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7480746992AllegoryStory or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities0
7480793015AnimisticAnimism is the religious belief that objects, places and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.1
9535698072Appositiveof, relating to, or standing in grammatical apposition2
9535698073BulwarkA defensive wall3
9535702739Circumspectwary and unwilling to take risks.4
9535706508Cruditiesassorted raw vegetables served as an hors d'oeuvre, typically with a sauce into which they may be dipped.5
9535706509DeferenceHumbled submission and respect6
9535710760Effacement (self)Making ones self inconspicuous7
9535720299Egotismthe practice of talking and thinking about oneself excessively because of an undue sense of self-importance.8
9535720300EvocateTo cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.9
9535723293IdiosyncraticPeculiar or individual10
9535725730IdolatrousWorshiping idols, being infatuated with someone11
9535727510IntegralNecessary to make a whole complete12
9535730101MendaciousLying13
9535732116MonotanyLack of variety14
9535736214Paradoxical inversionsContradictory15
9535739245PastoralUsed to graze cattle16
9535741765Quasi (religious)Something sacred17
9535741766Romantic (anti)An anti-romance, sometimes referred to as a satire, is a type of story characterized by having an apathetic or self-doubting anti-hero cast as the protagonist, who fails in the object of his journey or struggle. ... An anti-romance is the antithesis of a romance.18
9535744309Syllogisman instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises), each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion19

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