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6368973499	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
6368973500	alliteration	repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words	1
6368973501	allusion	indirect or passing reference	2
6368973502	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
6368973503	antagonist	the main character's opposition	4
6368973504	apostrophe	figure of speech which addresses a character who is not present	5
6368973505	approximate rhyme	words that do not rhyme but sound similar found in a rhyming pattern	6
6368973506	aside	when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage	7
6368973507	assonance	the repetition of vowel sounds	8
6368973508	blank verse	poetry written in meter (usually iambic pentameter) without an ending rhyme	9
6368973509	cacophony	blend of unharmonious sounds	10
6368973510	caesura	pause in the middle of a line	11
6368973511	catharsis	the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions	12
6368973512	flat character	story character who has no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic	13
6368973513	round character	character who has complex personality: contradicted person	14
6368973514	dynamic character	a character who changes throughout the story through major conflict	15
6368973515	static character	person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality	16
6368973516	characterization	process of revealing characters personality	17
6368973517	climax	point where conflict hits its highest point	18
6368973518	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	19
6368973519	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	20
6368973520	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	21
6368973521	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	22
6368973522	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	23
6368973523	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	24
6368973524	denouement	final outcome of the story	25
6368973525	deus ex machina	resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence	26
6368973526	didactic writing	writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach	27
6368973527	direct presentation of character	author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story	28
6368973528	double rhyme	rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn)	29
6368973529	dramatic exposition	prose commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world	30
6368973530	end rhyme	rhymes occurring at the end of line	31
6368973531	end stopped line	line ending in regular punctuation	32
6368973532	English sonnet	a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg	33
6368973533	epiphany	when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life	34
6368973534	euphony	smooth choice and arrangement of sounds	35
6368973535	extended figure	A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem.	36
6368973536	falling action	Events after the climax, leading to the resolution	37
6368973537	feminine rhyme	lines rhymed by their final two syllables	38
6368973538	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	39
6368973539	figure of speech	a way of saying something other than the ordinary way	40
6368973540	foot	basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables	41
6368973541	form	external pattern or shape of a poem	42
6368973542	free verse	Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme	43
6368973543	hamartia	tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall	44
6368973544	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	45
6368973545	indirect presentation of character	the personality of a character is revealed by what he or she does or says	46
6368973546	internal rhyme	A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line	47
6368973547	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	48
6368973548	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	49
6368973549	dramatic irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	50
6368973550	irony of situation	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	51
6368973551	italian sonnet	A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd	52
6368973552	masculine rhyme	A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable	53
6368973553	melodrama	a play based upon a dramatic plot and developed sensationally	54
6368973554	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	55
6368973555	meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	56
6368973556	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	57
6368973557	motivation	A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior	58
6368973558	narrator	Person telling the story	59
6368973559	octave	8 line stanza	60
6368973560	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	61
6368973561	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	62
6368973562	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	63
6368973563	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	64
6368973564	paraphrase	A restatement of a text or passage in your own words.	65
6368973565	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	66
6368973566	plot	Sequence of events in a story	67
6368973567	point of view	The perspective from which a story is told	68
6368973568	omniscient point of view	The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person.	69
6368973569	third person limited point of view	narrator tells the story from only one character's pov	70
6368973570	first person point of view	a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself	71
6368973571	objective point of view	a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.	72
6368973572	protagonist	Main character	73
6368973573	quatrain	A four line stanza	74
6368973574	rhythm	A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions.	75
6368973575	rhyme scheme	A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem	76
6368973576	rising action	Events leading up to the climax	77
6368973577	sarcasm	the use of irony to mock or convey contempt	78
6368973578	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	79
6368973579	scansion	Analysis of verse into metrical patterns	80
6368973580	sestet	6 line stanza	81
6368973581	setting	The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.	82
6368973582	simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	83
6368973583	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	84
6368973584	sonnet	14 line poem	85
6368973585	stanza	A group of lines in a poem	86
6368973586	stream of consciousness	private thoughts of a character without commentary	87
6368973587	syllabic verse	Verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of feet per line.	88
6368973588	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	89
6368973589	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	90
6368973590	synesthesia	describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")	91
6368973591	tercet	3 line stanza	92
6368973592	terza rima	a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.	93
6368973593	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	94
6368973594	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	95
6368973595	tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	96
6368973596	truncation	Utilizing a melody with part of the end omitted.	97
6368973597	understandment	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	98
6368973598	verse	A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme	99
6368973599	vilanelle	a nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the other tercets and with both repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain.	100

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6496105321	Personification	The assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts. An example: Wordsworth's "the sea that bares her bosom to the moon."	0
6496105322	Antithesis	the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by phrase, clause, or paragraphs. "To be or not to be . . ." "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times . . ." "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country . . ."	1
6496105323	Oxymoron	From the Greek for "pointedly foolish," ___ is a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms. Simple examples include "jumbo shrimp" and "cruel kindness."	2
6496105324	Sarcasm	from the Greek meaning "to tear flesh," ___ involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. It may use irony as a device.	3
6496105325	Synecdoche	. a figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole. "All hands on deck" is an example.	4
6496105326	Hyperbole	a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement	5
6496105327	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.	6
6496105328	Euphony	the pleasant, mellifluous presentation of sounds in a literary work.	7
6496105329	Theme	The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. Usually, __ is unstated in fictional works, but in nonfiction, the __ may be directly stated, especially in expository or argumentative writing.	8
6496105330	Metonomy	a term from the Greek meaning "changed label" or "substitute name" __ is a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. For example: a news release that claims "The White House declared" rather than "The President declared"	9
6496105331	Paradox	A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity.	10
6496105332	Transition	a word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph.	11
6496105333	Onomatopoeia	a figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. Simple examples include such words as buzz, hiss, hum.	12
6496105334	Cacophony	harsh and discordant sounds in a line or passage in a literary word.	13
6496105335	Metaphor	a direct comparison between dissimilar things. "Your eyes are stars" is an example.	14
6496105336	Symbol	generally, anything that represents, stands for, something else. Usually, a ___ is something concrete—such as an object, action, character, or scene—that represents something more abstract.	15
6496105337	Begging the Question	Often called circular reasoning, __ occurs when the believability of the evidence depends on the believability of the claim.	16
6496105338	Invective	an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.	17
6496105339	Understatement	the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended.	18
6496105340	Either-or reasoning	When the writer reduces an argument or issue to two polar opposites and ignores any alternatives.	19
6496105341	Homily	This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice.	20
6496105342	Pedantic	An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.	21
6496105343	Causal Relationship	In __, a writer asserts that one thing results from another. To show how one thing produces or brings about another is often relevant in establishing a logical argument.	22
6496105344	Equivocation	When a writer uses the same term in two different senses in an argument.	23
6496105345	Imagery	The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. On a physical level, __ uses terms related to the five senses; we refer to visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory, or olfactory. For example, a rose may present visual __ while also representing the color in a woman's cheeks.	24
6496105346	Euphemism	a more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable. "He went to his final reward" is a common __ for "he died." They are also used to obscure the reality of the situation.	25
6496105347	Figure of Speech	A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things. Examples are apostrophe, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, metonomy, oxymoron, paradox, personification, simile, synecdoche, and understatement.	26
6496105348	Irony	The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. The difference between what appears to be and what actually is true.	27
6496105349	Satire	A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and convention for reform or ridicule. Regardless of whether or not the work aims to reform humans or their society, ___ is best seen as a style of writing rather than a purpose for writing. The effect of __, often humorous, is thought provoking and insightful about the human condition.	28
6496105350	Alliteration	The repetition of initial consonant sounds, such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."	29
6496105351	Epigraph	The use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme. Hemingway begins The Sun Also Rises with two. One of them is "You are all a lost generation" by Gertrude Stein.	30
6496105352	Periodic Sentence	A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. The independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone. The effect is to add emphasis and structural variety.	31
6496105353	Narrative	The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.	32
6496105354	Ethos	an appeal based on the character of the speaker. An __-driven document relies on the reputation of the author.	33
6496105355	Situational Irony	a type of irony in which events turn out the opposite of what was expected.	34
6496105356	Consonance	Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.	35
6496105357	Pathos	an appeal based on emotion.	36
6496105358	Syllogism	From the Greek for "reckoning together," a __ is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion.	37
6496105359	Logos	an appeal based on logic or reason	38
6496105360	Verbal Irony	In this type of irony, the words literally state the opposite of the writer's true meaning	39
6496105361	Anecdote	A story or brief episode told by the writer or a character to illustrate a point.	40
6496105362	Abstract Language	Language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places.	41
6496105363	Ad Hominem	In an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas. It comes from the Latin meaning "against the man."	42
6496105364	Denotation	the literal or dictionary meaning of a word	43
6496105365	Cumulative	Sentence which begins with the main idea and then expands on that idea with a series of details or other particulars	44
6496105366	Dramatic Irony	In this type of irony, facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or a piece of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work	45
6496105367	Parody	A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.	46
6496105368	Connotation	the interpretive level or a word based on its associated images rather than its literal meaning.	47
6496105369	Repetition	The duplication, either exact or approximate, or any element of language, such as sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern.	48
6496105370	Syntax	The grammatical structure of prose and poetry.	49
6496105371	Assonance	Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity	50
6496105372	Voice	can refer to two different areas of writing. One refers to the relationship between a sentence's subject and verb (active and passive). The second refers to the total "sound" of the writer's style.	51
6496105373	Infer	To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented.	52
6496105374	Argument	A single assertion or a series of assertions presented and defended by the writer	53
6496105375	Allusion	A reference contained in a work	54
6496105376	Genre	The major category into which a literary work fits. The basic divisions of literature are prose, poetry, and drama.	55
6496105377	Stream-of-consciousness	This is a narrative technique that places the reader in the mind and thought process of the narrator, no matter how random and spontaneous that may be.	56
6496105378	Allegory	A work that functions on a symbolic level	57
6496105379	Explication	The act of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text. __ usually involves close reading and special attention to figurative language.	58
6496105380	Parallelism	refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.	59
6496105381	Semantics	The branch of linguistics that studies that meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another.	60
6496105382	Rhetorical Modes	The flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing.	61
6496105383	Analogy	a literary device employed to serve as a basis for comparison. It is assumed that what applies to the parallel situation also applies to the original circumstance. In other words, it is the comparison between two different items.	62
6496105384	Figurative Language	Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.	63
6496105385	Example	an individual instance taken to be representative of a general pattern	64
6496105386	Description	The purpose of this rhetorical mode is to re-create, invent, or visually present a person, place, event, or action so that the reader can picture that being described. Sometimes an author engages all five senses.	65
6496105387	Narrative Device	This term describes the tools of the storyteller, such as ordering events to that they build to climatic movement or withholding information until a crucial or appropriate moment when revealing in creates a desired effect.	66
6496105388	Ethical Appeal	When a writer tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him or her based on a presentation of image of self through the text.	67
6496105389	Exposition	The purpose of this rhetorical mode is to explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence, and appropriate discussion.	68
6496105390	Attitude	the relationship an author has toward his or her subject, and/or his or her audience	69
6496105391	Backing	Support or evidence for a claim in an argument	70
6496105392	Ellipsis	Indicated by a series of three periods, the __ indicates that some material has been omitted from a given text.	71
6496105393	Argumentation	The purpose of this rhetorical mode is to prove the validity of an idea, or point of view, by presenting sound reasoning, discussion, and argument that thoroughly convince the reader.	72
6496105394	Didactic	writing whose purpose is to instruct or to teach. A ___ work is usually formal and focuses on moral or ethical concerns.	73
6496105395	Ambiguity	an event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way.	74
6496105396	Narration	The purpose of this type of rhetorical mode is to tell the story or narrate an event or series of events.	75
6496105397	Rhetoric	from the Greek for "orator," this term describes the principle governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.	76
6496105398	Third Person Limited Omniscient	This type of point of view presents the feelings and thoughts of only one character, presenting only the actions of all remaining characters	77
6496105399	Third Person Omniscient	In ___, the narrator, with a godlike knowledge, presents the thoughts and actions of any or all characters.	78
6496105400	Comic Relief	the inclusion of a humorous character or scene to contrast with the tragic elements of a work, thereby intensifying the next tragic event.	79
6496105401	Character	those who carry out the action of the plot in literature. Major, minor, static, and dynamic are the types.	80
6496105402	Colloquial	the use of slang in writing, often to create local color and to provide an informal tone. Huckleberry Finn in written in a __ style.	81
6496105403	Antecedent	the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers.	82
6496105404	Style	an evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices.	83
6496105405	Thesis	The sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition.	84
6496105406	Authority	Arguments that draw on recognized experts or persons with highly relevant experience.	85
6496105407	Chiasmus	Arrangement of repeated thoughts in the pattern of X Y Y X. It is often short and summarizes a main idea.	86
6496105408	Deconstruction	a critical approach that debunks single definitions of meaning based on the instability of language. It "is not a dismantling of a structure of a text, but a demonstration that it has already dismantled itself."	87
6496105409	Balance	a situation in which all parts of the presentation are equal, whether in sentences or paragraphs or sections of a longer work.	88
6496105410	Conflict	a clash between opposing forces in a literary work, such as man vs. man; man vs. nature; man vs. God; man vs. self	89
6496105411	Tone	Similar to mood, __ describes the author's attitude toward his or her material, the audience, or both.	90
6496105412	Prose	One of the major divisions of genre, ___ refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms, because they are written in ordinary language and most closely resemble everyday speech.	91
6496105413	Dialect	the recreation of regional spoken language, such as a Southern one. Hurston uses this in Their Eyes Were Watching God.	92
6496105414	Asyndeton	Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words. The parts are emphasized equally when the conjunction is omitted; in addition, the use of commas with no intervening conjunction speeds up the flow of the sentence. X, Y, Z as opposed to X, Y, and Z.	93
6496105415	Wit	In modern usage, intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights. Usually uses terse language that makes a pointed statement.	94
6496105416	Point of View	In literature, the perspective from which a story is told.	95
6496105417	Deduction	The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example.	96
6496105418	Annotation	explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographical data.	97
6496105419	Mood	This term has two distinct technical meanings in English writing. The first meaning is grammatical and deals with verbal units and a speaker's attitude. The second meaning is literary, meaning the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work.	98
6496105420	Diction	the author's choice of words that creates tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning	99

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6726678459	Rhyme	(Of a word, syllable, or line) have or end with a sound that corresponds to another (ex. fat/cat)	0
6726690133	Rhyme Scheme	Pattern of rhyming words within a given stanza or poem (ex. aabbcc, aba bcb, etc.)	1
6726697084	Onomatopoeia	Words that virtually replicate sound; creates vivid effects (ex. buzz, boom, murmur)	2
6726703112	Alliteration	Repetition of initial sounds in words and syllables; intensifies effects; adds weight to an idea; makes the poem memorable	3
6726711914	Assonance	Repetition of similar vowel sounds; usually ornamental but may add subtle poetic effects	4
6726725640	Consonance	Repetition of consonants appearing within a line or at the end of words; creates subtle harmonies	5
6726731703	Meter	Rhythm of the poem is based on the foot (measurement- either 2 syllables or 3 syllables)	6
6726750967	Iamb	Two syllable foot; first unstressed, second stressed (ex. re-spect, e-nough)	7
6726769660	Trochee	Two syllable foot; first stressed, second unstressed (ex. mit-ten, cryp-tic)	8
6726773153	Spondee	Two syllable foot; two are equally stressed; usually found at the end of lines (ex. faith-ful, door-way)	9
6726787274	Dactyl	Three syllable foot; 1 stressed, 2 unstressed (ex. pos-sib-le, trav-el-er)	10
6726795861	Anapest	Three syllable foot; 2 unstressed, 1 stressed (ex. pal-is-ade, le-mon-ade)	11
6726804931	Caesura	Internal pauses marked by a period, semicolon, dash, etc.	12
6726808043	Enjambment	Run-on; indicated by absence of punctuation; eliminates the need to pause	13
6726813052	Free Verse	Ignores conventions of meter and rhythm	14
6726816889	Blank Verse	Unrhymed verse; incorporates conventional meter	15
6726831919	Stanza	Grouped lines of verse that serve as a poem's building blocks	16
6726836475	Couplet	Two rhymed lines, usually in the same meter	17
6726840307	Diction	Poet's choice of words; carry meaning on both a literal and an abstract level	18
6726851913	Trope	A figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression; figurative language	19
6726856135	Metaphor	Resemblances between disparate things are implied	20
6726860410	Simile	Makes the explicit comparisons by using like or as	21
6726867362	Extended Metaphor	Single metaphor developed at length; digs deeply into apt and meaningful resemblances between literal and figurative meanings	22
6726882575	Symbol	Figure of speech that communicates a second meaning along with its literal meaning	23
6726897544	Image	Words and phrases that refer to something that can be seen, heard, tasted, smelled, or touched; establishes tone and meaning of the poem	24
6726905588	Personification	Occurs when the poet assigns human characteristics to nonhuman object or to an abstraction (love, death, etc.)	25
6726917436	Metonymy	Figure of speech that substitutes a word or phrase that relates to a thing for the thing itself (ex. White House = government)	26
6726930409	Synecdoche	Substitutes a part for a whole (ex. 18-wheeler for truck, talking head for TV commentator)	27
6726937706	Allusion	Historical, literary, or cultural reference to a person, a place, or event	28
6726944891	Allegory	Story or vignette that has both a literal and figurative meaning	29
6726950068	Oxymoron	Phrase that seems self-contradictory or incompatible with reality (ex. jumbo shrimp, eloquent silence)	30
6726956231	Paradox	An apparently self-contradictory statement that under scrutiny makes perfect sense; makes the audience to cast aside conventional responses for whimsical interpretations (ex. Hamlet's "I must be cruel only to be kind")	31
6726971762	Understatement	Principal source of power in poetry (ex. Catcher in the Rye's "I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain")	32
6726987663	Litote	A form of understatement in which a positive fact is stated by denying a negative one (ex. Julius Caesar's "Not that I loved Caesar less but that I loved Rome more")	33
6726998333	Hyperbole	Exaggeration	34
6726998334	Tone	Poet's attitude toward the subject of the poem, toward the reader, or himself	35
6727018694	Verbal Irony	Implied contrast between what exists and what might be	36
6727032727	Narrative Poem	Tells part or all os a story (ex. Gilgamesh, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)	37
6727036360	Lyric Poem	Express and individual's thoughts and emotions	38
6727045015	Metaphysical Poem	Highly intellectual and philosophical verses on the nature of thought and feeling (concerned ethics, religion, love, etc.)	39
6727059282	Romantic Poem	Poetry that focuses on inner experience and feelings, including dreams and the subconscious; lionizes the individual hero (ex. Ozymandias)	40
6727079747	Ballad	Tells engrossing stories about life, death, and heroism through songs	41
6727093657	Dramatic Monologue	Poem spoken by one person to a listener who may influence the speaker with a look or an action but says nothing (ex. My Last Duchess)	42
6727102854	Elegy	Dirge; poem of mourning and meditation about death of a person but occasionally about other losses	43
6727109738	Limerick	One of the most popular lighter forms	44
6727113092	Ode	An ancient form of poetic song; celebratory poem	45
6727115511	Sonnet	14 line lyric poem, each line ten syllables long	46
6727121609	Italian Sonnet	Petrarchan sonnet; abba abba cdcdcd (or cdecde)	47
6727136201	English Sonnet	Shakespearean sonnet; ababcdcdefefgg	48
6727142477	Villanelle	19 line poem with 5 three-line stanzas and a concluding quatrain (four-line stanza)	49
6727161199	Plot	Story plus complex interconnections between events (exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement)	50
6727165630	Exposition	Acquaints readers with the setting of the story (time and place); introduces characters	51
6727173734	Conflict	Primary obstacle that prevents the protagonist from reaching his or her goal (man v. man, man v. nature, man v. society, man v. himself)	52
6727178466	Rising Action	The complications that develop and prolong the central conflict	53
6727183231	Climax	Point of greatest tension in a story	54
6727185559	Falling Action	Result of the conflict	55
6727187466	Denouement	Resolution that ties up loose ends	56
6742534451	Abstract	An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research	57
6742544554	Adage	A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language	58
6742554104	Ambiguity	A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and reasonings	59
6742561323	Anachronism	A person, scene, event or other element that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set	60
6742570799	Analogy	A comparison that points out similarities between 2 dissimilar things	61
6742575599	Annotation	A brief explanation, summary, or evaluation of a text or work of literature	62
6742579656	Antagonist	A character or force in a work of literature that, by opposing the protagonist produces tension or conflict	63
6742586080	Antithesis	A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words, clauses, or sentences (ex. "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country")	64
6742598496	Aphorism	A short, pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment	65
6742600919	Apollonian	In contrast to Dionysian, refers to most noble, godlike qualities of human nature and behavior	66
6742606207	Archetype	An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form	67
6742612799	Bard	Poet; performer who told heroic stories to musical accompaniment	68
6742617502	Bathos	Use of insincere or overdone sentimentality	69
6742619327	Bibliography	A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a subject or other work	70
6742622581	Bildungsroman	A German word referring to a novel structured as a series of events that take place as the hero travels in quest of a goal	71
6742630269	Bombast	Inflated, pretentious language used for trivial subjects	72
6742633241	Burlesque	A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation	73
6742636520	Cacophony	Grating, inharmonious sounds	74
6742644264	Canon	The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied	75
6742644265	Caricature	A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things	76
6742647800	Carpe Diem	"Seize the day"; enjoy life while you can- common theme in literature	77
6742652470	Catharsis	Cleaning of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy	78
6742658724	Classic	A highly regarded work of literature or other art form that has withstood the test of time	79
6742663116	Classicism	Deriving from the orderly qualities of ancient Greek and Roman culture; implies formality, objectivity, simplicity, and restraint	80
6742670489	Coming of Age Novel	A tale in which a young protagonist experiences an introduction to adulthood; may develop understanding via disillusionment, education, reality	81
6742678270	Conceit	Witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea	82
6742682760	Connotation	Suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase	83
6742685302	Denotation	Dictionary definition of a word	84
6742687604	Deus ex Machina	Use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem	85
6742690071	Dionysian	Refers to sensual, pleasure-seeking impulses; contrast to Apollonian	86
6742695573	Dramatic Irony	When the audience knows more about a situation than a character	87
6742702580	Ellipsis	...	88
6742707099	Elliptical Construction	Sentence containing a deliberate omission of words	89
6742708939	Empathy	Feeling of association or identification with an object or person	90
6742716895	End-Stopped	Line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation	91
6742721462	Epic	Extended narrative poem that tells of the adventures and exploits of a hero that is generally larger than life	92
6742737062	Epigram	Concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement	93
6742739967	Euphony	Pleasing, harmonious sounds	94
6742743863	Epithet	Adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing	95
6742749240	Eponymous	Title character of a work of literature	96
6742752273	Euphemism	Mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt temr	97
6742755635	Expose	Piece of writing that reveals weaknesses, faults, frailties, or other shortcomings	98
6742760729	Explication	Interpretation or analysis of text	99

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6802013649	Semantic	Relating to meaning in language or logic	0
6802011024	Allegory	Fictional work where characters represent ideas	1
6802013650	Polemic	A strong verbal or or written attack on someone or something	2
6802013651	Metaphor	A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable	3
6802017072	Apposition	a relationship between two or more words or phrases in which the two units are grammatically parallel and has the same referent	4
6802017073	Chiasmus	A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed	5
6802017074	Relative Cause	qui, quae, quod + subjunctiv	6
6802019245	Pedantic	An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.	7
6802019246	Analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. An analogy can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar. Analogies can also make writing more vivid, imaginative, or intellectually engaging.	8
6802019247	Euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	9
6802021525	Classification	Assignment of objects or people to categories on the basis of shared characteristics.	10
6802021526	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	11
6802021527	Maxim	A general truth or fundamental principle, esp. expressed as a proverb or saying	12
6802024100	Inductive reasoning	A type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations.	13
6802024101	Deductive reasoning	reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (The sun rises every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on Tuesday morning.)	14
6802026431	Simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	15
6802026432	Appositive	A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun.	16
6802028131	Ad hominem argument	An argument that attacks the reader instead of addressing the issue	17
6802030346	Sardonic	(adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic	18
6802030347	Haughty	Arrogant	19
6802032096	Syllogistic reasoning	A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion; for example: all humans are mortal (the major premise), i am a human (the minor premise), therefore i am mortal (the conclusion)	20
6802034614	Appeal to authority	A fallacy in which a speaker or writer seeks to persuade not by giving evidence but by appealing to the respect people have for a famous person or institution.	21
6802034615	Equivocation	the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication	22
6802036666	Asyndeton	Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words, speeds up flow of sentence. X, Y, Z as opposed to X, Y, and Z.	23
6802068211	Assonance	Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity	24
6802188369	Allusion	A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.	25
6802191356	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.	26
6802191357	Antithesis	(n.) the direct opposite, a sharp contrast	27
6802196749	Colloquial language	informal language; language that is "conversational"	28
6802196859	Didactic	Educational	29
6802200552	Hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	30

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3776105732	Heroic Couplet	2 successive rhyming verses that contain a complete thought within two lines	0
3776110519	Free Verse	Consists of lines that do NOT have a regular meter and do not contain rhyme	1
3776114552	Meter	The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	2
3776117363	Pun	humorous play on words that have several meanings	3
3776121102	Consonance	Repetition of consonant sounds within a line of verse Similar to alliteration	4
3776124630	Stanza	a division of a poem based on thought or form	5
3776128179	Pathos	The quality of a literary work or passage which appeals to a reader's or viewer's emotions	6
3776130372	Assonance	The similarity or repetition of a vowel sound in 2 or more words (base and face are rhymes, base and fate are assonance)	7
3776137223	Allegory	a narrative or description having a 2nd meaning beneath the surface one	8
3776139614	Refrain	repetition of one or more phrases or lines at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of the stanza	9
3776146446	Antithesis	a balancing or contrasting of one term against another	10
3776150034	Terza Rima	a 3 line stanza form with an interlaced rhyme scheme	11
3776153879	Parody	a comical imitation of a serious piece with the intent of ridiculing the author or the work	12
3776160512	Allusion	a reference in literature or in art to precious literature, history, mythology, current events, or the bible	13
3776164129	Enjambment	the running over of a sentence from one verse or stanza into the next without stopping at the end of the first	14
3776172137	Feminine Rhyme	Occurs when the last 2 syllables of a word rhyme with another (women are more complicated)	15
3776174117	Antecedent	the word or phrase to which a pronoun refers	16
3776178657	narrative poem	poem that tells a story	17
3776182729	Iamb	a two syllable foot with the stress on the second syllable (most common)	18
3776187266	synecdoche	the technique of mentioning a part of something to represent a whole	19
3776191097	villanelle	consists of 5 tercets and a quatrain in which the first and third line of the opening tercet recur alternately at the end of the other tercet and together at the last 2 lines of the equilibrium	20
3776205240	Oxymoron	two words combined that are completely opposite	21
3776207849	connotation	an association a word calls to mind	22
3776212407	Archetype	a character, situation, or symbol that is familiar to people from all cultures because it occurs frequently in literature	23
3776216649	Metonymy	The substitution of a word naming an object for another closely associated with it	24
3776222318	Satire	the use of humor to ridicule and expose the shortcoming and fallings of society	25
3776226814	Parable	a short story illustrating a moral or religious lesson	26
3776228263	Foot	Unit of mete, can have 2 or 3 syllables, consists generally of 1 stress and 1 or more unstressed syllables	27
3776236299	Sonnet	14 line stanza form consisting of 8 iambic pentameter lines	28
3776239281	Blank Verse	consists of lines with iambic pentameter without end rhyme	29
3776244537	Aphorism	a terse statement that expresses a general truth or moral principle; sometimes considered a fold proverb	30
3776247649	triple rhyme	last three syllables of a line	31
3776250837	pastoral	a poem that celebrates and idealizes the simple life of shepherds	32
3776252965	anachronism	an element in a story that is out of its time frame	33
3776258258	anecdote	a short and often personal story used to emphasize a point, to develop a character or theme	34
3776262028	Conceit	a far fetched comparison between 2 seemingly unlike things	35

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5926400450	Egregious	Out of group, outstandingly bad	0
5926400451	Pellucid	Very clear, transparent	1
5926400452	Affluent	Flow in abundance, wealthy	2
5926400453	Translucent	Permitting the passage of light	3
5926400454	Antipathy	Feeling against someone or something, dislike	4
5926400455	Empathy	Feeling the same thing as someone else	5
5926400456	Acrid	Unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor	6
5926400457	Confluence	To flow together, convergence	7
5926400458	Diffident	Lack of faith in oneself, lack of confidence	8
5926400459	Acrimonious	Full of spite, bitter	9
5926400460	Superfluous	Flow above, hence exceeding what is necessary	10

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6747860233	spatial	of or relating to space	0
6747866701	paradox	a self-contradictory and false proposition	1
6747876189	intrigue	to achieve or earn by appealing to another's curiosity, fancy, or interest	2
6747882016	antithetical	irectly opposed or contrasted; opposite	3
6747896954	anecdotal	based on personal observation, case study reports, or random investigations rather than systematic scientific evaluation	4
6747900577	inversion	an act or instance of inverting	5
6747907778	squalid	foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy	6
6747915888	syntax	the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words	7
6747924257	scathingly	bitterly severe, as a remark	8
6747930020	reverently	deeply respectful	9
6747942745	vituperative	characterized by or of the nature of vituperation	10
6747945081	pedantic	overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching	11
6747952445	erudite	characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly	12
6747963833	exhortative	intended to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently	13
6747973186	breadth	freedom from narrowness or restraint; liberality	14
6747982966	ambiguous	open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal	15
6747998054	proprietary	being a proprietor; holding property	16
6748003722	sanguinity	cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident	17
6748010720	pretentious	characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved	18
6748020503	pecuniary	of or relating to money	19
6748025665	countervail	to act or avail against with equal power, force, or effect; counteract	20
6748030504	discerning	showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding	21
6748032879	delineate	to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially	22
6748040190	sinuous	having many curves, bends, or turns; winding	23
6748044768	evocation	a calling forth	24
6748051083	allegory	a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another	25
6748061284	apostrophe	the sign ('), as used: to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced	26

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862516283	COMPUNCTION	a feeling of anxiety caused by regret for doing something wrong or causing pain	0
862516284	EXACERBATE	to increase the severity; aggravate	1
862516285	AMELIORATE	to make or become better or improve	2
862516286	PLACATE	to appease or pacify with concessions	3
862516287	ASSUAGE	to make milder; relieve; soothe, calm fears or anger	4
862516288	NEFARIOUS	extremely wicked	5
862516289	VIABLE	1. capable of living; 2. useful or effective	6
862516290	DENIGRATE	to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner	7
862516291	EXCULPATE	to clear from a charge of guilt or fault	8
862516292	VEHEMENT	strongly emotional; intense or passionate	9
862516293	DISINGENUOUS	NOT straightforward or candid	10
862516294	INGENUOUS	free from reserve; candid; sincere	11
862516295	CHAGRIN	feelings of disappointment and embarassment	12
862516296	REPUDIATE	to reject as having any authority (to repudiate a claim)	13
862516297	DELINEATE	to portray in words; describe with precision	14
862516298	EMPIRICAL	derived from experiment and observation rather than theory	15
862516299	INURED	made tough by habitual exposure	16
862516300	FALLOW	plowed and left unseeded; not in use	17
862516301	SALIENT	prominent or conspicuous (salient traits)	18
862516302	EXTOL	praise, glorify, or honor	19
862516303	AMBIGUOUS	open to two or more interpretations	20
862516304	GUILE	crafty or artful deception; duplicity	21
862516305	OSTRACIZE	to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, etc.	22
862516306	CACHET	superior status; prestige of a position or a university; a distinguishing mark or feature (Ivy League schools have their own cachet)	23
862516307	IMPUGN	challenge as false or wrong	24
862516308	IMPUNITY	exemption from punishment or loss	25
862516309	EXTENUATE	to lessen or try to lessen the seriousness of a situation	26
862516310	MITIGATE	to make less severe	27
862516311	INCESSANT	occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted	28
862516312	VIS À VIS	1. face to face 2. in relation to; compared with	29

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6218454982	asceticism (noun)	rigorous self-denial; trying to attain high spiritual/moral state through self-denial or self-mortification, usually for religious purposes	0
6218454983	dint (noun)	force, power, dent, blow, stroke	1
6218454984	dint (verb with object)	to dent, drive in with force	2
6218454985	envoy (noun)	messenger or representative	3
6218454986	defray (verb with object)	to bear, pay all of part of an expense	4
6218454987	crass (adjective)	without refinement, delicacy, sensitivity, intelligence	5
6218454988	allocation (noun)	the act of apportioning, assigning, alloting, distributing, setting apart	6
6218454989	enjoin (verb with object)	to direct, order, prescribe with authority	7
6218454990	oscillate (verb)	to swing, vary, vibrate, move to and fro	8
6218454991	interloper (noun)	person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others; intruder	9
6269162395	incarcerate (verb)	to imprison; confine; enclose: constrict	10
6269162396	vacuous (adjective)	empty; lacking in ideas or intelligence; purposeless; idle	11
6269162397	akimbo (adjective)	with hand on hip and elbow bent outward	12
6269162398	akimbo (adverb)	bent outward with joint away from body	13
6269162399	jubilant (adjective)	show great joy, satisfaction, or triumph, rejoicing, exultant	14
6269162400	presumptuous (adjective)	characterized by readiness to presume in conduct or thought; unwarrantedly bold; doing something without right or permission; overstepping; excessively forward; overconfident	15
6269162401	pecuniary (adjective)	relating to money; consisting of monetary payments	16
6269162402	licentious (adjective)	lewd, unrestrained by law or morals; lawless; immoral; disregarding rules; promiscuous	17
6269162403	muse (verb)	to think or meditate; comment thoughtfully; ruminate	18
6269162404	muse (noun)	a person who is the source of inspiration for an artist	19
6269162405	subversive (adjective)	tending to overthrow, destroy, disrupt, or undermine an existing system	20
6269162406	subversive (noun)	a person who adopts destructive, undermining principles; trouble-maker	21
6269162407	lassitude (noun)	weariness of body or mind from strain; a condition of lazy indifference	22
6339446082	vacillate (verb)	to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute; fluctuate	23
6339446083	initiative (noun)	enterprise; personal responsible decision; leading action	24
6339446084	initiative (adjective)	serving to set into motion; introductory; beginning	25
6339446085	disparity (noun)	lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference	26
6339446086	avocation (noun)	hobby, something done in addition to principal occupation	27
6339446087	efficacy (noun)	capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness	28
6339446088	capricious (adjective)	led by sudden odd notions; unpredictable changes; erratic	29
6339446089	reticent (adjective)	disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved; reluctant; restrained	30
6339446090	hospice (noun)	house of shelter or rest for travelers (typically religious); health-care facility	31
6339446091	moribund (adjective)	in a dying state; near death; on the verge of extinction or termination; stagnant	32
6339446092	risqué (adjective)	daringly close to insensitivity, indecency, or misconduct; off-color	33
6416567453	verisimilitude (noun)	the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood or probability of reality	34
6416575550	inexorable (adjective)	unyielding; unalterable; not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by entreaties; impossible to stop or prevent	35
6416601748	retinue (noun)	entourage; escorts, suite; those who follow an important person; advisers; assistants	36
6416632209	insipid (adjective)	without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; bland; lacking flavor lacking vigor or interest	37
6416711054	fedora (noun)	soft felt hat with curled brim and crown creased lengthwise; Indiana Jones hat	38
6416726004	corroborate (verb with object)	to make more certain; confirm; give support to a statement	39
6416736871	physiognomy (noun)	face; countenance; determining characteristics based on appearance, facial features, or expression; outward appearance (taken as insight into character); facial features or expression, especially regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin	40
6416777166	suppliant (noun)	petitioner; one who prays, entreaties	41
6416778676	suppliant (adjective)	praying humbly; entreatying; petitioning; expressive of petitioning	42
6416800880	tedium (noun)	the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tiresome; monotonous; too long or slow	43
6416800881	torrid (adjective)	subject to parching or burning heat; oppressively hot, parching, or burning; ardent, passionate; intense emotion	44
6445044905	encumber (verb)	to impede or hinder, to restrict or burden so free movement or action is difficult	45
6445044906	impasse (noun)	a position or situation from which there is no escape; without an outlet; deadlock	46
6445044907	lugubrious (adjective)	mournful, dismal, or gloomy; looking or sounding excessively sad or dismal	47
6445044908	affront (noun)	a personally offensive act, remark, or word; insult	48
6445044909	affront (verb)	to offend; embarrass	49
6445044910	indolent (adjective)	slothful; avoiding exertion; inactive; lazy	50
6445044911	connoisseur (noun)	a discerning judge of the best in any field; a person who is especially competent; expert judge in manners of taste	51
6445044912	cajole (verb)	to persuade through flattery, promises, or coaxing	52
6445044913	blasé (adjective)	indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed because one has experienced or seen it so often before	53
6445044914	ribald (adjective)	vulgar, coarse, or indecent in speech; abusive or irreverent	54
6445044915	choleric (adjective)	extremely irritable, bad-tempered, or easily angered	55
6512674028	droll (adjective)	amusing in an odd way; comical or humorous in an odd or whimsical manner	56
6512806553	adulation (noun)	excessive devotion to someone; excessive flattery, admiration, or praise	57
6512674029	carnage (noun)	the killing of many people; massacre; slaughter; mass murder; bodies of the slain	58
6512674030	decrepit (adjective)	weakened by old age; feeble; infirm; worn out by long use; dilapidated	59
6512847695	pusillanimous (adjective)	lacking courage; cowardly; timid; indicating a cowardly spirit	60
6512806554	expectorate (verb)	to cough or spit out (phlegm) from the throat or lungs to expel matter through coughing; to spit	61
6512893608	surfeit (noun)	excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking	62
6512674033	surfeit (verb)	to cause to desire no more because of excessive indulgence; to eat or drink to excess; to excessively indulge in anything	63
6512674034	lethargic (noun)	the quality or state of being drowsy and dull; listless and unenergetic; sluggish inactivity	64
6512674035	palpate (verb)	to examine by touch, especially for diagnosing illness and medical purposes	65
6512674036	peremptory (adjective)	leaving no opportunity for refusal; dictatorial; assertive in speech, tone, or manner; brusquely insisting that something be done immediately	66
6543006090	prostrate (verb)	to lay flat on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration	67
6543006091	prostrate (adjective)	lying flat on the ground and face down in submission	68
6543052263	plethora	overabundance; excess of something	69
6543052264	palpitate (verb)	to pulsate with unusual rapidity; to flutter, quiver, throb, or tremble	70
6543052265	propitious (adjective)	favorable; auspicious; favorably inclined; indicating a good chance of success	71
6543052266	extricate (verb)	to free or release from entanglement; disengage; to liberate	72
6543052267	guffaw (noun)	a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter; boisterous laughter	73
6543052268	guffaw (verb)	to laugh loudly and boisterously	74
6543052269	ignominious (adjective)	marked by disgrace or dishonor; discreditable; humiliating; causing public disgrace or shame	75
6543052270	deem (verb)	to form or have an opinion; judge; think; regard; to hold as an opinion	76
6543052271	fiasco (noun)	a complete and humiliating failure; ignominious failure	77
6543052272	pinnacle (noun)	lofty peak; highest or culminating point	78
6543052273	pinnacle (verb)	to reach the most successful point	79
6646997309	voluble (adjective)	characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; talkative; chatty; loquacious	80
6646997310	perspicuity (noun)	clearness; lucidity; apparentness; plainness; transparency	81
6646999733	perjury (noun)	purposely giving false testimony while under oath; criminal offense of lying under oath	82
6647001078	flagrant (adjective)	obvious; shockingly noticeable or evident; notorious; scandalous; conspicious	83
6647003488	acquiesce (verb)	to assent, submit, or comply without protest; silently consent or agree	84
6647003489	amity (noun)	friendship; friendly relationship; accord	85
6647005569	preposterous (adjective)	completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish	86
6647005570	parody (noun)	any humorous satirical imitation of literature, people, or events	87
6647007863	parody (verb)	to imitate for the purposes of ridicule or satire	88
6647009341	arduous (adjective)	laborious; difficult; requiring lots of energy or exertion	89
6647010621	trepidation (noun)	tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; severe panic, horror, or dread	90
6674667648	admonish (verb)	to caution, advise or counsel against something; scold or reprove especially in a good willed manner	91
6674667649	vernacular (adjective)	native, everyday or common when pertaining to langugage	92
6743461257	vernacular (noun)	the native speech or language of a place; common language	93
6674667650	collusion (noun)	secret or illegal operation of conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others	94
6674667651	cognizant (adjective)	having awareness, realization, or knowledge	95
6674667652	barrage (noun)	An overwhelming quantity or explosion (from artillery fire to words and criticism)	96
6743204504	barrage (verb)	to bombard someone with something	97
6674667653	ramification (noun)	consequences of actions a branch; a subdivision; extension	98
6674667654	unctuous (adjective)	excessively smooth;oily; greasy; soapy; sneaky in manner of speech	99
6674667655	urbane (adjective)	reflecting elegance; sophistication, especially in expression; refined	100
6674667656	aplomb (noun)	imperturbable self-possession, poise, or assurance (vertical)	101
6674667657	nebulous (adjective)	hazy, vague, indinstict, or confused (cloudy): unclear, vague, or ill defined; in the form of a cloud	102
6743313554	brazen (adj)	shameless or impudent; cheeky; bold	103
6743315899	brazen (verb)	to make bold or shameless	104
6743320935	inscrutable (adj)	incapable of being investigated or analyzed; mysterious; impossible to understand or interpret	105
6743324480	ambulatory (adj)	relating to walking; moving about; not stationary	106
6743324481	ambulatory (noun)	architectural structure in a church; aisle in a church	107
6743329232	ennui (noun)	a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from boredom; lassitude	108
6743331777	debilitate (verb)	to make weak or feeble; to make infirm	109
6743335298	fraternize (verb)	to associate in a friendly or brotherly way when not supposed to	110
6743338431	schism (noun)	division or disunion, especially in opposed parties and when caused by differences in opinion; the offense of causing or wanting to cause division	111
6743341043	exonerate (verb)	to legally clear from accusation; free from blame; to relieve from a duty	112
6743343766	sedition (noun)	incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government; any action promoting rebellion against the government	113
6743349734	prognosticate (verb)	to forecast or predict; prophesy or fortell	114

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5704444924	Communism	An economic and political system based on one-party government and state ownership of property.	0
5704444925	Containment	The blocking of another nation's attempts to spread it's influence - especially the efforts of the United States to block the spread of Soviet influence during the late 1940s to early 1950s.	1
5704444926	Satellite Nations	A country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation.	2
5704444927	Iron Curtain	A phrase used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the imaginary line that separated Communist countries in the Soviet bloc of Eastern Europe from the countries in Western Europe.	3
5704444928	Truman Doctrine	A U.S. policy, announced by President Harry Truman in 1947, of providing economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents.	4
5704444929	Marshall Plan	The program, proposed by Secretary of State George Marshall in 1947, under which the United States supplied economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild after World War II.	5
5704444930	Berlin Airlift	A 327-day operation in which U.S. and British planes flew food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets blockaded the city in 1948.	6
5704444931	NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)	Military alliance created in 1949 made up of 12 non-Communist countries including the United States that support each other if attacked.	7
5704444932	Warsaw Pact	A Military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites.	8
5704444933	McCarthyism	The attacks, often unsubstantiated, by Senator Joseph McCarthy and others on people suspected of being Communist in the early 1950s.	9
5704444935	38th Parallel	Latitude line/boundary between North and South Korea.	10
5704444936	John F. Kennedy (JFK)	35th President of the United States. Was in office during the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuban Missile Crisis and the building of the Berlin Wall.	11
5704444937	Fidel Castro	Communist dictator of Cuba who came into power in 1959.	12
5704444938	Bay of Pigs	Failed CIA operation in April 1961to overthrow Castro and take over Cuba using Cuban exiles.	13
5704444939	Cuban Missile Crisis	13 Day period in October 1962 when Soviet nuclear missile were pointed at the United States in Cuba.	14
5704444940	Berlin Wall	A concrete wall that separated East Berlin and West Berlin from 1961-1989, built by Communist East German government to prevent its citizens from fleeing to the West.	15
5704444941	Korean War	A conflict between North Korea and South Korea, lasting from 1950-1953, in which the United States along with other UN countries, fought on the side of the South Koreans while China fought on the side of the North Koreans.	16
5704444942	China	Asian nation that turns to Communism in 1949 after the Mao Zedong comes into power and fights with the North in the Korean War.	17
5704444944	Joseph Stalin	Soviet leader following World War II, dies in the middle of the Korean War in 1953.	18
5704444945	Harry Truman	33rd President of the United States. He fired General Douglass MacArthur over disagreements on the Korean War.	19
5704444946	Mao Zedong	Communist leader of China who comes into power in 1949.	20
5704444948	Ethel and Julius Rosenberg	Married couple who become the first U.S. citizens put to death for espionage in 1953. They were charged with passing Atomic Bomb secrets to the Soviets.	21
5704444950	House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)	A congressional committee that investigated Communist influence inside and outside the U.S. government in the years following World War II.	22
5704444960	Nikita Khrushchev	Soviet leader from 1955-1964, responsible for putting missiles in Cuba.	23
5704444962	Domino Theory	The idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control	24
5704444963	17th Parallel	Line of latitude that separated North and South Vietnam	25
5704444964	Ho Chi Minh	Communist leader of North Vietnam, led the fight against the French and then the Americans to reunify the country	26
5704444965	Lyndon B. Johnson	Became president after Kennedy's assassination and reelected in 1964; committed the US more heavily to fighting in Vietnam after the Gulf of Tonkin incident	27
5704444968	United Nations	An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.	28
5704512522	Stalemate	result of the Korean War	29
5704516356	college campuses	where most protests of the Vietnam War occurred	30
5704522160	North took over the South	result of the Vietnam War	31
5704539588	Watergate	scandal involving President Nixon forcing him to resign	32
5704542972	Vietnamization	Nixon's policy of training South Vietnamese troops to fight so we could leave the war	33
5704563971	guerilla warfare	tactic used by the North Vietnamese to fight the war	34
5704579005	"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall"	quote by Reagan during the war	35
5704594046	increased military spending, rising nationalism in republics, glasnost and perestroika,	causes for the Soviet Union collapse	36
5704597220	glasnost	Soviet policy meaning openness	37
5704604639	perestroika	Soviet term meaning Economic restructuring	38
5704614280	2nd President to be impeached	Clinton	39
5704663905	reunification of Germany, 1st Gulf war, collapse of Yugoslavia	Foreign Policy under George H W Bush	40
5704672274	first war women could serve in combat	1st Persian gulf war	41
5704681103	Saddam Hussein Iraq invaded neighboring oil rich Kuwait	cause of 1st Gulf War	42
5704691291	Bill Clinton Foreign Policy	lifted sanctions against South Africa, full relationship with Vietnam, signed NAFTA (North American Free Trade)	43
5704707749	George W Bush Foreign policy	9-11, war in Iraq, War in Afghanistan	44
5704714042	Patriot Act	legal surveillance of citizens after 9-11	45
5704727265	1994 Republican takeover	Republicans win Congressional seats during Clinton term with Contract with America	46
5704742775	Fiscal Policy	Congress and the President set taxes and spending policy based on GDP, unemployment and inflation	47
5704758432	Monetary Policy	Federal reserve policy on interest rates	48
5704776517	Conservative Republicans policy	tax cuts, increased military spending, appoint justices with judicial restraint, reduce government programs	49