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| 3037308401 | complex sentence | contains an independents clause and one or more subordinate clauses | 0 | |
| 3037309082 | brazen | bold and without shame | 1 | |
| 3037309783 | compunction | a feeling of guilt that follows doing something bad | 2 | |
| 3037310489 | compound sentence | contains two independent clauses joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction | 3 | |
| 3037311435 | din | a loud, confused noise; noisy clamor | 4 | |
| 3037313006 | edict | a decree issued by an authority | 5 | |
| 3037313792 | loose sentence | the sentence reveals the sentence right away and unfolds loosely after that | 6 | |
| 3037315332 | indiscretion | behavior or speech that displays a lack of good judgement | 7 | |
| 3037320683 | perquisites | a special right or privilege enjoyed as a result of one's position; a perk | 8 | |
| 3037328949 | periodic sentence | the main idea or the most important information is not revealed until the end of the sentence | 9 | |
| 3037329688 | sepulcher | a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is buried | 10 | |
| 3037332738 | suppliant | a person making a humble plea to someone in authority or power | 11 | |
| 3037335712 | balanced sentence | similar to parallel structure, this sentence features two similar elements that balance each other; will most likely have a semi-colon | 12 | |
| 3037338752 | tumult | a large, confused noise, especially by a large mass of people | 13 | |
| 3037339457 | marauding | going about in search of things to steal or people to attack | 14 | |
| 3037340540 | chiasmus | the repetition and arrangement of two key terms in a sentence using the ABBA pattern | 15 | |
| 3037341349 | admonish | warn or reprimand someone firmly | 16 | |
| 3037341957 | akimbo | with hands on hips and elbows turned outward | 17 | |
| 3037345099 | asyndeton | the omission of conjugations in a series of related clauses | 18 | |
| 3037348352 | lassitude | a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy | 19 | |
| 3037349151 | licentious | promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual manners | 20 | |
| 3037350403 | polysyndeton | opposite of asyndeton, the deliberate use of many conjunctions for emphasis | 21 | |
| 3037351419 | muse | a woman, or a force personified as a woman, who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist | 22 | |
| 3037352756 | pecuniary | of, relating to, or consisting of money | 23 | |
| 3037353145 | anaphora | repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines | 24 | |
| 3037357915 | plight | a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation | 25 | |
| 3037358202 | presumptuous | (of a person or their behavior) failing to observe the limits of what is appropriate | 26 | |
| 3037360109 | juxtaposition | a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts | 27 | |
| 3037362557 | vacuous | lacking ideas or intelligence | 28 | |
| 3037363634 | subversive | intending to overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system | 29 |
