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5195499105Consulatethe place or building in which a consul's duties are carried out.0
5195517314phantasmagoriashifting series of illusions created by imagination1
5195520375paranoiabaseless suspicion2
5195520376vertigodizzy sensation3
5195522760affectivecausing emotion or feeling4
5195522761mislaidtemporarily misplaced5
5195526409premisea tract of land; proposition supporting conclusion6
5195535966impositionlaying a burden or duty7
5195535967psychoticmentally unstable; intensely upset8
5195538944revisionistadvocate for change/ progress9
5195542114egodistinguishing self in selfish manner10
5195547519tenuousthin or slender in form, lacking reasoning11
5195550361intelligibilitycapable of being understood12
5195550362disparatedistinct or unique13
5195552699colloquydialogue, conversation14
5195554518garnishadorn or decorate15
5195557079mediateto settle as an intermediator16
5195557080fatalisticacceptance of inevitability17
5195561540eccentricirregular, erratic18
5195561574rhetoricalused for style or effect19
5195564555juxtapositionplacing side by side to compare20
5195567923oratoricalrelating to the art or practice of public speaking21
5195582081paradigma typical example or pattern of something; a model.22
5195587464wryusing or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor; (of a person's face or features) twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.23
5195592640parallelismsyntactical similarity24
5195595219serialrepeatedly committing the same offense; story or play appearing in regular installments25
5195613895coherencehe quality of being logical and consistent.; forming a consistent whole26
5195619795impersonalnot influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings; having no personality27
5195628335deadpandeliberately impassive28
5195656115imminentoverhanging; about to happen29
5195656116hyperboleextreme deliberate exaggeration30
5198038688Extended metaphorMetaphor extended throughout the work31
5198045423InclusionA particle recognizably distinct from the group; the state of being included32
5198045424PedanticA person obsessed with small details or academic details33

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