
- Tome
- a large heavy box
- libretto
- The words or test of an opera or other long choral work
- Peruse
- To read carefully or thoughly
- Couplet
- two successive lines in poetry ryhming with each other
- cuneiform
- old babylonian and assyrian writing formed of wedge-shaped marks
- dissonant
- 1. Harsh or unharmonious sound. 2. Not in agreement.
- Epic
- a long poem about the deeds of great people or a nations history;or heroic and imposing
- Allegory
- a story which people, things, or events have symblic meanings
- Elocution
- The act of speaking clearly and expressively before an audience.
- plagiarism
- Stealing words or ideas from another and passing them off as one's own.
- Prose
- speech or writing without metrical structure
- Epilouge
- a concluding section of a book or play, usually adressed to an audience
- collocation
- a grouping or arrangement, especially of words
- Anthology
- a collection of selected literary works
- diphthong
- two vowels united into a single, complex sound.
- recitative
- Language uttered as in ordinary speech, but in musical tones.
- Soliloquy
- A monologue; or the act of talking to oneself, usurally in a play.
- pseudonym
- a fictitious name or pen name.
- Mummery
- A masked performance; or a ridiculous performance or empty show.
- dictum
- an authoritative statement, ruling , or formal pronouncement.
- Parenthesis
- Explanatory words inserted in a sentence; or the punctuation setting of such an expression
- Browse
- To glance through a book, library, or store in a leisurely, casual way.
- Doggerel
- Undignified or trivial verse; or a verse that is badly constructed
- Ballad
- A Poem or song that tells a story in a simple words.
- stilited
- Pompous or artifically formal
- Collate
- to make a detailed comparison between pieces of writing; or to put in order pages of a manuscript.
- Poesy
- poetry
- Forensic
- Pertaining to public debate.
- notation
- 1. A system of signs or symbols. 2. A record, note, or observation.
- Prosaic
- Unimaginative, Commonplace, or dull
- Disquisition
- a detailed, rather formal discussion or essay
- terse
- Concise, succinct, or to the point
- Treble
- High-pitched or soprano. (highest)
- Hyperbole
- great exaggeration for effect