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10245446821abaseto degrade, to humiliate0
10245446822acerbicsour, bitter, severe1
10245447605brevitybriefness2
10245447606bucolicrural or rustic in nature, country like3
10245448289cacophonyharsh sounds, jarring discordant sounds, dissonance4
10245448290chicanerydeceitfulness, trickery5
10245449336dearthscarcity, lack6
10245449337delugeinundation, flood7
10245449338ebbTo recede or diminish8
10245450635etherealvery light, delicate, heavenly9
10245450636feasiblewithin reason10
10245451030fecundfertile, productive11
10245451031gaffean embarrassing mistake, a crude social error, blunder, a faux pas12
10245451032gistcenter and material part, essence13
10245451909hackneyedoverused, cliche14
10245451910haplessunlucky15
10245454847idiosyncrasya behavioral quirk16
10245454848imbueto fill with a certain quality or feeling, to permeate with an idea or emotion17
10245455657jiltto reject (a lover)18
10245455658jocularinclined to joke, merry, amusing or intended to cause amusement19
10245455659kindleto cause or burn to ignite, to arouse or inspire20
10245456476kinshipnatural connection or family relationship21
10245458767lassitudelistlessness, torpor, weariness22
10245459701laudableworthy of being praised23
10245459702anaphorathe repetition of the same word or group of words at beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines24
10245461213anadiplosisThe repetition of the last word from previous line, clause or sentence at beginning of next25
10245461214chiasmusA figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through reversal of structure26
10245461881connotationThe associations that are connected to a certain word or emotion27
10245462832ethosappeal to credibility28
10245462833euphemisma mild word or phrase which substitutes for another which would be undesirable because it is too direct, offensive, or unpleasant29
10245464122hyperboleextreme exaggeration30
10245464123logosappeal to logic31
10245465020metonymysubstituting a word for another word closely related to it32
10245465021oxymoronputting two contradictory words together for effect33
10245466163pathosappeal to emotion34
10245466164personificationgiving human like qualities to animals or objects35
10245466908synecdochewhen a part of person or thing is used to represent whole36
10245466909tricolonthree parallel elements of same length occurring together in series37
10245467733understatementstatement that lessens or minimizes importance of what is meant38

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