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| 14663370598 | Allusion | a short, informal reference to a famous person or event | 0 | |
| 14663370599 | Dysphemism | a negative expression is used to make a more positive expression sound worse | 1 | |
| 14663370600 | Epithet | describes a place, a thing or a person in such a way that it helps in making the characteristics of a person, thing or place more prominent than they actually are | 2 | |
| 14663370601 | Parenthetical | said or written while you are talking or writing about something else in order to explain something or add information often in parentheses. | 3 | |
| 14663370602 | Fallacy of division | inferring that something is true of one or more of the parts from the fact that it is true of the whole. | 4 | |
| 14663370603 | Metonymy | a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated | 5 | |
| 14663370604 | Litote | a figure of speech which employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions. | 6 | |
| 14663370605 | Root word "apo" | - away and from 1. apocryphal - a story or statement of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true. 2. apogee - the point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is furthest from the earth. 3. apologist -a person who offers an argument in defense of something controversial. 4. apostasy -the abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief. 5. apoplexy - sudden loss of consciousness; a stroke 6. | 7 | |
| 14663370606 | License | 1. a formal permission to do something; esp. authorization by law to do some specified thing: license to marry, practice medicine, hunt, etc. 2. a document, printed tag, permit, etc. indicating that such permission has been granted 3. freedom to deviate from strict conduct, rule, or practice, generally permitted by common consent: poetic license an instance of such deviation 4. excessive, undisciplined freedom, constituting an abuse of liberty | 8 | |
| 14663370607 | Gravity | 1. the state or condition of being grave; esp., a. solemnity or sedateness of manner or character; earnestness b. danger or threat; ominous quality: the gravity of his illness c. seriousness, as of a situation 2. weight; heaviness 3. lowness of musical pitch 4. gravitation, esp. terrestrial gravitation; force that tends to draw all bodies in the earth's sphere toward the center of the earth | 9 | |
| 14663370608 | Temper | 1. To modify by the addition of a moderating element; moderate 2. To bring to a desired consistency, texture, hardness, or other physical condition by blending, admixing, or kneading: temper clay; paints that had been tempered with oil. 3. To harden or strengthen (metal or glass) by application of heat or by heating and cooling. 4. To strengthen through experience or hardship; toughen: 5.To adjust (the pitch of an instrument) to a temperament. 6. A state of mind or emotion; disposition: an even temper. 7. Calmness of mind or emotions; composure: lose one's temper. 8. A tendency to become easily angry or irritable: a quick temper. 9. Anger; rage: a fit of temper. 10. A characteristic general quality; tone 11. The condition of being tempered. 12. The degree of hardness and elasticity of a metal, chiefly steel, achieved by tempering. 13. A modifying substance or agent added to something else. 14. A middle course between extremes; a mean. | 10 |
