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5548084943Cacophoniccharacterized by a harsh discordance of sound; dissonance0
5548084944Austeresevere in manner or appearance, uncompromising, strict, forbidding, serious1
5548084945Unadornednot decorated; plain2
5548084946LiltingA sentence with rhythmic swing or cadence3
5548084947Ornateelaborately adorned, embellished with rhetoric4
5548084948EruditeCharacterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly5
5548084949Gratingirritating or unpleasant to one's feelings.6
5548084950Staccatocomposed of or characterized by abruptly disconnected elements; disjointed7
5548084951TortuousFull of twists, turns, and bends8
5548084952Obfuscatingconfusing, bewildering, stupefying9
5548084953Laconicusing few words, concise10
5548084954MellifluousSweetly or smoothly flowing11
5548084955Euphonicpleasing to the ear, harmonious12
5548084956Antitheticof the nature of or involving antithesis, opposite13
5548084957Sultryoppressively hot and humid14
5548084958Fustystale, damp, stuffy15
5548084959Tepidshowing little enthusiasm16
5548084960Attenuateto reduce in force17
5548084961Dubiousdoubtful, hesitating18
5548084962Incongruousinconsistent, inappropriate19
5548084963Luridvivid in color that gives a horrifying effect20
5548151635Periodic sentencea type of sentence that makes sense only when end of sentence is reached21
5548151636Loose sentencea type of sentence that makes complete sense if brought to a close before the actual ending22
5548151637Antithesiswhen two opposing clauses are used23
5548151638Asyndetona deliberate omission of conjunction in a series of related clauses24
5548151639Anaphorathe repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses25
5548151640Parallel structurerefers to a grammatical or structural similarity between sentences or parts of a sentence; elements of equal importance are equally developed and similarly phrased26
5548151641Polysyndetonusing a string of coordinating conjunctions27
5548151642Juxtapositionunassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another28

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