Vocab Week 1 Review

Front

Expression of approval or praise

Back

Approbation

Front

Decline, decay, self-indulgence

Back

decadence

Front

A union or merger for a specific purpose

Back

coalition

Front

To relieve, quiet, calm

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Assuage

Front

Oil of pennroyal, ecalyptol, and citronella repel mosquitoes and are key in many products.

Back

Alliteration

Front

Film "District 9" depicts aliens in Johannesburg, symbolizing Apartheid in South Africa.

Back

Allegory

Front

"He was a real Romeo with the ladies."

Back

Allusion

Front

Chocolate was her Achilles heel.

Back

Allusion.

Front

"I can't recommend this book too highly"

Back

Ambiguity

Front

“This flea is you and I, and this
Our marriage bed, and marriage temple is”

Back

Analogy