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8387512657Profligaterecklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources0
8387521424Eschatologicalthe part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.1
8387526271Sardonicgrimly mocking or cynical.2
8387526272Fallacya mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument.3
8387526273Eruditehaving or showing great knowledge or learning.4
8387529678Arduousinvolving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.5
8387529679Paeana song of praise or triumph.6
8387534327Idyllic(especially of a time or place) like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.7
8387534328Syntax8
8387534329Ironic9
8387538444Parochialhaving a limited or narrow outlook or scope.10
8387538445Ascetic11
8387538446Apostrophe12
8387543054Ephemeral13
8387547686Onomatopoeia14
8387547687Understatement15
8387547688Stasis16
8387552985Hyperbole17
8387558580Synecdoche18
8387565537Anachronisma thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.19
8387565538Metaphor20
8387565539Simile21
8387570329Paradox22
8387570330Antithesisa figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other, such as "hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins".23
8387570331Diction24
8387570332COnceit25
8387574637Allusion26
8387574638Metonymythe substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing.27
8387574639Hubris28
8387578066Juxtapositionthe fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.29

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