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5957699522ExpedientPromoting some desired outcome; suitable for a purpose0
5957705785AnarchistPerson who rebels against established order1
5957713236DuplicityDouble-Dealing, hypocrisy2
5957719754UnwarrantedUnjustified, Lacking authorization3
5957725906ProdigalWasteful, Reckless with money4
5957735081AllegoryStory that can be understood literally and symbolically5
5957737374AnecdoteBrief story of an individual or incident6
5957737375AphorismA Brief saying embodying a moral7
5957739262DialectNonstandard subgroup of a language with its own vocabulary and grammatical features8
5959805392CandorFrankness9
5959807888HumaneKind10
5959811540ExonerateTo acquit, to free from guilt or blame11
5959818278SeclusionIsolation, solitude12
6005699823SectarianRelating to a religious faction or subgroup, narrow or limited13
6005706028FanaticismExcessive zeal or enthusiasm14
6005738120AnimosityAn active enmity or hatred15
6005741251CriterionA standard used in judging16
6005747502SuccinctBrief, terse, compact17
6005750848DistendTo expand, to swell out18
6005754540ElatedOverjoyed, in high spirits19
6005774123AntagonisticHostile, opposed20
6005782912EmbroyonicUndeveloped, rudimentary21
6005788532ImmutableUnchanging, unalterable22
6005801107AnaphoraRepetition of word, phrase clause at beginning of successive clauses or sentences23
6005817926AsyndetonThe omission of conjunction that would ordinarily join word24
6005839750CaesuraA strong pause within a line of poetry25
6005847221Free verseVerse with no regular meter, rhyme, or length26
6005859649HumorAppealing to an audience by being comical or amusing27
6005868408ParableBrief story to illustrate lesson28
6005875470UnderstatementDeliberate representation of something as less than it is29
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