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| 5139756961 | anachronism | a person, scene, event or other element that fails to correspond with the appropriate time or era | 0 | |
| 5139756962 | cacaphony | grating, inharmonious sounds | 1 | |
| 5139756963 | conceit | a witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea, often stated in figurative language | 2 | |
| 5139760056 | circumlocution | literally "talking around" a subject in order to avoid direct reference | 3 | |
| 5139760057 | connotation | an idea or feeling that a word evokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning | 4 | |
| 5139760058 | denotation | the dictionary definition of the word | 5 | |
| 5139762620 | mixed metaphor | a metaphor that combines different images or ideas in a way that is foolish or illogical | 6 | |
| 5139762621 | shift of pronouns | the shifty of pronouns to confuse the reader (grammatically incorrect) | 7 | |
| 5139762622 | litany | a tedious recital or repetitive series | 8 | |
| 5139764845 | verbal irony | discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of what is written or spoken | 9 | |
| 5139764846 | expressionism | an art form in which artists tries to express inner world of emotions (not external realities), which in literature, describes the overwhelming aspects of emotions | 10 | |
| 5139764847 | impressionism | similar to expressionism, but it uses emotions to describe life | 11 | |
| 5139764848 | elegy | a poem or prose selection that usual laments/meditates on the dead | 12 | |
| 5139765040 | epic | a narrative poem that tells of the adventures and exploits of a hero | 13 | |
| 5139767534 | harangue | a forceful sermon, lecture, or tirade | 14 | |
| 5139767535 | invective | a direct verbal assault; casting blame on something or someone | 15 | |
| 5139767536 | maxim | a saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth | 16 | |
| 5139769386 | ellipsis | three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation | 17 | |
| 5139769387 | elliptical construction | a sentence containing a deliberate omission of words | 18 | |
| 5139772681 | epithet | an adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing | 19 | |
| 5139772682 | pastoral | a work of literature dealing with rural life | 20 | |
| 5139774600 | pathetic fallacy | faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects | 21 | |
| 5139774601 | pun | a humorous play on words, often using similar-sounding or related words to suggest very different meanings | 22 | |
| 5139774602 | subtext | implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work | 23 | |
| 5139777780 | hubris | excessive pride that often affects tone and brings about character downfall | 24 | |
| 5139777781 | idyll | a lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place | 25 | |
| 5139777782 | muse | an ancient Greek goddess presiding over the arts (imaginary source of inspiration for artists and writers) | 26 | |
| 5139779638 | pseudonym | a false name or alias used by writers | 27 | |
| 5139779639 | retraction | withdrawal of previously stated idea or opinion | 28 | |
| 5139779640 | digression | a portion of discourse that wanders or departs from the main subject or topic | 29 | |
| 5139782411 | non sequitur | a statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before (frequently used in theatre/comedy) | 30 | |
| 5139782412 | rhetorical stance | language that conveys a speaker's attitude or opinion with regards to a particular subject | 31 | |
| 5139785410 | archetype | an abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form | 32 | |
| 5139785411 | cynic | someone who expects and observes nothing but the worst of human conduct | 33 | |
| 5139785412 | malapropism | a confused use of words in which the appropriate word is replaced by one with a similar sound but inappropriate meaning | 34 | |
| 5139785413 | antecedant | a word to which a pronoun refers to | 35 | |
| 5139787410 | predicate | the part of the sentence that is not the grammatical subject, often used to say something about the actual subject | 36 | |
| 5139793496 | alacrity | enthusiastic quickness | 37 | |
| 5139793497 | assay | to test, analyze | 38 | |
| 5139793498 | clerity | speed or quickness | 39 | |
| 5139793499 | cogent | strong and to the point; convincing | 40 | |
| 5139793500 | exigent | urgent; pressing | 41 | |
| 5139795859 | incite | to stir up; to provoke | 42 | |
| 5139795860 | intransigent | refusing to compromise | 43 | |
| 5139795861 | perturb | to make worried or upset | 44 | |
| 5139796350 | resuscitate | to bring back to consciousness | 45 | |
| 5139798697 | solicitous | showing care or worry | 46 | |
| 5139798698 | turbid | cloudy; confused | 47 | |
| 5139798699 | turbulent | very excited or upset | 48 | |
| 5139798700 | cognate | related to or coming form the same source | 49 | |
| 5139798701 | degenerate | a corrupt wrongdoer | 50 | |
| 5139800708 | engender | to bring about; to produce | 51 | |
| 5139800709 | feign | to make up or invent; pretend | 52 | |
| 5139800710 | fictive | not real | 53 | |
| 5139800711 | genre | a kind or type of art | 54 | |
| 5139800712 | innate | natural; present from birth | 55 | |
| 5139802539 | nascent | in the act of being born; growing | 56 | |
| 5139802540 | parturient | about to bring forth or give birth; pregnant | 57 | |
| 5139802541 | repertory | the range of works an artist can produce or perform | 58 | |
| 5139802645 | transfigure | to change the form or appearance of | 59 | |
| 5139809093 | demise | the end of existence; death | 60 | |
| 5139809094 | diabolical | of or like a devil; very wicked or cruel | 61 | |
| 5139811135 | emblematic | standing for another thing | 62 | |
| 5139811136 | episodic | happening in parts or segments | 63 | |
| 5139811137 | hyperbole | an exaggeration for effect | 64 | |
| 5139815349 | inveigh | to attack strongly in words; to talk or write bitterly against | 65 | |
| 5139815350 | methodical | orderly and regular | 66 | |
| 5139815351 | remit | to make less or weaker; to forgive or pardon | 67 | |
| 5139815352 | surmise | to draw a conclusion based on little or no information; to guess | 68 | |
| 5139817554 | synod | a council, especially of churches or church officials | 69 | |
| 5139817555 | vehement | strongly emotional; fierce and passionate | 70 | |
| 5139817620 | aggregate | gathered into a whole; total | 71 | |
| 5139820510 | agrarian | having to do with farming | 72 | |
| 5139820511 | bucolic | having to do with country life or farms | 73 | |
| 5139820512 | egregious | standing out sharply as wrong or bad | 74 | |
| 5139820513 | fruition | fulfilment of an effort or desire | 75 | |
| 5139820687 | fruitless | yielding no positive results | 76 | |
| 5139823545 | gregarious | liking to be with other people | 77 | |
| 5139823546 | idyllic | simple and pleasant | 78 | |
| 5139823547 | pastoral | having to do with the country | 79 | |
| 5139823615 | peregination | the act of traveling about; a journey | 80 | |
| 5139825598 | repast | a meal; food and drink for a meal | 81 | |
| 5139825599 | rustic | having to do with the countryside; rural | 82 | |
| 5139825600 | abscond | to leave in a hurry, especially to escape the law | 83 | |
| 5139825601 | aperture | an opening or a hole | 84 | |
| 5139827625 | apocryphal | coming from an unreliable source; untrue | 85 | |
| 5139827626 | context | the circumstances or setting surrounding an event | 86 | |
| 5139827627 | covert | done in a hidden or secret manner | 87 | |
| 5139827628 | cryptic | hard to understand; having a secret meaning | 88 | |
| 5139830147 | overt | public, unhidden; open | 89 | |
| 5139830148 | pretext | a stated reason for doing something; an excuse | 90 | |
| 5139830149 | recondite | difficult to understand; hidden from understanding | 91 | |
| 5139830404 | subtext | the hidden or underlying meaning of something | 92 |
