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| 11733346181 | ALLITERATION | repetition of the same sound within nearby words; most often, repeated initial consonants | 0 | |
| 11733346182 | APOSTROPHE | addresses an abstraction, an inanimate object, or to the someone not present | 1 | |
| 11733346183 | HYPERBOLE | exaggeration for effect | 2 | |
| 11733346184 | MEIOSIS | understatement for effect | 3 | |
| 11733346185 | LITOTES | making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 4 | |
| 11733346186 | PERSONIFICATION | giving human characteristics to non-human things | 5 | |
| 11733346187 | IRONY (verbal and situational) | reversal of expectations or speaking in such a way as to imply the contrary of what one says | 6 | |
| 11733346188 | SARCASM | a mocking or derogatory statement, usually ironic, directed and intended to hurt another person | 7 | |
| 11733346189 | SATIRE | literary genre that uses irony, wit and sometimes sarcasm to expose humanity's vices and foibles, giving impetus to change or reform through ridicule | 8 | |
| 11733346190 | SIMILE | comparing two distinct things by using connective words such as like or as | 9 | |
| 11733346191 | METAPHOR | identify one object or idea with another in one or more aspects via representation or substitution | 10 | |
| 11733346192 | METONYMY | substituting the word in mind with an object closely related to it (White House for President) | 11 | |
| 11733346193 | SYNECDOCHE | a part of something is used to represent the whole of something (all hands on deck) | 12 | |
| 11733346194 | ANAPHORA | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences | 13 | |
| 11733346195 | ANTIMETABOLE | repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order (similar to chiasmus) | 14 | |
| 11733346196 | ANTITHESIS | balancing contrasting terms against each other for emphasis | 15 | |
| 11733346197 | ZEUGMA | one word is used to mean two different things simultaneously | 16 | |
| 11733346198 | ANASTROPHE | reversal of word order to make a point | 17 | |
| 11733346199 | ANTECEDENT | the original noun, noun phrase or clause referred to later in the text by other means (pronouns, metaphors, etc.) | 18 | |
| 11733346200 | APPOSITIVE | a noun or noun phrase that further describes a nearby noun or pronoun | 19 | |
| 11733346201 | PHRASE | group of words without a verb (always dependent on other words to make a complete sentence) | 20 | |
| 11733346202 | CLAUSE | group of words with a verb (independent clauses are complete sentences; dependent clause require an independent clause to make a complete sentence) | 21 | |
| 11733346203 | SIMPLE SENTENCE | sentence containing one independent clause | 22 | |
| 11733346204 | COMPOUND SENTENCE | sentence containing multiple independent clauses | 23 | |
| 11733346205 | COMPLEX SENTENCE | sentence containing at least one independent and at least one dependent clause | 24 | |
| 11733346206 | FRAGMENT | incomplete sentence (can be effective depending on the purpose) | 25 | |
| 11733346207 | SUBORDINATION | the use of a conjunction to make the meaning of one clause dependent on another clause | 26 | |
| 11733346208 | PASSIVE VOICE | when the object of the verb is the subject of the sentence. (The homework is read by Sam.) | 27 | |
| 11733346209 | ACTIVE VOICE | when the subject is doing the action. (Sam reads the homework.) | 28 | |
| 11733346222 | STATUS QUO | the existing condition or state of affairs | 29 | |
| 11733346223 | ACERBIC | bitter, sharp in taste or temper | 30 | |
| 11733346224 | CRITICAL | finding fault | 31 | |
| 11733346225 | CAUSTIC | (adj.) able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic | 32 | |
| 11733346226 | GUISE | outward appearance; false appearance | 33 | |
| 11733346227 | SEMBLANCE | a likeness; an outward appearance | 34 | |
| 11733346228 | DISPARAGE | regard or represent as being of little worth | 35 | |
| 11733346229 | PROSCRIBE | to forbid | 36 | |
| 11733346230 | APHORISM | a concise statement of a truth or principle | 37 | |
| 11733346231 | SINE QUA NON | an essential or indispensable element or condition | 38 | |
| 11733346232 | AFFLUENT | rich; prosperous; wealthy | 39 | |
| 11733346233 | ILLUSORY | deceptive; false; misleading | 40 | |
| 11733346234 | DISPARATE | fundamentally different; entirely unlike | 41 | |
| 11733346235 | VINDICATE | clear from hint or charge of wrongdoing; to justify | 42 | |
| 11733346236 | APLOMB | confidence without arrogance | 43 | |
| 11733346237 | AUSPICIOUS | favorable; promising | 44 | |
| 11733346238 | HARANGUE | long, passionate, ranting speech (diatribe) | 45 | |
| 11733346239 | DISSENT | difference of opinion (implies refusal to assent and/or withholding consent) | 46 | |
| 11733346240 | UBIQUITOUS | present, appearing, or found everywhere | 47 | |
| 11733346241 | PARADIGM | model or pattern; worldview, set of shared assumptions, values, etc. | 48 | |
| 11733346242 | TRAVESTY | a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation (often unintentional) | 49 | |
| 11733346243 | CREDULOUS | too trusting; gullible | 50 | |
| 11733346244 | UNTENABLE | impossible to defend or justify | 51 | |
| 11733346245 | OPULENT | luxurious; grandiose | 52 | |
| 11733346246 | TACIT | understood or implied without being stated | 53 | |
| 11733346247 | COMPUNCTION | a feeling of anxiety caused by regret for doing something wrong or causing pain | 54 | |
| 11733346248 | EXACERBATE | to increase the severity; aggravate | 55 | |
| 11733346249 | AMELIORATE | to make or become better or improve | 56 | |
| 11733346250 | PLACATE | to appease or pacify with concessions | 57 | |
| 11733346251 | ASSUAGE | to make milder; relieve; soothe, calm fears or anger | 58 | |
| 11733346252 | VIABLE | 1. capable of living; 2. useful or effective | 59 | |
| 11733346253 | DENIGRATE | to attack the reputation of; to speak ill of | 60 | |
| 11733346254 | VEHEMENT | strongly emotional; intense or passionate | 61 | |
| 11733346255 | DELINEATE | to portray in words; describe with precision | 62 | |
| 11733346256 | INURED | made tough by habitual exposure | 63 | |
| 11733346257 | SALIENT | prominent; of notable significance | 64 | |
| 11733346258 | EXTOL | to praise, to glorify | 65 | |
| 11733346259 | ENERVATE | to weaken; to reduce in vitality | 66 | |
| 11733346260 | LACONIC | brief and to the point | 67 | |
| 11733346261 | VERBOSE | wordy, long winded | 68 | |
| 11733346262 | CACHET | a mark of distinction; prestige | 69 | |
| 11733346263 | ELICIT | to draw forth, bring out from some source | 70 | |
| 11733346264 | OBSCURE | unclear; not well known; partially hidden; hard to understand | 71 | |
| 11733346265 | VISCERAL | Instinctive rather than rational | 72 | |
| 11733346266 | QUINTESSENTIAL | the most typical; ideal | 73 | |
| 11733346267 | ELUCIDATE | to clarify, explain | 74 | |
| 11733346268 | FIAT | an official order, a decree | 75 | |
| 11733346269 | SACROSCANT | holy; too sacred to attack (often used ironically) | 76 | |
| 11733346270 | WINDFALL | unexpected good fortune | 77 | |
| 11733346271 | ASCETICISM | self-restraint; doctrine that claims renunciation of worldly pleasures allows one to achieve a higher spiritual state of being | 78 | |
| 11733346210 | POSTHUMOUS | occurring after a person's death | 79 | |
| 11733346211 | ONUS | a difficult obligation, task, burden, responsibility | 80 | |
| 11733346212 | PEJORATIVE | having a disparaging or belittling effect | 81 | |
| 11733346213 | IMMUTABLE | unchangeable | 82 | |
| 11733346214 | RECAPITULATE | summarize briefly | 83 | |
| 11733346215 | CAPITULATE | to surrender; to give up resistance | 84 | |
| 11733346216 | PREEMINENT | superior; surpassing; above or before others | 85 | |
| 11733346217 | SARDONIC | mocking; cynical; sneering | 86 | |
| 11733346272 | INNATE | existing from birth, inborn | 87 | |
| 11733346273 | DISILLUSION | to disappoint someone by breaking his or her belief in a false ideal | 88 | |
| 11733346274 | GUILE | treacherous cunning, deceit | 89 | |
| 11733346275 | OSTRACIZE | exclude from a group, banish, send away | 90 | |
| 11733346276 | IMPUGN | to attack as false or questionable | 91 | |
| 11733346277 | IMPUNITY | exemption from punishment | 92 | |
| 11733346278 | MITIGATE | to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity | 93 | |
| 11733346279 | INCESSANT | continuing without pause or interruption (seemingly nonstop) | 94 | |
| 11733346280 | VIS A VIS | in relation to or compared with | 95 | |
| 11733346281 | INSIDIOUS | intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous | 96 | |
| 11733346282 | TUMULTUOUS | disturbance and uproar; raising a great clatter and commotion | 97 | |
| 11733346283 | SUBSTANTIATE | to support with proof or evidence | 98 | |
| 11733346284 | POLEMICAL | controversial; argumentative | 99 | |
| 11733346285 | EGREGIOUS | outstandingly bad | 100 | |
| 11733346286 | LAMBASTE | attack verbally | 101 | |
| 11733346287 | VACUOUS | lacking ideas or intelligence; empty | 102 | |
| 11733346288 | VACILLATE | waver; sway indecisively | 103 | |
| 11733346218 | OBSTINATE | firmly and unreasonably adhering to one's purpose, opinion | 104 | |
| 11733346219 | OBDURATE | unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; unyielding. | 105 | |
| 11733346220 | INGRATIATE | gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts | 106 | |
| 11733346221 | ESOTERIC | understandable by only an enlightened inner circle | 107 | |
| 11733346289 | REPLETE | full; abundant; filled to the brim | 108 | |
| 11733346290 | RIFE | prevalent; widespread; common (often negative) | 109 | |
| 11733346291 | REPREHENSIBLE | shameful; very bad | 110 | |
| 11733346292 | ENSCONCE | to settle securely or snugly; comfortably | 111 | |
| 11733346293 | ENSHROUD | to cover; conceal; to enclose with a dark cover | 112 | |
| 11733346294 | TEDIUM | dullness; monotony; boredom | 113 | |
| 11733346295 | RESCIND | to take back, repeal | 114 | |
| 11733346296 | REFUTE | to prove incorrect | 115 | |
| 11733346297 | LAMPOON | to ridicule with satire | 116 | |
| 11733346298 | HEDONISM | belief that attainment of pleasure is life's chief aim | 117 | |
| 11733346299 | EPHEMERAL | short-lived; fleeting | 118 | |
| 11733346300 | BOMBASTIC | pompous or pretentious talk or writing | 119 | |
| 11733346301 | OBFUSCATE | to confuse; to bewilder | 120 | |
| 11733346302 | DECORUM | proper behavior, good taste; orderliness | 121 | |
| 11733346303 | DOGGED | persistent, stubbornly determined, refusing to give up | 122 | |
| 11733346304 | CURTAIL | to cut short; end sooner than expected | 123 | |
| 11733346305 | DEGRADE | reduce someone's worth or value; step down to a lower position, rank, social status (suggest humiliation) | 124 | |
| 11733346306 | PRESUMPTUOUS | too forward or bold; overstepping proper bounds | 125 | |
| 11733346307 | PROPENSITY | a natural inclination or tendency | 126 | |
| 11733346308 | PENCHANT | a strong inclination or liking | 127 | |
| 11733346309 | INEPT | unskilled; clumsy; incompetent | 128 |
