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| 14604834236 | Asyndeton | commas used without conjunctions: "x,y,z" | 0 | |
| 14604838859 | Polysyndeton | using conjunctions instead of commas: " X and Y and z" | 1 | |
| 14604840014 | Understatement | A statement that says less than what is meant. | 2 | |
| 14604841665 | Garner | v. to gather and store | 3 | |
| 14604842479 | Corroborate | to confirm; to back up with evidence | 4 | |
| 14604844024 | Lament | to mourn | 5 | |
| 14604844446 | Precipitate | to cause to happen suddenly | 6 | |
| 14604845806 | Genial | cheerful and pleasant | 7 | |
| 14638337132 | Anaphora | repetition of a word, phrase or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer's point more coherent. | 8 | |
| 14638343305 | Hyperbole | incredible exaggeration or overstatement used for effect. | 9 | |
| 14638344897 | Synecdoche | a part represents a whole - "wheels" represents that whole car. | 10 | |
| 14638348322 | Hypothetical | Uncertain, unproven, theory | 11 | |
| 14638349277 | Grant | financial aid based on need. It is not repaid. | 12 | |
| 14638351519 | Matriculate | to register or enroll in a college. | 13 | |
| 14638354962 | Permeate | to spread or seep through | 14 | |
| 14638356413 | Conundrum | a puzzle; a riddle | 15 | |
| 14679016384 | Bastion | stronghold or fortress;wall | 16 | |
| 14679019294 | Manifest | clear or obvious | 17 | |
| 14679020813 | Conventional | common; Customary; unexceptional | 18 | |
| 14679024212 | Contentious | argumentative; quarrelsome | 19 | |
| 14679025747 | Partisan | one who supports a person, idea, or cause. (fan, party) | 20 | |
| 14679028697 | Archetype | a recurrent image, symbol, character, or even situation that is an instinctual expression of man's nature and experiences that are universal in nature. | 21 | |
| 14679033513 | Verisimilitude | The appearance of being true or believable | 22 | |
| 14679037852 | Zeitgeist | a spirit of the age or time. Example: Wearing a poodle skirt would be a ______ of the 1950's. | 23 | |
| 14744288984 | Arbiter | One who decides; a judge | 24 | |
| 14744292430 | Inherent | part of the essential nature of something | 25 | |
| 14744295725 | Sanction | authorize or approve; to ratify or confirm | 26 | |
| 14744298423 | Erratic | unpredictable or wandering, fickle | 27 | |
| 14744301401 | Audacity | boldness; reckless daring | 28 | |
| 14744307155 | Zeugma | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase joins together two distinct parts of a sentence. The most common definition is a word that is used once, but works in two different ways, such as in the following sentence, " She tossed her hair and the salad." It is a verb in both cases but refers to two different actions. | 29 | |
| 14744340018 | Foil | A character who acts as contrast to another character. | 30 | |
| 14744342824 | Oxymoron | two opposite terms used together. ex: jumbo shrimp or pretty ugly | 31 | |
| 14798493971 | Vex | to annoy; to confuse | 32 | |
| 14798496598 | Genre | an artistic class or category | 33 | |
| 14798500060 | Flippant | frivolously shallow and disrespectful | 34 | |
| 14798504077 | Spurious | doubtful, bogus, false | 35 | |
| 14798506361 | Placate | to pacify; to appease | 36 | |
| 14798510013 | Deus ex machina | a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly resolved by the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability, or object. Depending on how it is done, it can be intended to move the story forward when the write has "painted himself into a corner" and sees no other way out, to surprise the audience, to bring the tale to a happy ending or as a comedic device. | 37 | |
| 14798561005 | Chiasmus | In poetry, a type of rhetorical balance in which the second part in syntactically balance against the first, but with the parts reversed. Coleridge: "Flowers are lovely, love is flowerlike." | 38 | |
| 14798588761 | Antihero | Central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes. May lack courage, grace, intelligence, or moral scruples. | 39 | |
| 14893656434 | Suspense | a feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next in a story. The audience is left wondering who attacked Jem until the very end of TKAM, which creates suspense. | 40 | |
| 14893684218 | Colloquialism | A word or phrase in everyday use in conversation and informal writing but is appropriate for formal situations. | 41 | |
| 14893698514 | Allusion | A reference to history, the Bible, a myth, literature, paintings, music, etc. | 42 | |
| 14893709731 | Penchant | strong taste or liking syn. bias, tendency | 43 | |
| 14893716836 | Economical | getting good value or service in relation to the amount of money, time, or effort spent. syn. frugal, thrifty | 44 | |
| 14893725936 | Hone | to sharpen or to improve a skill | 45 | |
| 14893729569 | Neophyte | person who is new to a skill, a subject, or a belief | 46 | |
| 14893735125 | Rivet | to fix one's attention on something | 47 |
