9565682878 | precise (adj) | marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail | 0 | |
9565682879 | learned (adj) | having much knowledge acquired by study | 1 | |
9565682880 | picturesque (adj) | visually attractive, especially in a quaint or pretty style | 2 | |
9565682881 | homespun (adj) | simple and unsophisticated | 3 | |
9565682882 | provincial (adj) | of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated | 4 | |
9565682883 | pejorative (adj) | expressing contempt or disapproval | 5 | |
9565682884 | pithy (adj) | -(of language and style) concise and forcefully expressive -(of fruit/plant) containing much pith | 6 | |
9565682885 | anitmetabole (n) | a device in which a phrase/sentence is repeated but in reverse order | 7 | |
9565682886 | antithesis (n) | a contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposite of each other | 8 | |
9565682887 | paradox (n) | statement that is both true and false ex= a wash pot never boils | 9 | |
9565682888 | parallelism (n) | use of successive verbal constructions that correspond in grammatical structure or meaning | 10 | |
9565682889 | magnanimity (n) | the fact/condition of being magnanimous; generosity toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself | 11 | |
9565682890 | truculent (adj) | eager or quick to argue/fight | 12 | |
9565682891 | eccentric (adj) | unconventional and slightly strange (n) person of unconventional and strange behavior | 13 | |
9565682892 | colonialism (n) | policy of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it w/ settlers and exploiting it economically | 14 | |
9565682893 | pacifism (n) | belief that any violence is unjustifiable and that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means | 15 | |
9565682894 | annex (v) | to append or add as an extra part, especially to a document (n) a building associated w/ a main building, providing additional space | 16 |
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