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5281163900SupplicationThe act of asking humbly or earnestly as in prayer to a god.0
5281163901LamentationAn express of deep sorrow, mourning.1
5281163902AuguryenA sign of what will happen in the future, an omen2
5281163903RivenTorn apart violently3
5281163904EnigmaticFull of mystery, difficult to understand4
5281163905MetonymnA figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another5
5281163906SynecdocheA figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole6
5281163907MirthGladness or happiness often accompanied with laughter7
5281163908DirgeA song in grief or lamentation.8
5281163909AuspiciousShowing or suggesting future success is likely9
5281163910ObsequiousExhibiting flattering attentiveness10
5281163911JocundMarked by or suggestive of high spirts11
5281163912GalledAngered or annoyed, irritated or inflamed12
5281163913HarrowTorment or cause great distress, pillage or plunder.13
5281163914ExhortativeServing to influence someone by words or advice14
5281163915CleaveTo divide by as if by cutting15
5281163916BaudyObscene, lewd16
5281221846WilesA trick intended to ensnare17
5281221847LimpidMarked by transparency or clear and simple in style18
5281221848AntithesisA rhetorical devise in which two opposites are put together to achieve a contrasting effect.19
5281221849LitotesA figure of speech where an understatement is employed by using double negatives20
5281221850ParadoxA situation that is seemingly contradictory21
5281221851AnaphoraRepetition of words or phrases used to emphasize important ideas.22
5281221852SylepsisOne word is used in two different senses23
5281221853FoilA character contrasts with another to highlight particularly qualities of the other character24
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