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| 5108864056 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent a whole | 0 | |
| 5108864057 | metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the concept meant | 1 | |
| 5108864058 | metaphor | a comparison of two things, not using like or as | 2 | |
| 5108864059 | simile | a mode of comparison using like or as | 3 | |
| 5108864060 | apostrophe | a direct address to something or someone who is either present or absent, which interrupts a piece | 4 | |
| 5108864061 | phlegmatic | calm, cool, composed | 5 | |
| 5108864062 | splenetic | irritable, peevish, ill-tempered | 6 | |
| 5108864063 | melancholy | woe, desolation, rejection | 7 | |
| 5108864064 | sanguine | cheerful, optimistic, buoyant | 8 | |
| 5108864065 | choleric | prickly, bad-tempered, fractious | 9 | |
| 5108864066 | rhetoric | art of persuasive speaking or writing | 10 | |
| 5108864067 | redundant | superfluous, needless, unnecessary | 11 | |
| 5108864068 | strumpet | harlot, lady of the evening, lady of the street | 12 | |
| 5108864069 | sycophant | flatterer, stooge, bootlicker | 13 | |
| 5108864070 | unctuous | ingratiating, fawning, gushing | 14 | |
| 5108864071 | condone | to accept; to allow; to continue | 15 | |
| 5108864072 | pragmatic | practical, sensible, business-like | 16 | |
| 5108864073 | auspicious | favorable, promising encouraging | 17 | |
| 5108864074 | perquisite | dividend, gratuity, perk | 18 | |
| 5108864075 | stoic | apathetic, aloof, sober | 19 | |
| 5108864076 | hackneyed | stale, overdone, platitudinous | 20 | |
| 5108864077 | jaded | tired, bored, glutted | 21 | |
| 5108864078 | jejune | bland, flat, banal | 22 | |
| 5108864079 | solipsist | one who believes reality is rooted in personal existence | 23 | |
| 5108864080 | trite | commonplace, stereotyped, hackneyed | 24 | |
| 5108864081 | hamartia | Achilles' heel, failing flaw, tragic flaw | 25 | |
| 5108864082 | hubris | excessive pride, arrogance, pomposity | 26 | |
| 5108864083 | didactic | instructive, pedagogic, edifying | 27 | |
| 5108864084 | itinerant | wandering, migrant, vagrant | 28 | |
| 5108864085 | mawkish | sentimental, maudlin, sugary | 29 | |
| 5108864086 | ameliorate | to improve; to enhance; to benefit | 30 | |
| 5108864087 | superficial | outward, apparent, casual | 31 | |
| 5108864088 | archetype | prototype, embodiment, model | 32 | |
| 5108864089 | egregious | shocking, outrageous, abhorrent | 33 | |
| 5108864090 | satire | a mockery, a caricature, a parody | 34 | |
| 5108864091 | fastidious | scrupulous, meticulous, punctilious | 35 | |
| 5108864092 | hyperbole | overstatement, embellishment, exaggeration | 36 | |
| 5108864093 | onomatopoeia | reverberation, parroting, sound | 37 | |
| 5108864094 | ephemeral | transient, fleeting, passing | 38 | |
| 5108864095 | allusion | reference to, comment on, hint to | 39 | |
| 5108864096 | vacillate | to hesitate; to waver; to be undecided | 40 | |
| 5108864097 | apocryphal | spurious, fictitious, untrue | 41 | |
| 5108864098 | feisty | spirited, spunky, gutsy | 42 | |
| 5108864099 | altruistic | unselfish, compassionate, selfless | 43 | |
| 5108864100 | sonnet | type of poem with 14 lines and regular rhymes | 44 | |
| 5108864101 | imagery | representation, mental images, symbolism | 45 | |
| 5108864102 | prolepsis | chronological error | 46 | |
| 5108864103 | orthodox | devout, traditional, conservative | 47 | |
| 5108864104 | innate | natural, intrinsic, instinctive | 48 | |
| 5108864105 | dramatic irony | contradictory information for the audience but not the characters | 49 | |
| 5108864106 | cryptic | ambiguous, enigmatic, vague | 50 | |
| 5108864107 | banal | unoriginal, bland, hackneyed | 51 | |
| 5108864108 | scrutinize | to examine; to inspect closely; to peruse | 52 | |
| 5108864109 | condescend | to demonstrate superiority; to be patronizing | 53 | |
| 5108864110 | philanthropy | altruism | 54 | |
| 5108864111 | aggravate | to annoy; to intensify unpleasantly | 55 | |
| 5108864112 | anxious | nervous, afraid, fearful | 56 | |
| 5108864113 | stentorian | extremely loud, powerful, extroverted | 57 | |
| 5108864114 | taciturn | uncommunicative, reserved, introverted | 58 | |
| 5108864115 | epigram | a short, clever poem or saying | 59 | |
| 5108864116 | connotation | hidden meaning; secondary meaning; emotional context | 60 | |
| 5108864117 | chronic | constant; habitual; inveterate | 61 | |
| 5108864118 | preclude | to make impossible; to prevent presence, existence, and occurrence | 62 | |
| 5108864119 | prodigal | wastefully or recklessly extravagant; lavishly abundant; profuse | 63 | |
| 5108864120 | languid | relaxed; unhurried; faint | 64 | |
| 5108864121 | hypocritical | sanctimonious; deceptive; duplicitous | 65 | |
| 5108864122 | enervate | to exhaust; to debilitate; to devitalize | 66 | |
| 5108864123 | cupidity | covetousness; avariciousness; eager or excessive desire | 67 | |
| 5108864124 | apathy | indifference; aloofness; detachment; noun | 68 | |
| 5108864125 | disparage | to belittle; to defame; to degrade; verb | 69 | |
| 5108864126 | augment | to amplify; to enhance; to heighten | 70 | |
| 5108864127 | reticent | hesitant; reserved; restrained | 71 | |
| 5108864128 | incoherent | incongruous; irrational; disjointed | 72 | |
| 5108864129 | heresy | blasphemy; agnosticism; fallacy | 73 | |
| 5108864130 | importune | to appeal; to beseech; to badger | 74 |
