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| 3067167214 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent a whole | 0 | |
| 3067180724 | metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the concept meant | 1 | |
| 3067197634 | metaphor | a comparison of two things, not using like or as | 2 | |
| 3067221566 | simile | a mode of comparison using like or as | 3 | |
| 3067224539 | apostrophe | a direct address to something or someone who is either present or absent, which interrupts a piece | 4 | |
| 3067236088 | phlegmatic | calm, cool, composed | 5 | |
| 3067242162 | splenetic | irritable, peevish, ill-tempered | 6 | |
| 3067249004 | melancholy | woe, desolation, rejection | 7 | |
| 3067253612 | sanguine | cheerful, optimistic, buoyant | 8 | |
| 3067267491 | choleric | prickly, bad-tempered, fractious | 9 | |
| 3067281523 | rhetoric | art of persuasive speaking or writing | 10 | |
| 3067288030 | redundant | superfluous, needless, unnecessary | 11 | |
| 3067295765 | strumpet | harlot, lady of the evening, lady of the street | 12 | |
| 3067313732 | sycophant | flatterer, stooge, bootlicker | 13 | |
| 3067321843 | unctuous | ingratiating, fawning, gushing | 14 | |
| 3067328013 | condone | to accept; to allow; to continue | 15 | |
| 3067333060 | pragmatic | practical, sensible, business-like | 16 | |
| 3067340583 | auspicious | favorable, promising encouraging | 17 | |
| 3067348638 | perquisite | dividend, gratuity, perk | 18 | |
| 3067354531 | stoic | apathetic, aloof, sober | 19 | |
| 3067371398 | hackneyed | stale, overdone, platitudinous | 20 | |
| 3067376660 | jaded | tired, bored, glutted | 21 | |
| 3067382857 | jejune | bland, flat, banal | 22 | |
| 3067395913 | solipsist | one who believes reality is rooted in personal existence | 23 | |
| 3067415645 | trite | commonplace, stereotyped, hackneyed | 24 | |
| 3067425106 | hamartia | Achilles' heel, failing flaw, tragic flaw | 25 | |
| 3067437260 | hubris | excessive pride, arrogance, pomposity | 26 | |
| 3067443338 | didactic | instructive, pedagogic, edifying | 27 | |
| 3067451560 | itinerant | wandering, migrant, vagrant | 28 | |
| 3067458241 | mawkish | sentimental, maudlin, sugary | 29 | |
| 3067476613 | ameliorate | to improve; to enhance; to benefit | 30 | |
| 3067484283 | superficial | outward, apparent, casual | 31 | |
| 3067489884 | archetype | prototype, embodiment, model | 32 | |
| 3067495950 | egregious | shocking, outrageous, abhorrent | 33 | |
| 3067508461 | satire | a mockery, a caricature, a parody | 34 | |
| 3067523789 | fastidious | scrupulous, meticulous, punctilious | 35 | |
| 3067531034 | hyperbole | overstatement, embellishment, exaggeration | 36 | |
| 3067543805 | onomatopoeia | reverberation, parroting, sound | 37 | |
| 3067556561 | ephemeral | transient, fleeting, passing | 38 | |
| 3067560955 | allusion | reference to, comment on, hint to | 39 | |
| 3067576827 | vacillate | to hesitate; to waver; to be undecided | 40 | |
| 3067584906 | apocryphal | spurious, fictitious, untrue | 41 | |
| 3067589971 | feisty | spirited, spunky, gutsy | 42 | |
| 3067609714 | altruistic | unselfish, compassionate, selfless | 43 | |
| 3067613827 | sonnet | type of poem with 14 lines and regular rhymes | 44 | |
| 3067625732 | imagery | representation, mental images, symbolism | 45 | |
| 3067638608 | prolepsis | chronological error | 46 | |
| 3067651147 | orthodox | devout, traditional, conservative | 47 | |
| 3067663216 | innate | natural, intrinsic, instinctive | 48 | |
| 3067669462 | dramatic irony | contradictory information for the audience but not the characters | 49 | |
| 3067681241 | cryptic | ambiguous, enigmatic, vague | 50 | |
| 3067686971 | banal | unoriginal, bland, hackneyed | 51 | |
| 3067697730 | scrutinize | to examine; to inspect closely; to peruse | 52 | |
| 3067704671 | condescend | to demonstrate superiority; to be patronizing | 53 | |
| 3067709619 | philanthropy | altruism | 54 | |
| 3067724677 | aggravate | to annoy; to intensify unpleasantly | 55 | |
| 3067729673 | anxious | nervous, afraid, fearful | 56 | |
| 3067738651 | stentorian | extremely loud, powerful, extroverted | 57 | |
| 3067744753 | taciturn | uncommunicative, reserved, introverted | 58 | |
| 3067748907 | epigram | a short, clever poem or saying | 59 |
