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| 124952109 | Adjudication | judgment, judicial decision | |
| 124952110 | Allegory | symbolic narrative, represents abstract idea through material or concrete form | |
| 124952111 | Allusion | a reference, usually to something the writer assumes the reader knows | |
| 124952112 | Ambiguous | several meanings, obscure, equivocal | |
| 124952113 | Analogy | using a similarity between things to make a comparison | |
| 124952114 | Anecdote | short story | |
| 124952115 | Animistic | belief that everything, the universe, has souls belief in many gods of nature | |
| 124952116 | Antithesis | opposite, in a sentence: form contrast of ideas | |
| 124952117 | Bulwark | Protection from extreme danger | |
| 124952118 | Circumspect | cautious, discreet | |
| 124952119 | Cloister | secluded place, esp. a monastery | |
| 124952120 | Colloquial | informal, using conversation | |
| 124952121 | Convivial | friendly, jovial, festive | |
| 124952122 | Digress | wander from purpose of speaking/writing | |
| 124952123 | Efface | to erase, do away with, withdraw oneself | |
| 124952124 | Egotism | egotism, selfishness | |
| 124952125 | Equivocate | to evoke, cause to appear, call forth | |
| 124952126 | Exposition | to explain, a large scale show | |
| 124952127 | Faculty | inherent or acquired capability to do something well power or privilege given by superior | |
| 124952128 | Fallible | liable to error, not accurate | |
| 124952129 | Fusion | Politics: coalition of parties | |
| 124952130 | Gesture | movement of body or action to represent something | |
| 124952131 | Hyperbole | intentional exaggeration not meant to be taken literally | |
| 124952132 | Incongruous | inconsistent, inappropriate | |
| 124952133 | Misconstrue | misinterpret | |
| 124952134 | Oxymoron | a statement that contradicts itself | |
| 124952135 | Paradox | seemingly untrue or contradictory statement, but may have some truth | |
| 124952136 | Parenthetical | use of parenthesis | |
| 124952137 | Pathos | evoking compassion or pity | |
| 124952138 | Pedantic | overly concerned with details | |
| 124952139 | Placid | tranquil, peaceful | |
| 124952140 | Pretentious | assumption of dignity/importance, exaggerated outward show | |
| 124952141 | Quasi- | almost, but not quite; so-called | |
| 124952142 | Recluse | living in seclusion, often for religious reasons | |
| 124952143 | Repartee | conversation with or skill with making witty replies | |
| 124952144 | Rhetoric | art of language, speech, influence, figures of speech | |
| 124952145 | Romantic | in literature, the 19th century style characterized by the use of free expression, emotion, imagination, nature | |
| 124952146 | Sarcasm | harsh irony | |
| 124952147 | Tact | touch/sense of what is appropriate or how to handle difficult situations | |
| 124952148 | Tactile | having to do with touch; tangible | |
| 124952149 | Understatement | intentionally saying less than reality; opposite of overstatement |
