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| 2844809788 | Simile | A direct comparison using the words "like" or "as." | 0 | |
| 2844809789 | Hyperbole | An exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. | 1 | |
| 2844810641 | Enthymeme | An argumentative statement in which the writer or the speaker omits one of the major or minor premises, does not clearly pronounce it, or keeps this premise implied. | 2 | |
| 2844810642 | Anadiplosis | repetition of a word or words in successive clauses in such a way that the second clause starts with the same word which marks the end of the previous clause. | 3 | |
| 2844814015 | Personal Attack (Argumentum ad hominem) | When a person substitutes abusive remarks for evidence when attacking another person's claim or claims. | 4 | |
| 2844814016 | Hyperbaton | An inversion in the arrangement of common words. It can be defined as a rhetorical device in which the writers play with the normal position of words, phrases and clauses in order to create differently arranged sentences especially for emphasis. | 5 | |
| 2844815662 | False Cause (Post hoc ergo propter hoc) | (literally "after this, therefore because of this") the fallacy of arguing that one event was caused by another event merely because it occurred after that event. | 6 | |
| 2844815663 | Root word "cit" | - arouse, summon, set in motion start, call out | 7 | |
| 2844816412 | Root | 1. a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture. 2. a similar organ developed from some other part of a plant, as one of those by which ivy clings to its support. 3. any underground part of a plant, as a rhizome. 4. something resembling or suggesting the root of a plant in position or function: roots of wires and cables. 5. the embedded or basal portion of a hair, tooth, nail, nerve, etc. 6. the fundamental or essential part: the root of a matter. 7. the source or origin of a thing: The love of money is the root of all evil. 8. a person or family as the source of offspring or descendants. 9. an offshoot or scion. 10. Also called nth root. a quantity that, when raised to the nth power (multiplied by itself n times), produces a given quantity 11. Also called root directory. the topmost directory of a hierarchical file system. the UNIX account, having the username "root," that allows administrator privileges. 12. a morpheme that underlies an inflectional or derivational paradigm, as dance, the root in danced, dancer, or ten-, the root of Latin tendere "to stretch.". such a form reconstructed for a parent language, as *sed-, the hypothetical proto-Indo-European root meaning "sit.". 13a. a person's original or true home, environment, and culture. 13b. the personal relationships, affinity for a locale, habits, and the like, that make a country, region, city, or town one's true home. 13c. personal identification with a culture, religion, etc., seen as promoting the development of the character or the stability of society as a whole. 14. the fundamental tone of a compound tone or of a series of harmonies. the lowest tone of a chord when arranged as a series of thirds; the fundamental. 15. (in a screw or other threaded object) the narrow inner surface between threads. (in a gear) the narrow inner surface between teeth. 16. an act of sexual intercourse. 17. the inner angle of an angle iron. 18. to fix by or as if by roots: We were rooted to the spot by surprise. 19. to implant or establish deeply: Good manners were rooted in him like a second nature. 20. to pull, tear, or dig up by the roots (often followed by up or out). 21. to extirpate; exterminate; remove completely (often followed by up or out): to root out crime. 22. to gain access to the operating system of (a smartphone, tablet, gaming console, etc.), as to alter system files or settings. | 8 | |
| 2844816413 | Milk | 1. an opaque white or bluish-white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young. 2. this liquid as secreted by cows, goats, or certain other animals and used by humans for food or as a source of butter, cheeses, yogurt, etc. 3. any liquid resembling this, as the liquid within a coconut, the juice or sap of certain plants, or various pharmaceutical preparations. verb (used with object) 4. to press or draw milk from the udder or breast of. 5. to extract something from as if by milking. 6.to get something from; exploit: 7.to extract; draw out: 8. to yield milk, as a cow. 9. to milk a cow or other mammal. | 9 | |
| 2844817273 | Buffet | 1. a blow, as with the hand or fist. 2. a violent shock or concussion. verb (used with object), buffeted, buffeting. 3. to strike, as with the hand or fist. 4. to strike against or push repeatedly: The wind buffeted the house. 5. to contend against; battle. verb (used without object), buffeted, buffeting. 6. to struggle with blows of hand or fist. 7. to force one's way by a fight, struggle, etc. | 10 |
