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| 13893612795 | cozen | to mislead by trick or fraud; decieve |  | 0 |
| 13893612796 | ancillary | helping; providing assistance; subordinate |  | 1 |
| 13893612797 | interstice | intervening space; a chink; a crevice |  | 2 |
| 13893612798 | bowdlerize | to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc. |  | 3 |
| 13893612799 | icon | image, idol |  | 4 |
| 13893612800 | enclave | a distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory |  | 5 |
| 13893612801 | forte | a person's strong point; what a person does best |  | 6 |
| 13893612802 | gratis | without payment; free of charge |  | 7 |
| 13893612803 | rapacity | aggressive greed |  | 8 |
| 13893612804 | virtuoso | a person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit |  | 9 |
| 13893612805 | mountebank | a swindler; a charlatan; a trickster |  | 10 |
| 13893612806 | paean | a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |  | 11 |
| 13893612807 | pragmatic | dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations |  | 12 |
| 13893612808 | plethora | excess; overabundance |  | 13 |
| 13893612809 | persiflage | light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter |  | 14 |
| 13893612810 | schism | division |  | 15 |
| 13893612811 | quizzical | odd, eccentric, amusing |  | 16 |
| 13893612812 | wrought | put together; created |  | 17 |
| 13893612813 | consecrate | to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose |  | 18 |
| 13893612814 | slake | to calm down or moderate |  | 19 |
| 13893612815 | embodied | represented in physical shape and form |  | 20 |
| 13893612816 | obeisance | a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage |  | 21 |
| 13893612817 | indomitable | unconquerable, refusing to yield |  | 22 |
| 13893612818 | discretion | cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions |  | 23 |
| 13893612819 | unmitigated | absolute; unqualified |  | 24 |
| 13893612820 | erratic | unpredictable |  | 25 |
| 13893612821 | omnipotent | almighty, having unlimited power or authority |  | 26 |
| 13893612822 | Conspicuous | noticeable; attracting attention |  | 27 |
| 13893612823 | Hiatus | (n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) |  | 28 |
| 13893612824 | Behemoths | any creature or thing of monstrous size or power |  | 29 |
| 13893612825 | Flaunt | (v.) to wave or flutter showily; to display in a conceited, offensive way |  | 30 |
| 13893612826 | Privy | participating in the knowledge of something private or secret |  | 31 |
| 13893612827 | Venerated | regard with great respect; revere |  | 32 |
| 13893612828 | Intangible | unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence |  | 33 |
| 13893612829 | Blithe | cheerful, lighthearted; casual, unconcerned |  | 34 |
| 13893612830 | Codified | arranged and recorded systematically |  | 35 |
| 13893612831 | Veracity | filled with truth and accuracy |  | 36 |
| 13893612832 | Rendezvous | (v.) to meet in accordance with a plan; (n.) a meeting by agreement; a meeting place |  | 37 |
| 13893612833 | Pittance | a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion |  | 38 |
| 13893612834 | Facades | the front of a building |  | 39 |
| 13893612835 | Foibles | a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character |  | 40 |
| 13893612836 | Reticent | not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily |  | 41 |
| 13893612837 | Seditious | resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government |  | 42 |
| 13893612838 | Insatiable | so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |  | 43 |
| 13893612839 | Salient | (adj.) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; (n.) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward |  | 44 |
| 13893612840 | Gamut | the whole range or extent |  | 45 |
| 13893612841 | Derring-do | valor or heroism; daring deeds or exploits |  | 46 |
| 13893612842 | Affinity | fondness; liking; similarity |  | 47 |
| 13893612843 | Corollary | something that follows; a natural consequence |  | 48 |
| 13893612844 | Bilious | peevish or irritable; sickeningly unpleasant |  | 49 |
| 13893612845 | Folderol | trivial or nonsensical fuss |  | 50 |
| 13893612846 | Cognate | having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N. |  | 51 |
| 13893612847 | Adage | a familiar proverb or wise saying |  | 52 |
| 13893612848 | Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference |  | 53 |
| 13893612849 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines |  | 54 |
| 13893612850 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 55 | |
| 13893612851 | Antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast |  | 56 |
| 13893612852 | Asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words |  | 57 |
| 13893612853 | Anti climax | a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events |  | 58 |
| 13893612854 | Chiasmus | a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form |  | 59 |
| 13893612855 | Circumlocution | an indirect way of expressing something |  | 60 |
| 13893612856 | Cliché | a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought |  | 61 |
| 13893612857 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing |  | 62 |
| 13893612858 | Bombast | impressive but meaningless language |  | 63 |
| 13893612859 | Diatribe | an abusive, condemnatory speech |  | 64 |
| 13893612860 | Didactic | instructive |  | 65 |
| 13893612861 | Hypophora | a figure of speech in which a writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question |  | 66 |
| 13893612862 | Invective | abusive language |  | 67 |
| 13893612863 | Overstatement | the action of expressing or stating something too strongly; exaggeration |  | 68 |
| 13893612864 | Parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses |  | 69 |
| 13893612865 | Digression | a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing |  | 70 |
| 13893612866 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is |  | 71 |
| 13893612867 | Dichotomy | a division into two parts |  | 72 |
| 13893612868 | Farce | a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations |  | 73 |
| 13893612869 | Harangue | a long, strongly expressed speech or lecture |  | 74 |
| 13893612870 | Empathy | an understanding of another's feelings |  | 75 |
| 13893612871 | Reiteration | restatement or repetition |  | 76 |
| 13893612872 | Subjective | based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions |  | 77 |
| 13893612873 | Objective | not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts |  | 78 |
| 13893612874 | Superlative | the highest; above the rest |  | 79 |
| 13893612875 | Comparative | perceptible by comparison; relative |  | 80 |
| 13893612876 | Parable | a simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson |  | 81 |
| 13893612877 | Ad Hominem | a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute |  | 82 |
| 13893612878 | Double Entendre | a statement that has two meanings, one of which is dirty or vulgar |  | 83 |
| 13893612879 | Euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing |  | 84 |
| 13893612880 | Extended Metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem |  | 85 |
| 13893612881 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally |  | 86 |
| 13893612882 | Idiom | a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words |  | 87 |
| 13893612883 | Innuendo | a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference |  | 88 |
| 13893612884 | Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect |  | 89 |
| 13893612885 | Malapropism | the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar |  | 90 |
| 13893612886 | Bandwagon | tries to persuade the reader to do, think, or buy something because it is popular or everyone is doing it |  | 91 |
| 13893612887 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction |  | 92 |
| 13893612888 | Paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true |  | 93 |
| 13893612889 | Parody | a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner |  | 94 |
| 13893612890 | Persona | a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes |  | 95 |
| 13893612891 | Pun | a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings |  | 96 |
| 13893612892 | Red Herring | something that draws attention away from the main issue |  | 97 |
| 13893612893 | Reductio ad Absurdum | a method of proving the falsity of a premise by showing that its logical consequence is absurd or contradictory |  | 98 |
| 13893612894 | Rhetorical Question | figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer |  | 99 |
| 13893612895 | Sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt |  | 100 |
| 13893612896 | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues |  | 101 |
| 13893612897 | Discourse | written or spoken communication or debate |  | 102 |
| 13893612898 | Tone | the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc |  | 103 |
| 13893612899 | Non Sequitur | an idea that does not follow |  | 104 |
| 13893612900 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |  | 105 |
| 13893612901 | Ellipsis | in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods |  | 106 |
| 13893612902 | Pathetic Fallacy | faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects |  | 107 |
| 13893612903 | Pedantic | tending to show off one's learning |  | 108 |
| 13893612904 | Tautology | needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words; a redundancy |  | 109 |
| 13893612905 | Verbal Irony | irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning |  | 110 |
| 13893612906 | Dramatic Irony | irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play |  | 111 |
| 13893612907 | Adage | a familiar proverb or wise saying | | 112 |
| 13893612908 | Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference | | 113 |
| 13893612909 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | | 114 |
| 13893612910 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person |  | 115 |
| 13893612911 | Antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | | 116 |
| 13893612912 | Chiasmus | a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form | | 117 |
| 13893612913 | Circumlocution | an indirect way of expressing something | | 118 |
| 13893612914 | Dichotomy | a division into two parts |  | 119 |
| 13893612915 | Didactic | intended to instruct | | 120 |
| 13893612916 | Discourse | written or spoken communication or debate |  | 121 |
| 13893612917 | Farce | a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations |  | 122 |
| 13893612918 | Harangue | a long, strongly expressed speech or lecture | | 123 |
| 13893612919 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally |  | 124 |
| 13893612920 | Hypophora | a figure of speech in which a writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question |  | 125 |
| 13893612921 | Innuendo | an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one |  | 126 |
| 13893612922 | Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect |  | 127 |
| 13893612923 | Malapropism | the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar | | 128 |
| 13893612924 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction |  | 129 |
| 13893612925 | Paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | | 130 |
| 13893612926 | Parody | a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner |  | 131 |
| 13893612927 | Sarcasm | harsh, cutting language or tone intended to ridicule |  | 132 |
| 13893612928 | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues | | 133 |
| 13893612929 | Subjective | based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions |  | 134 |
| 13893612930 | Syllogism | a logical structure that uses the major premise and minor premise to reach a necessary conclusion |  | 135 |
| 13893612931 | Vignette | a short, descriptive literary sketch |  | 136 |
| 13893612932 | Personal attack (Ad Hominem) | attacks a person's integrity in order to weaken the argument he or she is making --- "You don't even belong to a church. How can you claim to be a Christian?" | | 137 |
| 13893612933 | Red Herring | something that draws attention away from the main issue --- ""Sure, we haven't given raises in over five years to our employees. You know, we work really hard to make a good product. We try to ensure the best customer service, too." | | 138 |
| 13893612934 | Hasty or sweeping generalization | sometimes called jumping to a conclusion, this fallacy occurs when a conclusion is reached on the basis of too little evidence --- "You get what you pay for. Therefore, it is better to spend $200 on that t-shirt at that boutique shop than buy the same one at Marshall's for $29." |  | 139 |
| 13893612935 | You Also (Tu Quoque) | asserts that an opponent's argument has no value because the opponent does not follow his or her own advice --- "Wilma: You cheated on your income tax. Don't you realize that's wrong? Walter: Hey, wait a minute. You cheated on your income tax last year. Or have you forgotten about that?" |  | 140 |
| 13893612936 | Non Sequitur | something that does not logically follow --- "Marilyn drives a Mercedes. Marilyn must be wealthy. His apartment building is huge. His apartment must also be huge. Billy is eating broccoli. Billy must love to eat vegetables." |  | 141 |
| 13893612937 | Appeal to doubtful authority | citing as expert testimony the opinions of people who are not experts on the issue --- "The Pope told me that priests could turn bread and wine into Jesus' body and blood. The Pope is not a liar. Therefore, priests really can do this." |  | 142 |
| 13893612938 | Post Hoc | assuming that because B comes after A, A caused B --- "I sneezed at the same time the power went off. My sneeze did something to make the power go off." |  | 143 |
| 13893612939 | Begging the question | a fallacy in which a claim is based on evidence or support that is in doubt --- "Paranormal activity is real because I have experienced what can only be described as paranormal activity." |  | 144 |
| 13893612940 | False dilemma (Either/or) | the speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices --- "You are for us, or you are against us." |  | 145 |
| 13893612941 | Argument from analogy | a claim that a similarity exists between two objects or actions --- "Not believing in the literal resurrection of Jesus because the Bible has errors and contradictions, is like denying that the Titanic sank because eye-witnesses did not agree if the ship broke in half before or after it sank." |  | 146 |
| 13893612942 | Equivocation | the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication --- "I want to have myself a merry little Christmas, but I refuse to do as the song suggests and make the yuletide gay. I don't think sexual preference should have anything to do with enjoying the holiday." |  | 147 |
| 13893612943 | Misleading Statistics | a weak rhetorical strategy and logical fallacy that distorts data to manipulate an audience --- "Did you see that bar graph in USA Today? It showed a HUGE spike in the moral decline of our country!" |  | 148 |
| 13893612944 | Bandwagon | tries to persuade the reader to do, think, or buy something because it is popular or everyone is doing it --- "Katie likes to read and would rather do that than play sports. Her friends make fun of her and tell her that reading is for nerds. Katie stops reading so much and starts to play sports more." |  | 149 |
| 13893612945 | Stacking the Deck | giving only evidence that supports your argument while ignoring or disregarding contrary evidence --- "Global warming is not real because Antartica is still cold" |  | 150 |
| 13893612946 | Strawman | misrepresenting someone else's argument to make it easier to attack --- "Zebedee: What is your view on the Christian God? Mike: I don't believe in any gods, including the Christian one. Zebedee: So you think that we are here by accident, and all this design in nature is pure chance, and the universe just created itself? Mike: You got all that from me stating that I just don't believe in any gods?" |  | 151 |
| 13893612947 | Assimilation | interpreting one's new experience in terms of one's existing schemas |  | 152 |
| 13893612948 | Brouhaha | an uproar; hubbub |  | 153 |
| 13893612949 | Chagrin | embarrassment; a complete loss of courage |  | 154 |
| 13893612950 | Culminate | to reach the highest point |  | 155 |
| 13893612951 | Cumulative | increasing, building upon itself |  | 156 |
| 13893612952 | Deference | humble submission and respect |  | 157 |
| 13893612953 | Dire | extremely serious or urgent |  | 158 |
| 13893612954 | Eschew | to keep away from; to avoid; to shun |  | 159 |
| 13893612955 | Evocative | calling forth a vivid image or impression |  | 160 |
| 13893612956 | Feasible | reasonable; capable of being carried out |  | 161 |
| 13893612957 | Grandiose | impressive; showy; magnificent |  | 162 |
| 13893612958 | Impunity | exemption from punishment |  | 163 |
| 13893612959 | Incessantly | without interruption; constantly |  | 164 |
| 13893612960 | Inclement | stormy, harsh |  | 165 |
| 13893612961 | Indictment | a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime |  | 166 |
| 13893612962 | Indignation | anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment |  | 167 |
| 13893612963 | Inordinate | excessive |  | 168 |
| 13893612964 | Integral | necessary for completeness |  | 169 |
| 13893612965 | Loquacious | very talkative |  | 170 |
| 13893612966 | Malignant | deadly, extremely harmful, evil; spiteful, malicious |  | 171 |
| 13893612967 | Mitigate | to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity |  | 172 |
| 13893612968 | Precarious | dangerously lacking in security or stability |  | 173 |
| 13893612969 | Scrutiny | close examination |  | 174 |
| 13893612970 | Subsidize | to support financially; provide a grant or contribution |  | 175 |
| 13893612971 | Xenophobic | fear of foreigners often disguised with racism |  | 176 |
