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| 199291454 | exhaust | TV; to use up entirely/wear out physically | |
| 199291455 | enervate | TV; to drain of energy/mental quickness | |
| 199291456 | carp | IV; to nag in a petty or nit picky way | |
| 199291457 | coerce | TV; to force or compel | |
| 199291458 | bolster | TV; to act as a supporter/to reinforce | |
| 199291459 | belittle | TV; to make fun of/reduce importance of | |
| 199291460 | advocate | TV; to support/recommend/be in favor of | |
| 199291461 | simple | one independent clause | |
| 199291462 | compound | two or more independent clauses | |
| 199291463 | complex | 1 or more dependent clauses and 1 independent clause | |
| 199291464 | compound/complex | 2 or more independent clauses and 1 or more dependent clauses | |
| 199291465 | coordination | combining sentences/clauses in order to make them equal in importance | |
| 199291466 | subordination | putting the main idea of the sentence into the independent clause in order to emphasize it | |
| 199291467 | parenthetical idea | using parentheses to include an idea that doesn't change the meaning the sentence whether present or not | |
| 203012729 | Cliche | an overused and worn out phrase or expression | |
| 203012730 | Idiom | a familiar grouping of words, especially words that habitually appear together and thereby convey meaning by association | |
| 203012731 | double entendre | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase can be understood in two ways | |
| 203012732 | Innuendo | an indirect or subtle usually derogatory implication in expression | |
| 203012737 | cajole | v-to beg earnestly | |
| 203012738 | facilitate | v-to make easier | |
| 203012739 | denounce | v-to criticize especially publicly | |
| 203012740 | denunciation | n-an accusation | |
| 203012741 | deplete | v-to greatly reduce any supply | |
| 203012742 | depletion | n-drainage | |
| 203012743 | incipient | adj-beginning to be; commencing of | |
| 203012744 | preceptive | adj-keenly observant; discerning; understanding | |
| 211548267 | opaque | adj-difficult to explain or to understand, mentally slow | |
| 211548268 | stoic | adj-showing no feeling or pain, impassive | |
| 211548269 | subtle | adj-not obvious in any way; elusive, hard to understand, extremely clever | |
| 211548270 | latent | adj- hidden, submerged, waiting to be discovered, inactive, dormant | |
| 211548271 | innate | adj- inborn, inherent, natural | |
| 211548272 | futile | adj-ineffective, useless, vain | |
| 211548273 | futility | n- a useless act or event | |
| 211549856 | Active Voice | the subject of the sentence performs the action. more direct style of writing | |
| 211549857 | Passive Voice | the subject of the sentence receives the action. The passive voice is often overused, leaving writing to seem lifeless. | |
| 211549858 | Persona | the character that a writer or speaker conveys the audience | |
| 211549859 | Ambiguity | Multiple meaning: lack of clarity in a work consciously used as a phase of the author's view of his/her world of characters and reflecting the vagueness of life ex. We saw her duck. | |
| 211549860 | Rhetorical question | Question not asked for information but for effect | |
| 216078755 | candid | adj-honest or open; frank or blunt | |
| 216078756 | candor | n-honesty | |
| 216078757 | misanthrope | n-one who hates/distrusts people | |
| 216078758 | misanthropic | adj-distrustful | |
| 216078759 | philanthropy | n-generous donation of money/time to benefit others | |
| 216078760 | philanthropic | adj-charitable; giving | |
| 216078761 | acrimonious | n-rancorous in behavior/speech | |
| 216078762 | exacerbate | v(t)-to make worse; to aggravate | |
| 216078763 | quizzical | adj-teasing, but questioning too; puzzled | |
| 216078764 | allegory | the recounting of an unreal series of experiences bearing such close resemblance to reality as to encourage the reader to make the association; an extended metaphor | |
| 216078765 | allusion | a reference to a person, place, event or other source meant to create an effect or enrich the meaning of an idea. ex. "He was a Good Samaritan yesterday when he helped the lady start her car." | |
| 216078766 | soliloquy | monologue in which a character speaks aloud to himself or herself | |
| 216078767 | apostrophe | type of soliloquy where nature or the dead is addressed as though human or alive | |
| 216078768 | imagery | language that evokes particular sensations or emotionally rich experiences in a reader | |
| 216078769 | litotes | figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite ex."Keep an eye on your mother whom we both know doesn't have both oars in the water." | |
| 221260621 | Rigorous | adj-demanding or strict in requirements;absolutely accurate and precise | |
| 221260622 | reprehensible | adj-deserving blame/criticism | |
| 221260623 | salutary | adj-promoting good health (mental/physical) | |
| 221260624 | prolific | adj-very productive or fruitful;fertile | |
| 221260625 | recalcitrant | adj-very tough to control;defiant of authority;unruly | |
| 221260626 | pedestrian | adj-commonplace, ordinary, unimaginative; prosaic | |
| 221260627 | appositive | noun or noun phrase that follows another noun immediately or define or amplifies its meaning ex. Mousse, the dog, ran to greet me when i walked in the door | |
| 221260628 | epithet | a word or phrase adding a characteristic to a person's name ex. Richard the Lion Heart" | |
| 221260629 | antonomasia | substitution of a title, epithet, or descriptive phrase for a proper name (or of a personal name for a common name) ex. Referring to Elvis Presley as "the King" | |
| 221260630 | Acronym | A word formed from the initial letters of a name or by combining initial letters of a series of words. ex. FANBOYS or NASSA | |
| 221260631 | Acrostic | a series of lines in which certain letters-- usually the first in each line--form a name or message when read in sequence | |
| 221260632 | Anagram | A type of word play in which a word or phrase is formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase ex. racecar or hannah | |
| 231063258 | unassailable | adj-not open to attack, question, doubt | |
| 231063259 | volatile | adj-quick to express emotion; explosive/easily triggered | |
| 231063260 | superfluous | adj-extra, unnecessary/wasteful | |
| 231063261 | obsolete | adj-out of date, not in use; outmoded | |
| 231063262 | diffident | adj-hesitant, lacking confidence, unassertive | |
| 231063263 | mellifluous | adj-smoothly flowing (of sounds/voices), fluid | |
| 251386209 | fluent | adj-gifted in speaking, graceful movement | |
| 251386210 | conspicuous | adj-very noticeable; commanding attention, striking | |
| 251386211 | circumspect | adj-cautious, watchful, careful | |
| 251386212 | aloof | adj-reserved or cool in manner; un-involved | |
| 251386213 | partisan | adj-strongly in favor, biased, prejudiced n-follower or member | |
| 251386214 | demeanor | n-manner of handling yourself | |
| 251386215 | altruism | n-unselfish giving for the benefit of others | |
| 251386216 | austere | adj-reserved, grave, somber in manner | |
| 251386217 | provincial | adj-unsophisticated in thinking | |
| 251386218 | authoritarian | adj-favoring allegiance to authority rather than personal freedom | |
| 251386219 | nonchalant | adj-casual, carefree, cool, unconcerned | |
| 251386220 | brusque | adj-curt, abrupt, blunt (unpleasant in effect) | |
| 251386221 | auxesis | listing items in order of importance; usually from least importance to most | |
| 251386222 | accumulation | gathered points in a list | |
| 251386223 | inversion | language takes a sudden turn ending in the unexpected rather the expected | |
| 251386224 | ellipsis | omission of words, the meaning of which is provided by the overall context of passage | |
| 251386225 | epigraph | a quotation at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of theme | |
| 251386226 | adage | a saying that has a piece of common wisdom based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language | |
| 251386227 | aphorism | an adage | |
| 251386228 | homily | informally a "sermon", a serious talk, speech, lecture involving moral or spiritual advice | |
| 251386229 | eulogy | a formal expression of praise for someone who has recently died | |
| 251386230 | aesthetic distance | the distance between a writer and their piece that is far enough away so as to not sound biased but close enough that its not robotic | |
| 251386231 | aim | the goal of a writer | |
| 251386232 | annotation | explanatory notes added to a text | |
| 251386233 | argument | a well-supported representation of a writer's views | |
| 251386234 | claim | the ultimate point that the writer makes in their argument | |
| 270270745 | contrite | adj-sorrowful, repentant for some wrong (feel bad) | |
| 270270746 | conciliatory | adj-pacifying, reconciling (trying to make things better) | |
| 270270747 | spurious | adj-false but appears legit; forged "the origins of where it cam from is spurious" | |
| 270270748 | infidel | n-a disbeliever | |
| 270270749 | perfidy | n-faithlessness; disloyalty, betrayal, infidelity | |
| 270270750 | erratic | adj-on no set course, wandering, devious | |
| 270270751 | antithesis | the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas, often in parallel structure-puts two things together that contrast for emphasis | |
| 270270752 | juxtaposition | placing things side by side for the purposes of comparison. comparison of things or ideas | |
| 270270753 | anticipated objection | the technique of addressing and answering objections though not stated by the audience yet. | |
| 270270754 | apology | an elaborate statement justifying some conroversial, even contentious, position | |
| 270270755 | causal relationship | in causal relationships, a writer asserts that one thing results from another. "If...then..." statement | |
| 270270756 | inductive reasoning | reasoning that begins by citing a number of specific instances of ecample and then show how collectively they constitute a general principle | |
| 270270757 | deductive reasoning | reasoning that begins with a general principle and concludes with a specific instance that demonstrates the general principle. | |
| 270270758 | concession | accepting at least a part or all of an opposing viewpoint. It is futile to deny a solid point. rather, a concession is used to regroup and restate your position, taking the concession into account. | |
| 270319268 | metaphor | implied comparison that does not use the work like or as | |
| 270319269 | implied metaphor | a metaphor embedded in a sentence rather than expressed directly as a sentence | |
| 270319270 | simile | type of comparison that uses the word like or as | |
| 270319271 | personification | a type of figurative language which attributes human qualities to non-human subjects | |
| 270319272 | oxymoron | juxtaposed words with seemingly contradictory meanings | |
| 270319273 | paradox | a statement that seems untrue on the surface but is true nevertheless | |
| 270319274 | hyperbole | an exaggeration for effect ex. I wouldn't be seen dead in them. or I've been there a million times. | |
| 270319275 | metonymy | an entity referred to by one of its attributes of associations ex. "The B.L.T. left without paying." | |
| 270319276 | synecdoche | a part of something used to refer to the whole "All hands on deck." | |
| 270319277 | assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds in the stressed syllable of two or more adjacent words | |
| 270319278 | consonance | repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity | |
| 270319279 | onomatopoeia | a literary device in which the sound of a word is related to its meaning | |
| 270319280 | alliteration | the repetition of one or more initial sounds, usually consonants, in groups of words or a line from a poem | |
| 270319281 | diction | word choice | |
| 270319282 | concrete language | language that describes specific, observable things, people or places, rather than ideas or qualities | |
| 270319283 | abstract language | as opposed to concrete language, abstract language represents ideas of thoughts-generalities | |
| 270319284 | denotation | the dictionary definition of word, in contrast to its connotations, or implied meaning ex. He didn't fall? Inconceivable. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. | |
| 270319285 | connotation | rather than the dictionary definition, the associations suggested by a word. Implied meaning rather than literal meaning. | |
| 270319286 | colloquial | ordinary or familiar, used to describe diction | |
| 270319287 | vernacular | 1)language or dialect of a particular country 2)language of dialect of a clan or group 3)plain everyday speech | |
| 270319288 | anglo-saxon diction | word choice characterized by simple, often one or two-syllable nouns, adjectives, and adverbs | |
| 270319289 | latinate diction | word choice derived from the Latin or Greek that included roots, prefixes, suffixes | |
| 270319290 | repetition | reinforcing the point by repeating the point | |
| 270319291 | parallelism | a set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses that appears in a sentence of paragraph | |
| 270319292 | anadiplosis | the repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | |
| 270319293 | anaphora | the repetition of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses | |
| 270319294 | epistrophe | the repetition of a gorup of words at the end of successive clauses | |
| 270319295 | antimetabole | the repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order | |
| 285417589 | aberration | n-eccentricity; an oddity; not to the norm in a big group | |
| 285417590 | negligence | n-lack of a sensible amount of care; neglect, carelessness, | |
| 285417591 | deleterious | adj-causing harm or injury, maybe in a very subtle and deadly way | |
| 285417592 | depravity | n-a state of corruption, perversion, or evil depraved-adj | |
| 285417593 | crass | adj-utterly lacking in taste or discrimination as in socially | |
| 285417594 | morose | adj-very gloomy or sullen in manner | |
| 285417595 | anachronism | something that does not fit in that time period such as an event, scene or person | |
| 285417596 | symbol | anything that represents or stands for something else | |
| 285417597 | understatement | the ironic minimizing of fact; understatement presents something as less significant than it is | |
| 285417598 | analogy | a comparison to a directly parallel case | |
| 285417599 | jargon | the specialized vocabulary of a particular group | |
| 298900398 | kosher | adj-fit or allowed to be eaten or used, according to the dietary or ceremonial laws; proper or legitimate | |
| 298900399 | caustic | adj-biting, incisive, cutting, corrosive | |
| 298900400 | refractory | adj-resisting or apposing authority, rebellious | |
| 298900401 | guile | n-trickery or deceit; cunning; duplicity | |
| 298900402 | clandestine | adj-secret, more like "secret mission" | |
| 298900403 | cynical | adj-distrustful of human nature; pessimistic, even misanthropic | |
| 298900404 | furtive | adj-on the sly, in secret in a small way; stolen | |
| 298900405 | antecedent-consequence relationship | "if...then..." relationship | |
| 298900406 | appeal | one of three strategies for persuading audiences; logos, pathos, ethos | |
| 298900407 | emotional appeal | Pathos; when a writer appeals to an audience's emotions to excite and involve them in the argument. | |
| 298900408 | ethical appeal | Ethos; when a writer tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him based on presentation of image of self through the text | |
| 298900409 | logical appeal | Logos; when a writer appeals to logic to convince the audience and strengthen their argument | |
| 298900413 | Irony | writing or speaking that implies the contrary of what is actually written or spoken | |
| 298900414 | verbal irony | when you say something and mean the opposite; similar to sarcasm but not bitter ex."Once you're done with your very important work there, let's take some time out for recreation in the form of some chemistry problems." | |
| 298900415 | dramatic irony | when the audience of a drama, play, etc. knows something that the character doesn't and would be surprised to find out | |
| 298900416 | situational irony | when the unexpected happens ex. a man who takes a step aside in order to avoid getting sprinkled by a wet dog, and falls into a swimming pool." | |
| 298900417 | accismus | a form of irony where one pretends indifference and refuses something while actually wanting it ex. I couldn't possibly take such charity from you. | |
| 298900418 | parody | an exaggerated imitation of a serious work for humorous purposes. It borrows words or phrases from an original, and pokes fun at it. | |
| 298900419 | sarcasm | a generally bitter comment that is ironically worded; VI but bitter | |
| 298900420 | satire | a work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of life to a humorous effect. It targets human vices and follies, or social institutions and conventions, It usually uses wit, irony, parody, caricature, hyperbole, sarcasm | |
| 304789026 | apprehension | n-a foreboding of something bad; legal arrest | |
| 304789027 | decadence | n-decline and decay; deterioration-feels good but is bad | |
| 304789028 | bellicose | adj-belligerent; combative, liking to start fights | |
| 304789029 | diverse | v-to alter a course; to go apart from one point; to differ in opinion; to deviate/swerve | |
| 304789030 | facetious | adj-joking, mocking, sarcastic | |
| 304789031 | banal | adj-commonplace; stale;not fresh; trite; pedestrian | |
| 304789032 | enthymeme | logical reasoning with one premise left unstated; if A=B then maybe A=C | |
| 304789033 | syllogism | logical reasoning from inarguable premises; if A is true then B is true as well ex. All books from that store are new. These books are from that store. Therefore, these books are new. | |
| 304789034 | parenthesis | an insertion of material that interrupts the typical flow of a sentence | |
| 304789035 | inference | a conclusion that a reader or listener reaches by means of his or her own thinking | |
| 304789036 | asyndeton | the omission of conjunctions between related clauses ex. "He was a bag of bones, a floppy doll, a broken stick, a maniac." | |
| 304789037 | anthimeria | the substitution of one part of speech for another | |
| 304789038 | elusive | adj-apt to evade pursuit or definition; hard to identify | |
| 304789039 | virulent | adj-full of malignant or evil intent; noted for fast, powerful, fatal progress | |
| 304789040 | whimsical | adj-caprisious; based purely on desire | |
| 304789041 | voluminous | adj-extremely large in size | |
| 304789042 | ubiquitous | adj-seemingly everywhere; widespread | |
| 304789043 | turbulent | adj-marked by rolling and turmoil and unrest; seething, agitated | |
| 344709345 | haphazard | adj-unplanned; happening by chance at random (negative) | |
| 344709346 | precocious | adj-showing very early mental development | |
| 344709347 | vindictive | adj-eager for revenge; spiteful | |
| 344709348 | unimpeachable | adj-blameless, irreproachable; unassailable | |
| 344709349 | chimerical | adj-fanciful, imaginary, improbable, foolish | |
| 344709350 | eccentric | adj/noun-decidedly odd or unusual; aberrational/an odd person | |
| 344709351 | extricate | v-to free from entanglement or awkward spot | |
| 344709352 | esteem | n-high opinion of one's worth or character v-to value extremely | |
| 344709353 | disparity | n-difference in type, quality | |
| 344709354 | catharsis | n-a cleansing or purging that releases emotions | |
| 344709355 | anomaly | n-something different from the norm; eccentric, aberration | |
| 344709356 | asinine | adj-stupid | |
| 344709357 | ly | adverb lively | |
| 344709358 | able/ible | adj capable | |
| 344709359 | al | adj gradual | |
| 344709360 | en | adj frozen | |
| 344709361 | escent | adj adolescent | |
| 344709362 | ese | adj japanese | |
| 344709363 | esis/osis | adj genesis | |
| 344709364 | fic | adj specific | |
| 344709365 | ful | adj careful | |
| 344709366 | ic | adj metallic | |
| 344709367 | ile | adj juvenile | |
| 344709368 | ine | adj feminine | |
| 344709369 | ish | adj foolish | |
| 344709370 | ive | adj abusive | |
| 344709371 | ous | adj nervous | |
| 344709372 | ade | n blockade | |
| 344709373 | age | n storage | |
| 344709374 | algia | n nostalgia | |
| 344709375 | ance/ancy | n assitance | |
| 344709376 | ary/ery/ory | n bravery | |
| 344709377 | cian | n magician | |
| 344709378 | cy | n prophecy | |
| 344709379 | cule/ling | n ridicule | |
| 344709380 | dom | n kingdom | |
| 344709381 | ee | n refugee | |
| 344709382 | ence/ency | n confidence | |
| 344709383 | er/or | n baker | |
| 344709384 | ess | n goddess | |
| 344709385 | et/ette | n midget | |
| 344709386 | hood | n manhood | |
| 344709387 | ice | n justice | |
| 344709388 | id/ide | n fluid | |
| 344709389 | ine | n feminine | |
| 344709390 | ion/sion/tion | n infection | |
| 344709391 | ism | n communism | |
| 344709392 | ist | n artist | |
| 344709393 | ate/ite | n dynamite | |
| 344709394 | ity/ty | n celebrity | |
| 344709395 | logy | n biology | |
| 344709396 | fy | v beautify | |
| 344709397 | ize/ise | emphasize | |
| 344709398 | ment | n amendment | |
| 344709399 | ness | n carelessness | |
| 344709400 | nomy | n economy | |
| 344709401 | oid | n asteroid | |
| 344709402 | refutation | anticipated objection to the points being raised and counter them | |
| 344709403 | rhetoric | the art of analyzing all the choices involving language that a writer (etc) might make in a situation so that the text becomes meaningful. Specific features of texts that cause them to be meaningful for readers | |
| 344709404 | qualification | redefining your argument so that it no longer conflicts with the valid claim of an opposing viewpoint. | |
| 344709405 | expositive | to explain and analyze info by presenting an idea, relevant evidence and appropriate discussion syn:informational | |
| 344709406 | fable | a narrative in which fictional characters, often animals, take actions that have ethical or moral significance | |
| 344709407 | dialect | the describable patterns of language-grammar and vocab-used by a particular cultural or ethnic population | |
| 344709408 | invective | an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language condemning someone | |
| 344709409 | dysphemism | substitution of a more offensive or disparaging word or phrase for one considered less offensive. ex. kicked the bucket | |
| 344709410 | cacophemism | a word or expression that is generally perceived as harsh, impolite,or offensive ex . instead of passed away...she croaked | |
| 383434979 | euphemism | an indirect expression of unpleasant information in such a way as to lessen its impact ex. instead of she died...passed away | |
| 383434980 | pun | a play on words-umbrella term | |
| 383434981 | antistasis | words that sound alike (homophones) but behave different meanings ex. the turkey was fowl most foul | |
| 383434982 | paranomasia | words alike in sound but different in meaning ex. "The sybil war" or "The Weiner's Circle" | |
| 383434983 | syllepsis | a word used differently in relation to two other words it governs or modifies ex. "I finally told Ross, late in the summer, that I was losing weight, my grip, and possibly my mind."0 |
