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15161056919Rhetorical Question (N)A question asked merely for rhetorical effect or when a answer is not expected back0
15161069635Apostrophe (N)A figure of speech in a passage or poem that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or an inanimate object1
15161080260Deference (N)submission or courteous yielding to the opinion, wishes or judgement of another2
15161096059Palatial (Adj)Relating to a palace; magnificent3
15161102512Ostentation (N)Pretentious display4
15161107322Abase (V)To humiliate or degrade5
15161113019Aphorism (N)A concise statement of a truth or principle6
15161127055Hyperbole (N)An exaggeration7
15161133666Indolence (N)Disinclined to work; habitually lazy8
15161146546Sanctimonious (Adj)Making a show of being morally superior to other people9
15161155168Ambiguity (N)The uncertainty of how you should interpret something10
15161159405Metaphor (N)A direct comparison that compares to seemingly unlike things; without the use of like or as11
15161184160Onomatopoeia (N)The formation of words that imitate sounds of objects or actions12
15161191117Simile (N)When two unlike things are compared using like or as13
15161195482Oxymoron (N)A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase14
15161205900Parallel Structure/Parallelism (N)The use of corresponding grammatical forms through a series of word, phrases or sentences15
15161220195Understatement (N)A deliberate under exageration16
15161226692Recidivist (Adj)A repeat criminal offender17
15161231659Nomic (Adj)Customary or ordinary18
15161243841Parsimonious (Adj)To be excessively frugal and not in a good way19
15161251428Achromatic (Adj)Without color20
15161254501Ingenuity (N)The quality of being clever, original, and inventive21
15275496380JuxtapositionPlacement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts22
15275496381Dramatic IronyWhen a reader is aware of something that a character isn't23
15275496382Verbal IronyA figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant24
15275496383Situational IronyAn outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected25
15275496384ParadoxSomething that shouldn't be true but is26
15275496385CessationA stopping, either final or temporary27
15275496386RapaciousAggressively greedy28
15275496387OdiousRepulsive; hateful29
15275496388EmblazonTo inscribe or decorate conspicuously30
15275496389InfidelOne who does not accept a particular faith; unbeliever31
15395105051DictionThe choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.32
15395105052ColloquialismA word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation.33
15395105053LaudTo praise highly especially in public34
15395105054Abyssa deep or seemingly bottomless chasm35
15395105055EvanescentPassing out of sight, memory or existence36
15395105056Pedanticsomeone who is concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, minute details in order to make an arrogant and ostentatious show of learning37
15395105057Allusionan expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.38
15395105058Invectiveabusive language39

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