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9215512738Adroit(adj)Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind0
9215512739Anathema(n)A person or thing detested or loathed1
9215512740Acquiescient(adj)Ready to accept something without protest, or to do what someone else wants2
9215512742Celerity(n)Swiftness of movement3
9215512743Dirge(n)A lament for the dead,especially one forming part of a funeral rite4
9215512746Truculent(adj)Eager or quick to argue or fight aggressively defiant5
9215512747Quixotic(adj)Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical6
9215512748Metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.7
9215512749Personificationthe attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.8
9215512750Onomatopoeiathe formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle ).9
9215512751Situational ironyirony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.10
9215512752Dramatic ironyirony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.11

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