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| 8430896913 | adjunct | (N., adj.) a helper; added in a subordinate capacity | 0 | |
| 8430896914 | bellwether | (N.) a leader in a violent undertaking | 1 | |
| 8430896915 | caterwaul | (V., n.) to howl or screech like a cat; a racket | 2 | |
| 8430896916 | chimerical | (adj.) absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible | 3 | |
| 8430896917 | effete | (adj.) lacking energy or vigor; worn out; unable to produce | 4 | |
| 8430896918 | fait accompli | (N.) an accomplished deed | 5 | |
| 8430896919 | hidebound | (Adj.) narrow-minded | 6 | |
| 8430896920 | hierarchy | (N.) any system of things or people | 7 | |
| 8430896921 | laissez-faire | (Adj.) hands-off practice | 8 | |
| 8430896922 | liturgy | (N.) a religious service or rite | 9 | |
| 8430896923 | morass | (N.) a swamp | 10 | |
| 8430896924 | noisome | (Adj.) foul-smelling | 11 | |
| 8430896925 | oblivious | (Adj.) unaware | 12 | |
| 8430896926 | poltroon | (N.) a base coward | 13 | |
| 8430896927 | proselyte | (N.) a convert | 14 | |
| 8430896928 | quasi | (Adj.) resembling but not actually being | 15 | |
| 8430896929 | raillery | (N.) teasing | 16 | |
| 8430896930 | ribald | (Adj.) coarse, vulgar | 17 | |
| 8430896931 | supine | (Adj.) lying flat on one's back; lethargic | 18 | |
| 8430896932 | vignette | (N.) a short description or sketch | 19 | |
| 8430896933 | aegis | (N.) protection | 20 | |
| 8430896934 | apprise | (V.) to inform of | 21 | |
| 8430896935 | bibulous | (Adj.) fond of drinks | 22 | |
| 8430896936 | claque | (N.) a group of people hired to applaud a performer or performance; enthusiastic admirers | 23 | |
| 8430896937 | deracinate | (V.) to root out | 24 | |
| 8430896938 | exegesis | (N.) an explanation (especially of a text) | 25 | |
| 8430896939 | indigenous | (Adj.) native, inherent | 26 | |
| 8430896940 | lachrymose | (Adj.) given to weeping; mournful | 27 | |
| 8430896941 | lexicon | (N.) a special vocabulary of a group, person, or subject | 28 | |
| 8430896942 | melee | (N.) a confused struggle | 29 | |
| 8430896943 | microcosm | (N.) a miniature world or universe | 30 | |
| 8430896944 | minuscule | (Adj., N.) very small; a lowercase letter | 31 | |
| 8430896945 | obfuscate | (V.) to darken; to confuse | 32 | |
| 8430896946 | paternalism | (N.) the practice of treating or governing people in the manner of a father dealing with his children | 33 | |
| 8430896947 | polarize | (V.) to cause to concentrate around two conflicting positions | 34 | |
| 8430896948 | purview | (N.) the range of something | 35 | |
| 8430896949 | sanguine | (Adj.) having a ruddy complexion; of a naturally optimistic outlook | 36 | |
| 8430896950 | solecism | (N.) a break of etiquette | 37 | |
| 8430896951 | vassal | (N., Adj.) a subordinate; subservient | 38 | |
| 8430896952 | verisimilitude | (N.) the quality of appearing to be true | 39 | |
| 8430896953 | ancillary | (adj.) subordinate or supplementary | 40 | |
| 8430896954 | bowdlerize | (v.) to remove material considered offensive | 41 | |
| 8430896955 | condescend | (v.) to stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner | 42 | |
| 8430896956 | cozen | (v.) to trick; to cheat | 43 | |
| 8430896957 | enclave | (n.) an enclosed region inhabited by a group of people | 44 | |
| 8430896958 | forte | (n.) a person's strongpoint; what a person does best | 45 | |
| 8430896959 | gratis | (adj., adv.) free; without charge | 46 | |
| 8430896960 | icon | (n.) a representation or image of a sacred personage; an image; a symbol; an object of blind devotion | 47 | |
| 8430896961 | interstice | (n.) a small, narrow space between things or parts of things | 48 | |
| 8430896962 | macrocosm | (n.) the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something | 49 | |
| 8430896963 | mountebank | (n.) a trickster; a charlatan | 50 | |
| 8430896964 | paean | (n.) a song of praise | 51 | |
| 8430896965 | persiflage | (n.) lighthearted joking, talk, or writing | 52 | |
| 8430896966 | plethora | (n.) overfullness; superabundance | 53 | |
| 8430896967 | pragmatic | (adj.) concerned with practical considerations or values; stiff in one's opinions | 54 | |
| 8430896968 | quizzical | (adj.) puzzled; mocking; odd | 55 | |
| 8430896969 | rapacity | (n.) inordinate greed | 56 | |
| 8430896970 | schism | (n.) a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions | 57 | |
| 8430896971 | therapeutic | (adj.) having the power to heal or cure; beneficial | 58 | |
| 8430896972 | virtuoso | (n., adj.) a brilliant performer; masterly or brilliant | 59 | |
| 8430896973 | affinity | (n.) a natural inclination to a person, thing, or activity; a relationship, connection | 60 | |
| 8430896974 | bilious | (adj.) peevish or irritable; sickeningly pleasant | 61 | |
| 8430896975 | cognate | (adj.) closely related in origin, essential nature, or function of such a person or thing | 62 | |
| 8430896976 | corollary | (n., adj.) a proposition that follows from one already proven, a result; resultant or consequent | 63 | |
| 8430896977 | cul-de-sac | (n.) a blind alley or dead-end street; an impasse | 64 | |
| 8430896978 | derring-do | (n.) valor or heroism | 65 | |
| 8430896979 | divination | (n.) the act or art of predicting the future or discovering hidden knowledge | 66 | |
| 8430896980 | elixir | (n.) a potion once thought capable of curing all ills and maintaining life indefinitely; a panacea; a liquid used as a vehicle in medicines | 67 | |
| 8430896981 | folderol | (n.) foolish talk, ideas, or procedures; nonsense; a trifle | 68 | |
| 8430896982 | gamut | (n.) an entire range or series | 69 | |
| 8430896983 | hoi polloi | (n.) the common people; the masses | 70 | |
| 8430896984 | ineffable | (adj.) not expressible in words; too great or too sacred to be uttered | 71 | |
| 8430896985 | lucubration | (n.) laborious study or thought, especially at night; the result of such work | 72 | |
| 8430896986 | mnemonic | (n., adj.) something to aid the memory; relating to or designed to assist the memory | 73 | |
| 8430896987 | obloquy | (n.) public abuse indicating strong disapproval or disgrace resulting from such treatment | 74 | |
| 8430896988 | parameter | (n.) a determining or characteristic element; a limit, boundary | 75 | |
| 8430896989 | pundit | (n.) a learned person; one who gives authoritative opinions | 76 | |
| 8430896990 | risible | (adj.) pertaining to laughter; able or inclined to laugh | 77 | |
| 8430896991 | symptomatic | (adj.) typical or characteristic; being or concerned with a symptom or disease | 78 | |
| 8430896992 | volte-face | (n.) an about-face; a complete reversal | 79 | |
| 8430896993 | aficionado | (n.) an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan | 80 | |
| 8430896994 | browbeat | (v.) to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully | 81 | |
| 8430896995 | commensurate | (adj.) equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; measurable by the same standards | 82 | |
| 8430896996 | diaphanous | (adj.) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent | 83 | |
| 8430896997 | emolument | (n.) profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary | 84 | |
| 8430896998 | foray | (n., v.) a quick raid, especially for plunder; to make such a raid | 85 | |
| 8430896999 | genre | (n.) a type, class, or variety; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted | 86 | |
| 8430897000 | homily | (n.) a sermon stressing moral principles | 87 | |
| 8430897001 | insouciant | (adj.) indifferent or unconcerned; carefree | 88 | |
| 8430897002 | matrix | (n.) a mold; the surrounding situation or environment | 89 | |
| 8430897003 | immure | (v.) to enclose or confine within walls | 90 | |
| 8430897004 | panache | (n.) a confident and stylish manner; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display | 91 | |
| 8430897005 | persona | (n.) a character in a novel or play; the outward role that a person assumes | 92 | |
| 8430897006 | philippic | (n.) a bitter verbal attack | 93 | |
| 8430897007 | prurient | (adj.) having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires | 94 | |
| 8430897008 | sacrosanct | (adj.) very sacred or holy' set apart or immune from questioning or attack | 95 | |
| 8430897009 | systemic | (adj.) of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems | 96 | |
| 8430897010 | tendentious | (adj.) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased | 97 | |
| 8430897011 | vicissitude | (n., pl.) a change, variation, or alteration; successive or changing phases or condition | 98 | |
| 8430897012 | abortive | (adj.) failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose | 99 | |
| 8430897013 | obsequies | (n.) funeral rites or ceremonies | 100 | |
| 8430897014 | contumelious | (adj.) insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive, humiliating | 101 | |
| 8430897015 | bruit | (v.) to spread news | 102 | |
| 8430897016 | ensconce | (v.) to settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place | 103 | |
| 8430897017 | iconoclastic | (adj.) attacking or seeking to overthrow traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions | 104 | |
| 8430897018 | in medias res | (adv.) in or into the middle | 105 | |
| 8430897019 | internecine | (adj.) mutually destructive | 106 | |
| 8430897020 | maladroit | (adj.) lacking in skill or dexterity | 107 | |
| 8430897021 | maudlin | (adj.) excessively sentimental | 108 | |
| 8430897022 | modulate | (v.) to change or vary the intensity; to regulate, adjust | 109 | |
| 8430897023 | portentous | (adj.) foreshadowing an event to come; weighty | 110 | |
| 8430897024 | prescience | (n.) knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight | 111 | |
| 8430897025 | quid pro quo | (n.) something given in exchange or return for something else | 112 | |
| 8430897026 | salubrious | (adj.) conducive to health | 113 | |
| 8430897027 | saturnalian | (adj.) sexually explicit, rebellious, offensive behavior | 114 | |
| 8430897028 | touchstone | (n.) a means of testing worth or genuineness | 115 | |
| 8430897029 | traumatic | (adj.) so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage | 116 | |
| 8430897030 | vitiate | (v.) to weaken, debase, or corrupt | 117 | |
| 8430897031 | waggish | (adj.) fond of making jokes; playfully humorous or droll | 118 | |
| 8430897032 | abeyance | (n.) a state or being temporarily inactive, suspended, or set aside | 119 | |
| 8430897033 | ambivalent | (adj.) having opposite and conflicting feelings about someone or something | 120 | |
| 8430897034 | beleaguer | (v.) to set upon from all sides; to surround with an army; to trouble, harass | 121 | |
| 8430897035 | carte blanche | (n.) full freedom or authority to act at one's own discretion | 122 | |
| 8430897036 | cataclysm | (n.) a sudden, violent, or devastating upheaval; a surging flood, deluge | 123 | |
| 8430897037 | debauch | (v., n.) to corrupt morally, seduce; to indulge in dissipation: an act or occasion of dissipation or vice | 124 | |
| 8430897038 | éclat | (n.) dazzling or conspicuous success or acclaim; great brilliance | 125 | |
| 8430897039 | fastidious | (adj.) overly demanding or hard to please; excessively careful in regard to details; easily disgusted | 126 | |
| 8430897040 | gambol | (v.) to jump or skip around playfully | 127 | |
| 8430897041 | imbue | (v.) to soak or stain thoroughly; to fill the mind | 128 | |
| 8430897042 | inchoate | (adj.) just beginning; not fully shaped or formed | 129 | |
| 8430897043 | lampoon | (n., v.) a malicious satire: to satirize, ridicule | 130 | |
| 8430897044 | malleable | (adj.) capable of being formed into different shapes; capable of being altered, adapted, or influenced | 131 | |
| 8430897045 | nemesis | (n.) an agent or force inflicting vengeance or punishment; retribution itself; an unbeatable evil | 132 | |
| 8430897046 | opt | (v.) to make a choice or decision | 133 | |
| 8430897047 | philistine | (adj., n.) lacking in, hostile to, or smugly indifferent to cultural and artistic values or refinements: such a person | 134 | |
| 8430897048 | picaresque | (adj.) involving or characteristic of clever rogues or adventurers | 135 | |
| 8430897049 | queasy | (adj.) nauseated or uneasy; causing nausea or uneasiness; troubled | 136 | |
| 8430897050 | refractory | (adj.) stubborn; hard or difficult to manage; not responsive to treatment or cure | 137 | |
| 8430897051 | savoir-faire | (n.) the ability to say and do the right thing in any situation; social competence | 138 | |
| 8430897052 | abberation | (n.) a departure from what is proper, right, expected, or normal; a lapse from a sound mental state | 139 | |
| 8430897053 | ad hoc | (adj., adv.) for this specific purpose, improvised; with respect to this | 140 | |
| 8430897054 | bane | (n.) the source or cause of fatal injury, death, destruction, or ruin; death or ruin itself; poison | 141 | |
| 8430897055 | bathos | (n.) the intrusion of trite material into a context whose tone is lofty or elevated; grossly insincere or exaggerated sentimentality; the lowest phase; an anticlimax | 142 | |
| 8430897056 | cantankerous | (adj.) ill-tempered, quarrelsome; difficult to get along or deal with | 143 | |
| 8430897057 | casuistry | (n.) the determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct | 144 | |
| 8430897058 | de facto | (adj., adv.) actually existing or in effect, although not legally required or sanctioned; in reality, actually | 145 | |
| 8430897059 | depredation | (n.) the act of preying upon or plundering | 146 | |
| 8430897060 | empathy | (n.) a sympathetic understanding | 147 | |
| 8430897061 | harbinger | (n., v.) a forerunner, herald; to herald the approach of | 148 | |
| 8430897062 | hedonism | (n.) the belief that the attainment of pleasure is life's chief aim | 149 | |
| 8430897063 | lackluster | (adj.) lacking brilliance or vitality; dull | 150 | |
| 8430897064 | malcontent | (adj., n.) discontented with or in open defiance of prevailing conditions; such a person | 151 | |
| 8430897065 | mellifluous | (adj.) flowing sweetly or smoothly; honeyed | 152 | |
| 8430897066 | nepotism | (n.) undue favoritism to or excessive patronage of one's relatives | 153 | |
| 8430897067 | pander | (v., n.) to cater or to provide satisfaction for the low tastes or vices of others; a person who does this | 154 | |
| 8430897068 | peccadillo | (n.) a minor sin or offense; a trifling fault or shortcoming | 155 | |
| 8430897069 | pièce de résistance | (n.) the principal dish of a meal; the principal event, incident, or item; an outstanding accomplishment | 156 | |
| 8430897070 | remand | (v.) to send or order back; in law, to send back to jail or to a lower court | 157 | |
| 8430897071 | syndrome | (n.) a group of symptoms that collectively indicate a disease, disorder | 158 | |
| 8430897072 | dictum | (n.) a short saying; an authoritative statement | 159 | |
| 8431114798 | Allegory | A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself : Animal Farm and Russia with Communism | 160 | |
| 8431114800 | Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art : "He was a real Romeo with the ladies" | 161 | |
| 8431114801 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage : "Each of us saw her duck" | 162 | |
| 8431114805 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines : "I want my money right now, right here, all right?" | 163 | |
| 8431114806 | Anastrophe | Word order is reversed or rearranged : Yoda | 164 | |
| 8431114807 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person : "You know, when I was a kid, my dog was my best friend. My childhood was better because of him." | 165 | |
| 8431114809 | Antithesis | Direct opposite : "That's one small step for a man - one giant leap for mankind." | 166 | |
| 8431114810 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life : "If the shoe fits, wear it." | 167 | |
| 8431114812 | Apostrophe | Address to an absent or imaginary person : "Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee! I have thee not, and yet I see thee still." | 168 | |
| 8431114816 | Ballad | A type of poem that is meant to be sung and is both lyric and narrative in nature : "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" | 169 | |
| 8431114817 | Blank Verse | Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter : "The dreams are clues that tell us take chances." | 170 | |
| 8431114818 | Cacophony | A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds : "He is a rotten, dirty, terrible, trudging, stupid dude!" | 171 | |
| 8431114819 | Caesura | A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line : "Oh, say can you see || by the dawn's early light..." | 172 | |
| 8431114825 | Connotation | All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests : Childish, childlike, young, youthful | 173 | |
| 8431114831 | Didactic Literature | Literature designed explicitly to instruct : Thirty Days Hath September | 174 | |
| 8431114832 | Dramatic Monologue | When a single speaker in literature says something to a silent audience : Romeo and Juliet | 175 | |
| 8431114833 | Enjambment | The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza : We were running to find what had happened beyond the hills. | 176 | |
| 8431114834 | Elegy | A sad or mournful poem : O Captain! My Captain! | 177 | |
| 8431114837 | Epithet | A descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something : Daddy Longlegs | 178 | |
| 8431114840 | Euphony | Pleasant, harmonious sound : "Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed." | 179 | |
| 8431114842 | Farce | A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations : Candide | 180 | |
| 8431114844 | Foil | A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or story : Stephen Kumalo and John Kumalo | 181 | |
| 8431114846 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor : That suitcase weighed a ton! | 182 | |
| 8431114847 | Iamb | An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable : "The Road not Taken" by Robert Frost | 183 | |
| 8431114848 | Inference | A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning : He holds a briefcase and is rushing through airport security. You can infer that he is a businessman. | 184 | |
| 8431114849 | Isocolon | A succession of phrases of approximately equal length and corresponding structure : "What the hammer? what the chain?" | 185 | |
| 8431114850 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts : leather and lace | 186 | |
| 8431114851 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite : the ice cream was not too bad | 187 | |
| 8431114852 | Local Color | The use of the physical setting, dialect, customs and attitudes that typify a particular region : Salinas is green. | 188 | |
| 8431114855 | Metonymy | The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant : suit for executives | 189 | |
| 8431114856 | Ode | A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject : "Ode to Joy" | 190 | |
| 8431114857 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase : jumbo shrimp | 191 | |
| 8431114858 | Parable | A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson : Jesus' gospel | 192 | |
| 8431114859 | Paradox | An apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth : water, water, everywhere but not a drop to drink | 193 | |
| 8431114860 | Parallel Structure | A repetition of sentences using the same structure : it was the best of times, it was the worst of times | 194 | |
| 8431114861 | Parody | A work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner : "I need to make a business call. I am a very busy, very important businessman!" | 195 | |
| 8431114864 | Pathetic Fallacy | Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects : bitter winter | 196 | |
| 8431114866 | Polysyndenton | The deliberate use of multiple conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words : "And we're going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan, and then we're going to Washington, D.C. to take back the White House!" | 197 | |
| 8431114869 | Saga | A long story, often telling the history of a family : "War and Peace" | 198 | |
| 8431114870 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies : political cartoons | 199 | |
| 8431114871 | Scansion | The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain : "Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul..." | 200 | |
| 8431114872 | Sonnet | A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme : Shakespearean Sonnets | 201 | |
| 8431114874 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa : "All hands on deck!" | 202 | |
| 8431114875 | Synesthesia | Describing one kind of sensation in terms of another : "Back to the region where the sun is silent." | 203 | |
| 8431114878 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a nonliteral way; also called a figure of speech : hyperbole, irony, etc | 204 | |
| 8463735918 | Renaissance | 1500-1670; Literature helped people begin to understand the vast changes that were afflicting the world at the time. | 205 | |
| 8463735919 | Renaissance authors | William Shakespeare (A Midsummer Nights Dream) | 206 | |
| 8463735920 | Enlightenment | 1700-1800; Political philosophy and the nature of the human were topics of the day. | 207 | |
| 8463735921 | Enlightenment authors | John Locke | 208 | |
| 8463735922 | Romanticism | 1798-1870; Freedom found in creativity and letting out human emotion. | 209 | |
| 8463735923 | Romanticism authors | Mary Shelley (Frankenstein) | 210 | |
| 8463735924 | Trancendentalism | (1830-1860); They were religious and social reformists who believed that to live a happy life, re-thinking would need to be done in nature. | 211 | |
| 8463735925 | Trancendentalism authors | Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass) | 212 | |
| 8463735926 | Victorian | 1837-1901; An age in literature when "earnestness" was a prized characteristic. They thrived for the "perfect" world. | 213 | |
| 8463735927 | Victorian authors | Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre) | 214 | |
| 8463735928 | Realism | 1820-1920; It looks at the common man and tells their story. | 215 | |
| 8463735929 | Realism authors | Charles Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities) | 216 | |
| 8463735930 | Naturalism | 1870-1920; Refers to the harshest parts of nature. It is one of the most depressing literary movements which began in France. | 217 | |
| 8463735931 | Naturalism authors | Emile Zola (Savage Paris) | 218 | |
| 8463735932 | Modernism | 1910-1965; Freedom was key and everything was given a new perspective. | 219 | |
| 8463735933 | Modernism authors | F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby) | 220 | |
| 8463735934 | Bloomsbury Group | 1903-1964; A small group of intellectuals who talked and argued together, inspiring the writings of "intrinsic worth". | 221 | |
| 8465141230 | Bloomsbury Group authors | Virginia Woolf (Woman and Writing) | 222 | |
| 8465150356 | Existentialism | 1850-present; A period of philosophical thoughts dealing with perspectives and dealing with the world and its difficulties. It questions everything. | 223 | |
| 8465158418 | Existentialism authors | Henry David Thoreau (Walden and Other Writings) | 224 | |
| 8465167359 | Beat Generation | 1945-1965; Fought for sexual liberation and said that rules were meant to be broken. | 225 | |
| 8465172855 | Beat Generation authors | Allen Ginsberg (Howl) | 226 | |
| 8465176921 | Post-Modernism | 1965-present; Everything that could have possibly be thought up has already been written down. | 227 | |
| 8465186936 | Post-Modernism authors | Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club) | 228 |
