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6274688586Lethargicacting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner0
6274691641Invectiveabusive language1
6274691642Bathosexcessive or trivial sentimentality; an abrupt transition in style from the elevated to the commonplace, producing a laughable effect2
6274694063ReticentReserved3
6274697439Brusqueblunt; abrupt4
6274699733Subjunctive VerbUsed to express a condition known to be contrary to fact. Also used to express an indirect command or suggestion. The verb to be is the verb most commonly used in this mood. (Present subjunctive is be and past subjunctive is always the plural form were). Wish is always followed by this kind of verb.5
6274702000Indolencelaziness6
6274704149SlovenlinessLaziness or untidiness7
6274704150MaudlinExcessively sentimental8
6274708725ChiasmusA statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.")9
6274708726Tenebrousdark and gloomy10
6274717349MetonymyA figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it11
6274736542Serendipity(n.) luck, finding good things without looking for them (In an amazing bit of serendipity, penniless Paula found a $20 bill in the subway station.)12
6274751394Pejorativehaving bad connotations; disparaging13
6274756030ParoxysmA sudden outburst, a spasm, a fit, a seizure14
6274764875ElegiacExpressing sorrow or lamentation15
6274772118Anachronismsis an error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece. In other words, anything that is out of time and out of place16

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