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8221417490behemothhuge creature; anything very large and powerful0
8221417491multifarioushaving great variety; numerous and diverse1
8221417492postulatea statement that is accepted as true without proof2
8221417493salubriouspromoting health3
8221417494disinterdig up; unearth4
8221417495oxymorona figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction5
8221417496prevailto triumph over; to be or become most common6
8221417497succulentfull of juice; highly enjoyable7
8221417498vicissitudea change or variation; ups and downs8
8221417499aggrievedfeeling or expressing a sense of injustice, injury, or offense9
8221417500cholericeasily made angry, bad-tempered10
8221417501maraudto roam in search of plunder11
8221417502penultimatesecond to last12
8221417503opulentwealthy or luxurious13
8221417504apocryphalof questionable authority or authenticity14
8221417505racounteura person skilled at telling stories15
8221417506mortifyto humiliate or shame16
8221417507notorietythe state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality17
8221417508inarticulateIncomprehensible; unable to speak with clarity18
8221417509contemptuouslacking respect; scornful19
8221417510assertedto express or state positively; to defend or claim20
8221417511elitepeople of wealth and power21
8221417512excerpta passage taken from a book, article, etc.22
8221417513posthumousafter death23
8221417514heresyan opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred24
8221417515ethicalmorally right25
8221417516analogyA comparison of two different things that are similar in some way26
8221417517visagesfacial expressions27
8221417518amiablefriendly, good-natured28
8221417519callousemotionally hardened, unfeeling29
8221417520indomitableunconquerable, refusing to yield30
8221417521malleableeasy to shape or bend31
8221417522plausibleappearing true, reasonable, or fair32
8221417523ecstaticExtremely happy33
8221417524unprecedentednever done or known before34
8221417525proximitynearness35
8221417526invariablyalways; without changing36
8221417527lamentto express sorrow; to grieve37
8221417528loatheto hate38
8221417529atrocioushorrifyingly wicked39
8221417530insipidlacking interest or flavor40
8221417531ascertainto find out, as through investigation or experimentation41
8221417532attentuatemake thin; weaken42
8221417533impingehinder; interfere with43
8221417534plentitudean abundance44
8221417535putrefyto rot; to decompose45
8221417536tundraAn extremely cold, dry biome.46
8300836752ethosappeal to ethics47
8300836753pathosAppeal to emotion48
8300836754logosAppeal to logic49
8300836755Anaphorathe repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses50
8300836756Epistrophethe repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences51
8300836757Anadiplosisrepetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next52
8300836758litotesa type of understatement in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite53
8300836759ChiasmusA statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed54
8300836760anastrophethe reversal of the natural order of words in a sentence or line of poetry55
8300836761Epanalepsisrepetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause56
8300836762Synecdochea figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa57

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