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| 8567878936 | tactile | the sense of touch | 0 | |
| 8567881259 | gustatory | the sense of taste | 1 | |
| 8567881260 | kinetic | a sensory word—energy that a body possesses in motion | 2 | |
| 8567883644 | visceral | a sensory word—relating to deep inward feelings rather than intellect | 3 | |
| 8567884908 | visual | a sensory word—relating to sight | 4 | |
| 8567887178 | auditory | a sensory word—relating to hearing | 5 | |
| 8567888418 | literal | words taken at face value | 6 | |
| 8567890138 | imagery | use of words appealing to senses | 7 | |
| 8567890139 | verbal irony | saying the opposite of what you mean | 8 | |
| 8567892180 | situational irony | actions have effect opposite of intention, which makes the outcome contrary to the expectation | 9 | |
| 8567894621 | dramatic irony | implications known to audience, not characters; speaker means different from author | 10 | |
| 8567898158 | oxymoron | alignment of opposites (a compact paradox) | 11 | |
| 8567899990 | paradox | seemingly contradictory statement with underlying truth | 12 | |
| 8567901521 | pun | a joke using different meanings of the same or similar words, word play | 13 | |
| 8567903152 | double entendre | a word or phrase open to two interpretations, often risque or indecent | 14 | |
| 8567904556 | litotes | a form of understatement (ironic or affirming in the negative) i.e. "You won't be sorry" = You will be glad | 15 | |
| 8567906757 | hyperbole | overstatement, exaggeration for effect, sometimes ironic | 16 | |
| 8567908820 | antithesis | balancing contrasting ideas, often ironic or affirmation by using the negative, i.e. "Man plans; God laughs" | 17 | |
| 8567912320 | meiosis | understatement—minimizing for effect, i.e. Mercutio referring to a mortal stab wound as a scratch | 18 | |
| 8567915261 | metaphor | comparing two seemingly unlike things for dramatic effect | 19 | |
| 8567916838 | simile | comparison using "like" or "as" | 20 | |
| 8567916839 | symbol | object suggests idea | 21 | |
| 8567919282 | allusion | an indirect reference enhancing meaning of the topic at hand | 22 | |
| 8567921030 | apostrophe | addresses a person not present | 23 | |
| 8567921032 | personification | giving human qualities to that which is nonhuman | 24 | |
| 8567923639 | metonymy | substitute symbol for whole | 25 | |
| 8567923640 | synecdoche | a part = the whole; the whole = a part; i.e. 10 sails = 10 ships | 26 | |
| 8567926377 | nexus | linking two or more things, the most important place or point | 27 | |
| 8567928869 | ambivalence | mixed feelings or emotions | 28 | |
| 8567929992 | bungle | make a mess of, destroy or ruin | 29 | |
| 8567929993 | sublimate | change from a solid into vapor | 30 | |
| 8567932149 | timbre | the distinctive sound | 31 | |
| 8567932150 | yokel | a person who is not intelligent or interested in culture | 32 | |
| 8567935212 | amorphous | having no definite form or distinct shape | 33 | |
| 8567936610 | pragmatist | an adherent of a theory of observable practical consequences | 34 | |
| 8567938976 | agape | with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe | 35 | |
| 8567940410 | imbibe | take in liquids | 36 | |
| 8567940413 | rococo | elaborately ornamental late baroque style | 37 | |
| 8567943589 | cryptic | mysterious or obscure | 38 | |
| 8567943592 | bilious | digestive juice secreted by the liver; peevish, ill-natured | 39 | |
| 8567945546 | alchemy | early chemistry, changing base metals into gold; a magical process/change | 40 | |
| 8567949698 | staccato | sharply detached musical notes | 41 | |
| 8567950849 | writhe | move in a twisting or contorted motion | 42 | |
| 8567950850 | intercede | act between parties towards reconciliation | 43 | |
| 8567953124 | melee | a noisy riotous fight | 44 | |
| 8567954823 | strident | unpleasantly loud and harsh | 45 | |
| 8567954824 | cistern | intended to contain fluid | 46 | |
| 8567956210 | apoplexy | unconsciousness from a stroke | 47 | |
| 8567956211 | lank | long and thin and often limp | 48 | |
| 8567958022 | dapper | stylishly dressed or mannered | 49 | |
| 8567959307 | distend | expanded by internal pressure | 50 | |
| 8567960355 | detract | take away a part from; diminish | 51 | |
| 8567960357 | suave | sophisticated charm | 52 | |
| 8567961813 | loll | lazy, relaxed, idle | 53 | |
| 8567961815 | wry | humorously sarcastic or mocking | 54 | |
| 8567964776 | shirk | avoid one's assigned duties | 55 | |
| 8567964779 | ethereal | too delicate or light to be of this world | 56 | |
| 8567966578 | sonorous | full, loud, deep | 57 | |
| 8567966579 | stolid | having or revealing little emotion or sensibility | 58 | |
| 8567968172 | fastidious | detailed or fussy | 59 | |
| 8568037756 | dissimulate | hide feelings | 60 | |
| 8568037757 | natty | fashionable in dress or manners | 61 | |
| 8568038651 | iridescent | varied in color when in different light | 62 | |
| 8568038652 | nebulous | lacking form or clarity | 63 | |
| 8568039937 | careen | leaning dangerously to one side | 64 | |
| 8568041853 | motif | a recurrent element in literature or art | 65 | |
| 8568043608 | garrulous | full of trivial conversation | 66 | |
| 8568043610 | dirge | song or hymn of mourning | 67 | |
| 8568045311 | glower | angry or sullen look showing disapproval | 68 | |
| 8568045325 | limpid | clear and bright | 69 | |
| 8568047170 | skid | a plank used to make a track for rolling or sliding something | 70 | |
| 8568049240 | doleful | filled with or evoking sadness | 71 | |
| 8568049242 | diffuse | spread out; not just in one place | 72 | |
| 8568050396 | conciliatory | intended to placate or pacify | 73 | |
| 8568051733 | blanch | turn pale as if in fear | 74 | |
| 8568053188 | droll | oddly comical (insulting) | 75 | |
| 8568053191 | inscrutable | obscure; impossible to understand | 76 | |
| 8568054683 | bate | to restrain or lessen the force of | 77 | |
| 8568054684 | dissonance | disagreeable sounds | 78 | |
| 8568056050 | recant | formally disavow a formerly held belief | 79 | |
| 8568057545 | reproach | a mild rebuke or criticism | 80 | |
| 8568059028 | defunct | having ceased to exist | 81 | |
| 8568059029 | volition | done of one's own free will | 82 | |
| 8568060769 | heinous | extremely wicked | 83 | |
| 8568060770 | precarious | not secure; beset with difficulties | 84 | |
| 8568062493 | cauterize | burn or freeze using a hot iron or electric current | 85 | |
| 8568065009 | vindicate | clear someone of blame; show to be right | 86 | |
| 8568065011 | blight | something that impairs or destroys | 87 | |
| 8568067571 | volatile | easily evaporated or rapidly changeable (usually for the worse) | 88 | |
| 8568069552 | avert | turn away from | 89 | |
| 8568069553 | enigmatic | not clear, puzzling | 90 | |
| 8568069569 | fervor | intense and passionate feelings | 91 | |
| 8568072404 | emissary | diplomat or representative | 92 | |
| 8568194842 | moil | to work hard, drudgery | 93 | |
| 8568195801 | vespers | an evening prayer service | 94 | |
| 8568195803 | portent | a warning usually about something calamitous | 95 | |
| 8568197626 | coup de grace | the final blow or shot to kill a wounded person or animal; the culmination of a bad situation | 96 | |
| 8568199646 | dispensation | supplying, exempting, an order, the rules for a group, nation, etc. | 97 | |
| 8568201413 | rook | a gregarious Eurasian crow with black plumage and a bare face, nesting in colonies in treetops | 98 | |
| 8568203626 | rookery | a breeding place for gregarious birds OR crowded tenement housing | 99 | |
| 8568205063 | dissimulation | pretense, concealing one's thoughts, feelings, or character | 100 | |
| 8568206361 | vox humana | an organ with the sound of a human voice | 101 | |
| 8568207386 | obligato | a distinctive instrumental part crucial to a song | 102 | |
| 8568208449 | torpid | mentally or physically inactive, lethargic | 103 | |
| 8568210214 | Gestalt | an organized whole perceived as more than the sum of its parts | 104 | |
| 8568211330 | palaver | prolonged and idle discussion, folderol, rigmarole, commotion, fuss | 105 | |
| 8568219546 | contralto | the lowest female singing voice, a low voice | 106 | |
| 8568219547 | ofay | an offensive term for a white person, used by black people | 107 | |
| 8568221265 | dun | pester, importune, to make persistent demands on someone, especially for payment | 108 | |
| 8568222868 | chitterlings | the smaller intestines of a pig, cooked for food | 109 | |
| 8568224335 | caste | a hierarchy of social groups based on heredity | 110 | |
| 8568224336 | endogamy | marry within a community, clan, or tribe | 111 | |
| 8568226148 | exogamy | marrying outside a community, clan, or tribe | 112 | |
| 8568227626 | chiffonier | a low cupboard sometimes supporting a bookshelf or tall dresser with a mirror on top | 113 | |
| 8568229100 | pince nez | eyeglasses with a nose clip | 114 | |
| 8568229101 | blip | an unexpected, minor, and typically temporary deviation from a general trend | 115 | |
| 8568231262 | aggregation | a group, body, or mass composed of many distinct parts or individuals | 116 | |
| 8568233173 | disputation | arguments/debates | 117 | |
| 8568234769 | dialectics | investigating or discussing the truth of opinions; the existence or action of opposing social forces, concepts, etc. | 118 | |
| 8568236646 | exhort | urge | 119 | |
| 8568236647 | sectarianism | excessive attachment to a particular group, especially in religion | 120 | |
| 8568238451 | sharpy | a dishonest and cunning person, especially a cheat | 121 | |
| 8568239218 | hipster | a trendy youth or one who likes jazz | 122 | |
| 8568240081 | Uncle Tom | an excessively obedient or servile black man | 123 | |
| 8568240084 | insidious | gradually, subtly harmful | 124 | |
| 8568243936 | sententious | moralizing in a pompous or affected manner | 125 | |
| 8568245882 | propound | put forward (an idea, theory, or point of view) for consideration by ohers | 126 | |
| 8568247386 | ready money | available cash | 127 | |
| 8568247388 | expurgation | remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account) | 128 | |
| 8568250056 | metaphysical | based on abstract (typically, excessively abstract) reasioning | 129 | |
| 8568251732 | christened | to give (a baby) a Christian name at baptism as a sign of admission to a Christian church | 130 | |
| 8568254509 | recumbent | lying down, especially a person | 131 | |
| 8568255563 | indecorous | not in good taste; improper | 132 | |
| 8568255565 | Tories | American colonists who supported the British side during the American Revolution | 133 | |
| 8568259108 | born in the purple | first meant born to royals, later meant born to high-ranking parents (at child's birth) | 134 | |
| 8568261880 | The French Revolution | uprising in France against monarchy (1789-1799), led to French Republic | 135 | |
| 8568264251 | trivet | an iron tripod placed over a fire for a cooking pot or kettle to stand on | 136 | |
| 8568265508 | Gorgon | three monsters in Greek mythology (including Medusa) | 137 | |
| 8568266956 | profligate | recklessly extravagant or wasteful; shamelessly immoral | 138 | |
| 8568268242 | apoplexy | unconsciousness or incapacitated because of a stroke | 139 | |
| 8568269942 | vacillating | alternate or waver between opinions or actions; indecisive | 140 | |
| 8568272131 | pagan | a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions | 141 | |
| 8568273359 | quixotic | exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical | 142 | |
| 8568274750 | misanthrope | a person who dislikes people and avoids society | 143 | |
| 8568276353 | solicitor | a British lawyer who gives legal advice | 144 | |
| 8568276355 | indiscretion | a petty misdeed | 145 | |
| 8568277440 | indignation | a feeling of righteous anger | 146 | |
| 8568279010 | patronizing | treating someone with arrogance as though they are beneath you | 147 | |
| 8568279012 | surmise | to conclude without complete evidence | 148 | |
| 8568283155 | immoderate | beyond reasonable limits | 149 | |
| 8568284302 | utilitarian | having a useful function | 150 | |
| 8568284304 | precept | a doctrine that is taught | 151 | |
| 8568286426 | impetuous | undue haste and lack of thought | 152 | |
| 8568287319 | effeminate | feminine qualities | 153 | |
| 8568287320 | arduous | effort to the point of exhaustion | 154 | |
| 8568292417 | celibacy | abstaining from marriage and sexual relations | 155 | |
| 8568292419 | neologistic | a relatively new or isolated word or phrase, perhaps entering common use | 156 | |
| 8568294269 | portmanteaus | a large two-compartment trunk or suitcase, typically stiff leather | 157 | |
| 8568295504 | equanimity | calmness, composure, especially in a difficult situation | 158 | |
| 8568297120 | machination | scheming or crafty action, usually with evil intentions | 159 | |
| 8568298874 | credulity | too ready to believe; being gullible | 160 | |
| 8568300391 | morbidity | how often a disease occurs in a specific area or a focus on death | 161 | |
| 8568301921 | ostentatious | vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice | 162 | |
| 8568303663 | Oxonian | from Oxford, England, or relating to Oxford University | 163 | |
| 8568305909 | tutelage | a guardianship | 164 | |
| 8568307897 | heresy | believing in or practicing beliefs outside the norm (the orthodox) | 165 | |
| 8568309416 | anabaptists | Christians who baptize those who can confess faith in Christ, not babies | 166 | |
| 8568310944 | vestry | a room or building attached to a church, used as an office and for changing into vestments | 167 | |
| 8568313073 | vestments | a chasuble or other robe worn by the clergy or choristers during services | 168 | |
| 8568316616 | chasuble | a sleeveless outer vestment worn by the celebrant at mass | 169 | |
| 8568318204 | perambulator | a baby carriage or baby buggy | 170 | |
| 8568319313 | tableau vivant | motionless figures representing a scene from a story or history | 171 | |
| 8568320934 | canon | a collection of sacred books or a standard upon which to make judgements | 172 | |
| 8568322501 | canonical practice | an institution having full recognition and status within the church | 173 | |
| 8568324361 | shilly-shally | to be undecided, dithering | 174 | |
| 8568325341 | notorious | famous or well-known, typically for bad reasons | 175 | |
| 8568326482 | debonair | confident, stylish, and charming | 176 | |
| 8568327658 | reproach | disgrace or shame | 177 | |
| 8568327659 | chafe | extreme irritation or anger | 178 | |
| 8568329661 | supercilious | behaving or looking superior to others | 179 | |
| 8568329664 | effrontery | boldness, shamelessness, disrespect, cockiness, gall | 180 | |
| 8568331045 | insuperable | impossible to overcome | 181 | |
| 8568331048 | apprise | make aware of | 182 | |
| 8568331956 | interpose | to insert between things or to intervene between parties | 183 | |
| 8568333447 | quail | to feel or show fear or apprehension | 184 | |
| 8568336603 | temerity | excessive confidence or boldness; audacity | 185 | |
| 8568337948 | profusion | an abundance or large quantity | 186 | |
| 8568337998 | antecedents | something that existed before or that logically precedes another | 187 | |
| 8568340382 | vixen | spiteful or quarrelsome woman; a sexually attractive woman | 188 | |
| 8568341757 | atelier | a workshop | 189 | |
| 8568341758 | coquetted / coquetry | flirt | 190 | |
| 8568342868 | soiree | an evening party, usually in someone's house for chatting and music | 191 | |
| 8568343959 | bourgeois | middle class, concerned with wealth, possessions, and respectability | 192 | |
| 8568346484 | palpitant | trembling or throbbing | 193 | |
| 8568348305 | impetuosity | acting on a sudden or rash action or emotion; impulsiveness | 194 | |
| 8568349523 | filial | of or due from a son or daughter (duty, devotion, affection, etc.) | 195 | |
| 8568351329 | larder | a room or large cupboard for storing food (pantry) | 196 | |
| 8568352572 | eiderdown | small, soft feathers from the breast of an eider duck | 197 | |
| 8568353835 | nonplussed | so perplexed or puzzled that one does not know how to react; disconcerted | 198 | |
| 8568355441 | pretext | a reason to do something that isn't the real reason | 199 | |
| 8568356840 | driblets | a small or insignificant amount, small drops | 200 | |
| 8568358809 | multitudinous | numerous | 201 | |
| 8568358810 | assail | to make a concerted and violent attack on | 202 | |
| 8568359750 | repose | rest, sleep, or tranquility; composure | 203 | |
| 8568359751 | precinct | perceived boundaries or a building or place | 204 | |
| 8568361633 | coup d'etat | a sudden, violent, illegal seizure of a government; a successful move | 205 | |
| 8568364123 | snuggery | a cozy, comfy place, especially someone's private room or den | 206 | |
| 8568366882 | fresco | a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries | 207 | |
| 8568370195 | torpid | lethargic | 208 | |
| 8568370198 | dissipation | squandering money, energy, and resources, self-indulgence: drinking, debauchery (sex), decadence (luxury) | 209 | |
| 8568373831 | indisposed | slightly unwell or unwilling | 210 | |
| 8568375028 | pirogue | a long, narrow canoe made from a single tree trunk | 211 | |
| 8568376193 | mullet | a fish caught for eating | 212 | |
| 8568377074 | impetuous | acting or done quickly without thought or care | 213 | |
| 8568378296 | consternation | feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected | 214 | |
| 8568386828 | dissolution | the closing down or dismissal of an assembly, partnership, or official body | 215 | |
| 8568388689 | lawn sleeves | the sleeves forming part of the attire of an Anglican bishop | 216 | |
| 8568389796 | languor | the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia or a stillness in the air | 217 | |
| 8568391893 | evince | reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling), indicate | 218 | |
| 8568392714 | upbraid | find fault with or scold | 219 | |
| 8568392717 | lament | a passionate expression of grief or sorrow, mourning | 220 | |
| 8568394549 | efface | make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous | 221 | |
| 8568395847 | diminutive | extremely or unusually small | 222 | |
| 8568397840 | insidious | proceeding in a gradual, subtle, harmful way; treacherous, crafty | 223 | |
| 8568400132 | impervious | unable to be affected by, impenetrable | 224 | |
| 8568401911 | smote | hit hard, defeat, attack, affect, to be strongly attracted to someone or something | 225 | |
| 8568404322 | accouchement | giving birth to a baby | 226 | |
| 8568405328 | congenial | pleasant, agreeable | 227 | |
| 8568405329 | prostrate | lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward | 228 | |
| 8568407027 | vouchsafe | give, grant, reveal, or disclose | 229 | |
| 8568407041 | seriocomic | serious in intention but humorous in manner or vice versa | 230 | |
| 8568408930 | ejaculatory | say something quickly and suddenly | 231 | |
| 8568408932 | remonstrate | forcefully disapproving | 232 | |
| 8568410620 | befurbelowed | ornamented with frills | 233 | |
| 8568412540 | sonorous | imposingly deep and full voice or other sound | 234 | |
| 8568412541 | impel | drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something | 235 | |
| 8568414697 | tumult | a loud, confused noise, especially by a crowd; confusion | 236 | |
| 8568416090 | effusive | unrestrained, heartfelt gratitude, pleasure, approval; gushing | 237 | |
| 8568417663 | propensity | an inclination or tendency; weakness, predisposition, proclivity | 238 | |
| 8568419895 | acme | the point of perfection or greatest success | 239 | |
| 8568421231 | creole | a person of mixed European and black descent | 240 | |
| 8568422242 | mulatto | a half black and half white person | 241 | |
| 8568422245 | quadroon | a person one quarter black | 242 | |
| 8568423681 | griffe | the offspring of a black and a mulatto; three quarters black | 243 | |
| 8568425140 | suffuse | gradually spread through or over | 244 | |
| 8568427058 | desultory | lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm | 245 | |
| 8568428127 | forthwith | immediately; without delay | 246 | |
| 8568430467 | weazened | wrinkled and withered | 247 | |
| 8568430469 | tulle | a soft, fine silk, cotton, or nylon used to make veils or dresses | 248 | |
| 8568431974 | entreat | an earnest or humble request | 249 | |
| 8568431975 | ennui | listlessness, dissatisfaction from a lack of occupation or excitement | 250 | |
| 8568433547 | scintillant | sparking, emitting flashes of light | 251 | |
| 8568435027 | plaintive | sounding sad and mournful | 252 | |
| 8568435029 | supercilious | behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others | 253 | |
| 8568437860 | piquant | pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind | 254 | |
| 8568438644 | deprecatory | apologetic or appeasing | 255 | |
| 8568438646 | taut | stretched or pulled tight; not slack | 256 | |
| 8568441562 | sardonic | grimly mocking or cynical | 257 | |
| 8568443950 | solicitude | care or concern for someone or something | 258 | |
| 8568444795 | dispose | arrange in a particular position or get rid of by selling or throwing away | 259 | |
| 8568445820 | toilet | washing oneself, dressing, grooming, items used for such | 260 | |
| 8568446909 | vespers | a sunset church service | 261 | |
| 8568446910 | bedlam | scene of uproar and confusion | 262 | |
| 8568448479 | commodious | roomy and comfortable | 263 | |
| 8568448482 | peignoir | a woman's light dressing gown or negligee | 264 | |
| 8568450523 | incipient | in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop | 265 | |
| 8568452793 | poignancy | the quality of evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret | 266 | |
| 8568455203 | compass | a tool that draws circles; instrument showing direction; range or scope of, to surround or enclose, to plan to do something | 267 | |
| 8568456889 | don | to put on | 268 | |
| 8568456890 | doff | to take off | 269 | |
| 8568456891 | anomaly | something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected | 270 | |
| 8568459155 | uncanny | strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way, eerie or unnatural | 271 | |
| 8568460934 | voluptuous | of, relating to, or characterized by luxury or sensual pleasure, a curvy or sexy woman | 272 | |
| 8568462756 | alacrity | brisk and cheerful readiness | 273 | |
| 8568462893 | extraneous | irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with | 274 |
