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| 6451577351 | conceit | extended metaphor, different from explicit metaphors. the metaphor spans the entire poem or book | 0 | |
| 6452301412 | pernurious | extremely poor or destitute | 1 | |
| 6452302212 | fatalistic | referring to or characteristic of the belief that everything is predetermined and inevitable | 2 | |
| 6452303357 | pedantic | ostentatious; overtly concerned with minute details | 3 | |
| 6452304909 | didactic | intending to teach | 4 | |
| 6452305710 | axiom | a statement that is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true | 5 | |
| 6452311380 | double entendre | word or phrase has two meanings, one of which is usually more offensive or sexual | 6 | |
| 6452318248 | aphorism | an observation that contains a general truth | 7 | |
| 6452318799 | homily | a sermon, lecture; a moralizing discourse or speech | 8 | |
| 6452320033 | epigram | a remark expressing a an idea in a clever manner; a short poem with a witty ending | 9 | |
| 6452322467 | chiasmus | two clauses parallel each other in reverse order to emphasize a point (ex, ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country) | 10 | |
| 6458318720 | dirgelike | lamenting, mournful or regretful | 11 | |
| 6465113843 | solicitious | eager to please; anxiously concerned | 12 | |
| 6465123224 | officious | aggressive in offering unrequested service or favors | 13 | |
| 6465127581 | cloying | tending to cause disgust or aversion due to excess | 14 | |
| 6465130148 | obsequious | characterized by obedience | 15 | |
| 6465133747 | bemused | lost in thought or confused; bewildered | 16 | |
| 6465136913 | ingratiate | to establish oneself in the favor of others | 17 | |
| 6465138637 | missive | written letter or message | 18 | |
| 6465331001 | lugubrious | mournful or gloomy | 19 | |
| 6465334733 | compound-complex sentence | a sentence with two more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses | 20 | |
| 6465340908 | periodic sentence | main clause found at the end of a sentence | 21 | |
| 6465350887 | epanalepsis | repetition of word or phrase in same sentence | 22 | |
| 6465359987 | cumulative sentence | main clause is detailed by various additional modifying clauses and phrases | 23 | |
| 6465365987 | sanguine | cheerfully optimistic or confident; hopeful | 24 | |
| 6465369884 | saccharine | exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental | 25 | |
| 6465373483 | mordant | caustic, biting; corrosive | 26 | |
| 6481988875 | camaraderie | friendship or mutual trust | 27 | |
| 6488947809 | deluded | misleading | 28 | |
| 6488958348 | despondency | state of low spirit; hopelessness | 29 | |
| 6567430793 | forlorn | sad or abandoned | 30 | |
| 6581131872 | Penury | Extreme poverty and destitution | 31 | |
| 6581131873 | Sartorially | Relating to clothing | 32 | |
| 6582783852 | ken | one's range of knowledge or sight | 33 | |
| 6582787230 | goad | to motivate or encourage | 34 | |
| 6582789265 | deride | to ridicule or mock | 35 | |
| 6582798769 | gothic novel | english novel that has air of mystery or horror | 36 | |
| 6582883212 | Convalescent | Recovering from illness | 37 | |
| 6582883213 | Enervated | Weak | 38 | |
| 6582883214 | Munificent | Generous | 39 | |
| 6582883215 | Imoportunate | Annoyingly demanding | 40 | |
| 6582883216 | Sardonic | Grimly mocking or cynical | 41 | |
| 6610043835 | refrain | literary technique in poem that repeats certain phrase or line (device in poetry) | 42 | |
| 6610050303 | anaphora | repetition of word or phrase (device in prose) | 43 | |
| 6652563481 | temerity | fearlessness, courage | 44 | |
| 6660711380 | syllogism | when conclusion drawn from two assumed propositions | 45 | |
| 6698782699 | repartee | witty or surprising dialogue | 46 | |
| 6698803961 | hapless | unlucky | 47 | |
| 6698820176 | mock-heroic | using elevated language to describe trivial subject in apparently serious manner. | 48 | |
| 6698829257 | reproachful | expressing disapproval, disappointment | 49 | |
| 6705887095 | fettered | chained or shackled | 50 | |
| 6705899726 | epistrophe/epiphora | repetition of words at end of phrase or sentence | 51 | |
| 6705912283 | supplication | prayer or plea | 52 | |
| 6705912284 | plaintive | expressing sorrow or melancholy. | 53 | |
| 6712162430 | Naturalistic | Pertaining to natural landscape or surroundings | 54 | |
| 6754745982 | rapture | ecstatic joy or happiness | 55 | |
| 6754752122 | stanch/staunch | to stop flow of | 56 | |
| 6754752123 | staunch | steadfast or stubborn; unmoving | 57 | |
| 6754761469 | rapacious | given to plundering for satisfaction of greed | 58 | |
| 6754775421 | epic simile | long simile with like transcending many lines | 59 |
