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| 8570818528 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 0 | |
| 8570818529 | Allude | suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at. | 1 | |
| 8570818530 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. | 2 | |
| 8570820730 | Analogous | comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared. | 3 | |
| 8570820731 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. | 4 | |
| 8570822834 | Antithesis | the opposite | 5 | |
| 8570825126 | Chiasmus | a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form; e.g. 'Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.'. | 6 | |
| 8570825127 | Contradiction | a combination of statements, ideas, or features of a situation that are opposed to one another. | 7 | |
| 8570826361 | Diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. | 8 | |
| 8570826362 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 9 | |
| 8570826379 | Imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. | 10 | |
| 8570829139 | Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. | 11 | |
| 8570829140 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. | 12 | |
| 8570830950 | Parallelism | Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other | 13 | |
| 8570830951 | Paradox | a contradiction or dilemma | 14 | |
| 8570832730 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 15 | |
| 8570832731 | Qualify | to be entitled to a particular benefit or privilege | 16 | |
| 8570835588 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 17 | |
| 8570835589 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 18 | |
| 8570835590 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 19 | |
| 8570835591 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 20 | |
| 8570838371 | Strident | Loud and harsh | 21 | |
| 8570838372 | Conflate | To combine into one | 22 | |
| 8570838373 | Bourgeoisie | The middle class | 23 | |
| 8570840059 | Erudite | Scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic | 24 | |
| 8570840060 | Oblige | provide a service or favor for someone | 25 | |
| 8570842297 | Equivocal | Ambiguous; intentionally misleading | 26 | |
| 8570842298 | Frivolous | (adj.) of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously | 27 | |
| 8570844477 | Digress | wander off the subject | 28 | |
| 8570844478 | Dispassionate | Impartial; calm, free from emotion | 29 | |
| 8570844479 | Disparage | To degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner | 30 | |
| 8570846704 | Transcend | To rise above or beyond | 31 | |
| 8570846705 | Provincial | Limited in knowledge of the world; narrow-minded | 32 | |
| 8570846706 | Elysian | blissful; delightful | 33 | |
| 8570849084 | Provocative | Causing disturbance or excitement | 34 | |
| 8570849085 | Speculate | To form opinions without definite knowledge or evidence | 35 | |
| 8570849113 | Cynical | Doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives | 36 | |
| 8570851676 | Pessimistic | tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen. | 37 | |
| 8570851677 | Sanctify | To set apart for sacred use, to make holy, to purify | 38 | |
| 8570851678 | Speculate | Contemplate; make a guess or educated guess about; engage in a risky business transaction, gamble | 39 | |
| 8570854088 | Vindictive | having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge | 40 | |
| 8570857740 | Disdain | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike | 41 | |
| 8570857741 | Enigmatic | (adj.) puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood | 42 | |
| 8570859706 | Halcyon | denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful | 43 | |
| 8570859707 | Nepenthe | Anything that produces euphoria | 44 | |
| 8570861510 | Lethe | river of forgetfulness, dead souls drink it to forget their past life (River of Forgetfulness) | 45 |
