vocab/ lit quiz 5

Clamor

n. loud noise

Contract

vb. to become smaller

Duplicity

n. deception

Equivocal

adj. vague

Irresolute

adj. unable to decide

Rescind

vb. to cancel

Stagnant

adj. motionless

Uniform

adj. alike

Untenable

adj. unable to be defended

Vilify

vb. to speak evil of

Affable

adj. good-natured

Apocryphal

adj. false

Cultivate

vb. to help grow

Desultory

adj. random

Iracible

adj. bad-tempered

Hamartia

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Hubris

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Catharsis

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Recognition (anagnorisis)

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Reversal (peripety)

change in fortune for protagonist

Chorus

group of dancers and singers who participate in dramatic performances

Ambiguity

writer deliberately suggests 2 or more different meanings in work

Paradox

statement that appears contradictory at first, but is actually true

Oxymoron

two opposing ideas are fused together

Rhetorical Techniques

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