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| 4422721523 | Pedantic | an adj. that describes words or phrases that is overly scholarly or academic | 0 | |
| 4422726921 | Laudatory | expressing praise, commendation | 1 | |
| 4422729776 | fervent | having / displaying a passionate intensity | 2 | |
| 4422734270 | underscore | emphasis | 3 | |
| 4422735387 | emphatic | showing or giving emphasis expressing forcibly or clearly | 4 | |
| 4422738396 | repudiate | refuse to accept / be associated reject | 5 | |
| 4422740049 | apposition | positioning of things or conditions of being side by side | 6 | |
| 4422742483 | treatise | a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject | 7 | |
| 4422744826 | acerbic | sharp, forthright, sarcastic ex: acerbic wit | 8 | |
| 4422747515 | vituperative | bitter abusive | 9 | |
| 4422748684 | polemic | a strong verbal or written attack on something or someone | 10 | |
| 4422750717 | indignation | anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment | 11 | |
| 4422755469 | inductive vs deductive reasoning | I: specific....broad D: broad......specific | 12 | |
| 4422758431 | capricious | given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior | 13 | |
| 4422760809 | virulent | extremely severe or harmful in its effects bitterly hostile | 14 | |
| 4422763529 | heteroclite | abnormal or irregular | 15 | |
| 4422764974 | obfuscate | render unclear, obsure muddle | 16 | |
| 4422766643 | fastidious | 17 | ||
| 4422768185 | mundane | lacking interest or excitement dull | 18 | |
| 4422769653 | pseudonym | false name used by writers | 19 | |
| 4422771851 | pedantic | narrowly academic instead of broad and humane excessively petty and meticulous | 20 | |
| 4422777284 | imperative mood | give commands | 21 | |
| 4422779487 | subjunctive mood | used to express doubt or a conditional attitude | 22 | |
| 4422781028 | indicative mood | used for statements of fact | 23 | |
| 4422782261 | maxim | saying / proverb that express a common wisdom or truth | 24 | |
| 4422785177 | hyperbol | a mild or less negative usage for a harsh term | 25 | |
| 4422786966 | epigiam | concise witty saying | 26 | |
| 4422788256 | ellipsis | 27 | ||
| 4422790172 | burlesque | a work of literature meant to ridicule a subject | 28 | |
| 4422792486 | bombast | inflated language | 29 | |
| 4422794010 | antecedent | every pronoun refers back to a previous noun | 30 | |
| 4422795591 | elegy | work that expresses sorrow | 31 | |
| 4422798186 | exposition | writing or speech that is organized to explain | 32 | |
| 4422799227 | juxtaposition | when 2 contrasting things are placed next to each other for comparison | 33 | |
| 4422806866 | antithesis | presentation of 2 contrasting images | 34 | |
| 4422809553 | paradox | statement or situation containing contradicting elements | 35 | |
| 4422812043 | metonymy | a figure of speech in which a closely related term is substituted for an object or idea | 36 | |
| 4422816205 | euphony | opposite of cacophony | 37 | |
| 4422817748 | epigram | witty or concise saying | 38 | |
| 4422819163 | colloquial | the use of slang in writing | 39 | |
| 4422820238 | didactic | intended to teach | 40 | |
| 4422821863 | allegory | work that functions on a symbolic level | 41 | |
| 4422823460 | syntax | grammatical structure or prose of poetry | 42 | |
| 4422825675 | anecdote | story or brief episode told by author to make a point | 43 | |
| 4422828296 | dactyl | stressed syllable followed by 2 unstressed | 44 | |
| 4422830341 | enjambment | run on line | 45 | |
| 4422834460 | chiasmus | reversal in the order of words | 46 | |
| 4422835547 | caesura | strong pause within a line | 47 | |
| 4422836866 | axiom | self evident truth requiring no evidence all men are equal | 48 | |
| 4422839208 | apostrophe | figure of speech where someone absent or dead or nonhuman is addressed as alive or present | 49 | |
| 4422842945 | assonance | repetition of similar vowel sounds i rose and told her of my woe | 50 | |
| 4422845562 | aphorism | terse concise saying embodying a general truth actions speak louder than words | 51 | |
| 4422849235 | adage | saying that expresses a common experience or observation a penny saved is a penny earned | 52 | |
| 4422856676 | denotation vs connotation | literal vs suggested | 53 |
