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| 7939225247 | meter | the rhythm of a piece of poetry | 0 | |
| 7939228517 | local color | the customs, manner of speech, dress, or other typical features of a place or period that contribute to its particular character. | 1 | |
| 7939233812 | verse | written in columns, a poem | 2 | |
| 7939258251 | iamb | a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable. | 3 | |
| 7939266354 | paean | a song of praise or triumph. | 4 | |
| 7939271771 | alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. (wildly woolly) | 5 | |
| 7939279909 | frame story | story within a story | 6 | |
| 7939288216 | epithet | an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. | 7 | |
| 7939300535 | madrigal | a type of poem with origins in the 19th century France, Elizabethan era. | 8 | |
| 7939312286 | direct object | the recipient of an action (the dog in Jimmy fed the dog). | 9 | |
| 7939318055 | epistolary novel | a story written in a series of documents, usually letters. | 10 | |
| 7939332864 | dramatic monologue | a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events. | 11 | |
| 7939339476 | quatrain | a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes. | 12 | |
| 7939340887 | transitive verb | a verb that requires one or more objects. (She played the piano) | 13 | |
| 7939351198 | intransitive verb | a verb the doesn't require an object. (She played) | 14 | |
| 7939358382 | ellipsis | (...) a type of sentence in which something is left out, but it can be perceived by the audience. | 15 | |
| 7939370304 | blank verse | verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter. | 16 | |
| 7939375917 | stanza | a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse. | 17 | |
| 7939384463 | prose | written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. | 18 | |
| 7939387083 | adverb | a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there ). | 19 | |
| 7939392142 | couplet | two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. | 20 | |
| 7939394844 | obsequious | obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. | 21 | |
| 7939400065 | bawdy | humorously indecent talk or writing. | 22 | |
| 7939403374 | cognizance | knowledge, awareness, or notice. | 23 | |
| 7939405595 | sycophant | a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage. | 24 | |
| 7939424114 | appellation | a name or title. | 25 | |
| 7939424115 | dissolute | lax in morals. | 26 | |
| 7939431178 | denigrate | to put down, ridicule, mock. | 27 | |
| 7939437205 | epoch | a period of time in history or a person's life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics. | 28 | |
| 7939442033 | tithe | one tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the church and clergy. | 29 | |
| 7939448171 | apathy | lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern. | 30 | |
| 7939450833 | cavalier | laid back, showing a lack of proper concern; offhand. | 31 | |
| 7939457157 | parsimonious | unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal. | 32 | |
| 7939457167 | enervate | to cut a nerve, having to feelings. | 33 | |
| 7939466760 | acute | suddenly, sharp, strong. | 34 | |
| 7939473369 | paltry | (of an amount) small or meager, minimal. | 35 | |
| 7939482287 | vacuity | lack of thought or intelligence; empty-headedness or space. | 36 | |
| 7939485664 | penchant | a talent. | 37 | |
| 7939492093 | avarice | an extreme greed for wealth or material gain. | 38 | |
| 7939495692 | insular | to live on an island, away from people. | 39 | |
| 7939498332 | antipathy | a deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion, hatred. | 40 | |
| 7939502963 | pious | devoutly religious to a fault. | 41 | |
| 7939506782 | sloth | reluctance to work or make an effort; laziness. | 42 | |
| 7939509152 | droll | light-hearted, curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement. | 43 | |
| 7939515502 | inveterate | (of a feeling or habit) long-established and unlikely to change. | 44 | |
| 7939518951 | deride | express contempt for; ridicule. | 45 | |
| 7939521360 | poignant | emotionally stirring. | 46 | |
| 7939528941 | epitaph | a phrase or statement written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone. | 47 |
