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4951723082PersonificationThe attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form0
4951723083AlliterationThe occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of an adjacent or closely connected words1
4951723084ParadoxA statement that, despite apparent reasoning, leads to a self-contradictory or logically unacceptable conclusion2
4951723085OnomatopoeiaThe formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named3
4951723086Similethe comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more vivid4
4951723087DrollCurious or unusual in a way that provokes dry humor5
4951723088SimperingA smile or gesture in an affectedly coquettish, coy, or ingratiating manner6
4951723089AmbivalentHaving mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone7
4951723090JocularFond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful8
4951723091SardonicGrimly mocking or cynical9
4951723092Hyperbolic toneExaggeration in attitude10
4951723093Colloquial dictionUse of words common in every day speech (varies from location to location)11
4951723094Inverted syntaxA literary technique in which the normal order of words is reverse in order to achieve a particular effect12
4951723095PerniciousHaving a gradual or subtle harmful effect13
4951723096WorldlyConcerned with material values; sophisticated14
4951723097ReverentDisplaying deep respect15
4951723098DeferentialShowing humble respect16
4951723099Self-righteousCharacterized by certainty that one is morally superior/an arrogant assumption that something is unworthy of considering17
4951723100Haughtily dismissiveShowing disregard in an arrogant manner18
4951723101Overly literalInterpreting something as exactly and realistically true19
4951723102DictatorialShowing complete domination over something20

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