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| 11303891028 | lyre | a greek stringed instrument; predecessor to the harp |  | 0 |
| 11303897809 | Consonance | the repetition of consonant sounds in a series of words |  | 1 |
| 11303906683 | masculine rhyme | A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable |  | 2 |
| 11303913989 | Femenine Rhyme | A rhyme with the final syllables unstressed | 3 | |
| 11303934751 | Enjambment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. |  | 4 |
| 11303937881 | spectral | of or like a ghost |  | 5 |
| 11303960037 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds |  | 6 |
| 11303964547 | sardonic | grimly mocking or cynical |  | 7 |
| 11657508239 | Conceit | extended metaphor |  | 8 |
| 11657517728 | Iamb | a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable. |  | 9 |
| 11657523675 | iambic pentameter | a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable |  | 10 |
| 11657552209 | invocation | a call (usually upon a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration |  | 11 |
| 11657559641 | Apostrophe | a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction |  | 12 |
| 11657565236 | arcane | understood by few; mysterious or secret |  | 13 |
| 11657570913 | explicit metaphor | directly equates the comparison in the metaphor |  | 14 |
| 11657581059 | Exact/True/Perfect Rhyme | When the stressed vowel sound in both words must be identical, as well as any subsequent sounds. |  | 15 |
| 11657587875 | slant/half rhyme | imperfect, approximate rhyme (ex. "sea" and "beak" "rain" and "again") |  | 16 |
| 11657594343 | inchoate | not fully formed; disorganized |  | 17 |
| 11657598885 | internal rhyme | a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next. |  | 18 |
| 11657612969 | disseminate | to scatter or spread widely |  | 19 |
| 11657612970 | polemical | causing debate or argument |  | 20 |
| 11657618143 | irreparable | incapable of being repaired |  | 21 |
| 11657618144 | falliable | capable of being wrong, mistaken, or inaccurate |  | 22 |
| 11657622884 | self-deprecating | modest about or critical of oneself, especially humorously so |  | 23 |
| 11657622885 | acerbic | biting, bitter in tone or taste, sharp |  | 24 |
| 12309528556 | terza rima | "3 rhyme" 3 lines, scheme is aba, bcb |  | 25 |
| 12309544914 | heroic couplet | 2 lines in iambic pentameter, with lofty language |  | 26 |
| 12309556493 | fastidious | very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail |  | 27 |
| 12368452623 | Allegory | A song, story or poem that represents something else | 28 | |
| 12368456743 | Anectdote | brief story about an interesting event, narrative |  | 29 |
| 12368459240 | Apostrophe | address to an absent or imaginary person | | 30 |
| 12368467852 | Asyndeton | lack of conjunctions |  | 31 |
| 12368482260 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses |  | 32 |
| 12368490533 | incorrigible | difficult to change |  | 33 |
| 12368497407 | laudatory | expressing praise |  | 34 |
| 12368503253 | valiant | brave, courageous |  | 35 |
| 12368507156 | temerity | rashness, boldness |  | 36 |
| 12368509611 | wistfulness | having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing |  | 37 |
| 12489065396 | mercer | A dealer of fabrics and fine materials |  | 38 |
| 12489073233 | solicitous | showing interest, care, or concern |  | 39 |
| 12489078284 | officious | intrusively helpful |  | 40 |
| 12489085271 | cloying | sickly sweet; excessive |  | 41 |
| 12489089227 | vigilant | watchful |  | 42 |
| 12489089228 | obsequious | overly submissive and eager to please |  | 43 |
| 12489093101 | perturbed | anxious or unsettled; upset |  | 44 |
| 12489103240 | incredulous | skeptical, doubtful |  | 45 |
| 12489107080 | disillusioned | disappointed |  | 46 |
| 12489107081 | bemused | lost in thought |  | 47 |
| 12489110883 | ingratiate | to gain another's favor by flattery or false friendliness |  | 48 |
| 12489116543 | interior monologue | a piece of writing expressing a character's inner thoughts |  | 49 |
| 12489128875 | stream of consciousness | A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur. |  | 50 |
| 12489139204 | missive | a long, official letter |  | 51 |
| 12489142741 | underscore | (v) emphasize (or, literally, to underline text) |  | 52 |
| 12489146025 | obtuse | annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand | 53 | |
| 12549742219 | morose | sullen and ill-tempered |  | 54 |
| 12549745429 | surreptitious | secret, stealthy |  | 55 |
| 12549750710 | philanderer | one who engages in love affairs lightly or insincerely |  | 56 |
| 12549754811 | penurious | destitute, poor |  | 57 |
| 12549759219 | libidinous | lustful | 58 | |
| 12549762693 | meek | quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive. |  | 59 |
| 12549762694 | astute | (adj.) shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom |  | 60 |
| 12549766747 | ardor | enthusiasm or passion |  | 61 |
| 12549779176 | venality | openness to bribery or corruption |  | 62 |
| 12549782249 | Oxymoron | two words or phrases juxtaposed with one another that seem to contradict each other |  | 63 |
| 12549794794 | Paradox | an idea that seems to contradict itself |  | 64 |
| 12549802052 | Colloquialism | the use of ordinary or familiar words or phrases in a particular area |  | 65 |
| 12549811963 | malapropism | a word humorously misused |  | 66 |
| 12549824418 | slander | False charges and malicious oral statements about someone |  | 67 |
| 12549832054 | amorous | sexual desire | 68 | |
| 12549835848 | ambivalent | having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone | 69 | |
| 12549843472 | wily | skilled at deceit and gaining an advantage | 70 | |
| 12549856131 | guileful | deceitful, cunning, sly | 71 | |
| 12549858747 | unrequited | not returned |  | 72 |
| 12639347741 | Protagonist | Main character in a story |  | 73 |
| 12639347743 | magnanimous | generous in forgiving | 74 | |
| 12639350952 | acrimonious | angry and bitter | 75 | |
| 12639373095 | dispassionate | unemotional | 76 | |
| 12639381566 | euphony | beautiful sound |  | 77 |
| 12639388842 | grandiloquent | pompous or high-flown in speech | 78 | |
| 12639402821 | provincial | narrow-minded | 79 | |
| 12639402822 | tenuous | weak |  | 80 |
| 12862228740 | mitigate | to make less severe |  | 81 |
| 12862241544 | discernment | the ability to judge well | 82 | |
| 12862241545 | excoriate | to criticize severely | 83 | |
| 12862245403 | boon | a gift or blessing |  | 84 |
| 12862248673 | hapless | unfortunate |  | 85 |
| 12862252572 | unfettered | free, unrestrained |  | 86 |
| 12862267544 | temerity | rashness, boldness | 87 | |
| 12862271468 | resilience | the ability to recover quickly |  | 88 |
| 12862278714 | timorous | timid |  | 89 |
| 12862281571 | resolute | determined |  | 90 |
| 12862287157 | penitent | regretful |  | 91 |
| 13031591658 | Immutability | unable to change |  | 92 |
| 13031597255 | mutability | ability to change |  | 93 |
| 13031605039 | Variability | the ability to change; lack of consistency |  | 94 |
| 13031615892 | Epistrophe | Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses |  | 95 |
| 13031622333 | Chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed |  | 96 |
| 13031625263 | Antithesis | Direct opposite |  | 97 |
| 13031640477 | droll | dryly amusing |  | 98 |
| 13031670027 | Eschatology | the theology of the end of the age |  | 99 |
| 13031678211 | Cosmogony | A theory of the origin of the universe |  | 100 |
| 13031683855 | Teleology | the study of design or purpose in natural phenomena |  | 101 |
| 13031690074 | Hermeneutics | the branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation, especially of the Bible or literary texts. |  | 102 |
| 13031694800 | apostasy | rejection of faith |  | 103 |
| 13031698526 | ephemeral | short-lived |  | 104 |
| 13031701691 | theism | belief in a god or gods |  | 105 |
| 13031718741 | Atheism | The denial of the existence of God |  | 106 |
| 13031723312 | Deism | belief in a supreme being that does not interfere |  | 107 |
| 13031736640 | Agnosticism | Not being sure whether God exists |  | 108 |
| 13031740061 | Animism | the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects and natural phenomena | 109 | |
| 13127555461 | anachronism | something out of place in time |  | 110 |
| 13127560545 | ode | A poem that celebrates a person or thing |  | 111 |
| 13127609407 | Ballad | a poem that tells a story |  | 112 |
| 13127613107 | Sonnet | 14 line poem that rhymes |  | 113 |
| 13127618978 | admonition | warning |  | 114 |
| 13127622162 | Lyric | a musical and emotional poem |  | 115 |
| 13127626267 | vehement | passionate |  | 116 |
| 13127629646 | maudlin | overly sentimental |  | 117 |
| 13127632683 | ephermal | short-lived |  | 118 |
| 13217641514 | Diction | word choice | 119 | |
| 13217682126 | fatalistic | believing that all events in life are inevitable and determined by fate |  | 120 |
| 13546270259 | Overture | introduction to a poem | 121 | |
| 13546272953 | denouement | the final part of a story that ties up all loose ends | 122 | |
| 13546283754 | Coda | concluded event or remarks of a poem, an epilougue | 123 | |
| 13546291643 | Appositive | the fat of a sentenfe | 124 | |
| 13546295804 | epithet | title or nickname |  | 125 |
| 13546299625 | reticent | hesitant |  | 126 |
| 13546303497 | admonishing | warning |  | 127 |
| 13546307255 | conciliatory | trying to keep one from anger |  | 128 |
| 13546309565 | iamb | unstressed, stressed | 129 | |
| 13546315143 | Trochee | stressed, unstressed | 130 | |
| 13546320118 | slant rhyme | A rhyming sound that is not exact. |  | 131 |
| 13546325991 | Caesura | dramatic pause |  | 132 |
| 13546350139 | refrain | A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem. | 133 | |
| 13546359079 | indifferent | Having no preference |  | 134 |
| 13546363124 | ambivalence | mixed feelings or emotions |  | 135 |
| 13546369899 | coy | shy | 136 | |
| 13546369900 | em dash | denotes a pause | 137 | |
| 13546372584 | parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 138 | |
| 13631901380 | Anastrophe | Inversion of the natural or usual word order |  | 139 |
| 13631903859 | mercurial | moody |  | 140 |
| 13631906511 | santimonious | pretending to be righteous |  | 141 |
| 13631910736 | promiscuous | loose, sexually uncontrolled | 142 |
