4951723082 | Personification | The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form | 0 | |
4951723083 | Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of an adjacent or closely connected words | 1 | |
4951723084 | Paradox | A statement that, despite apparent reasoning, leads to a self-contradictory or logically unacceptable conclusion | 2 | |
4951723085 | Onomatopoeia | The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named | 3 | |
4951723086 | Simile | the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more vivid | 4 | |
4951723087 | Droll | Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry humor | 5 | |
4951723088 | Simpering | A smile or gesture in an affectedly coquettish, coy, or ingratiating manner | 6 | |
4951723089 | Ambivalent | Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone | 7 | |
4951723090 | Jocular | Fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful | 8 | |
4951723091 | Sardonic | Grimly mocking or cynical | 9 | |
4951723092 | Hyperbolic tone | Exaggeration in attitude | 10 | |
4951723093 | Colloquial diction | Use of words common in every day speech (varies from location to location) | 11 | |
4951723094 | Inverted syntax | A literary technique in which the normal order of words is reverse in order to achieve a particular effect | 12 | |
4951723095 | Pernicious | Having a gradual or subtle harmful effect | 13 | |
4951723096 | Worldly | Concerned with material values; sophisticated | 14 | |
4951723097 | Reverent | Displaying deep respect | 15 | |
4951723098 | Deferential | Showing humble respect | 16 | |
4951723099 | Self-righteous | Characterized by certainty that one is morally superior/an arrogant assumption that something is unworthy of considering | 17 | |
4951723100 | Haughtily dismissive | Showing disregard in an arrogant manner | 18 | |
4951723101 | Overly literal | Interpreting something as exactly and realistically true | 19 | |
4951723102 | Dictatorial | Showing complete domination over something | 20 |
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