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7703686930carping (adj)naggingly critical (bleating)0
7703686931Churlish (adj)having a bad disposition (peevish)1
7703686932Chagrinedembarrassed or humiliated (shamed)2
7703686933Burlesqueinvolving a moching treatment of a serious matter (sarcasm)3
7703686934Contentiousquarrelsome or argumentative (controversial)4
7703686935Capricious (adj)erratic and variable (unstable)5
7703686936Climaxarrangement of words in order of increasing importance6
7703686937Hendiadysexpressing a single idea by two nouns instead of a noun and adj. (ex. I do not like the rain and the weather.)7
7703686938Ellipsisin a sentence, the omission of a word or words (ex. The average person thinks he Is not)8
7703686939Parallelismsimilarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses (ex. Perch are inexpensive, cod are cheap, trout is abundance, salmon is best.)9

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