AP English Language and Composition Vocabulary "Hit Parade" – Flashcards
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Cogent
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convincing, reasonable
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Didactic
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intended to instruct
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Discourse
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verbal expression or exchange; conversation
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Lucid
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easily flowing
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Rhetoric
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the art of using language effectively and pervasively
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Arbiter
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a judge who decides a disputed issue
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Exculpate
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to free from guilt or blame
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Incontrovertible
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not able to be denied or disputed
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Vindicated
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freed from blame
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Imperious
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arrogantly domineering or overbearing
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Convoluted
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intricate; complex
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Quandary
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a state of uncertaintyor perplexity
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Indolent
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lazy
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Insipid
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uniteresting; unchallenging
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Torpor
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laziness; inactivity; dullness
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Disparity
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inequality in age, rank, or degree; difference
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Impinge
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hinder; interfere with
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Servile
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submissive; like a servant
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Ostentatious
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describing a showy or pretentious display
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Ebullience
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intense enthusiasm
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Effusive
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emotionally unrestrained; gushy
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Egrgious
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conspicuously bad or offensive
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Frenetic
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wildly excited or active
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Auspisious
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favorable; promising
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Mollify
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to calm or soothe
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Reclamation
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the act of making something useful again
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Dubious
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doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
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Spurious
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not genuine
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Astute
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shrewd; clever
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Clandestine
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secretive
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Coup
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a brilliantly executed plan
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Disingenuous
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not straight-forward; crafty
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Ruse
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a crafty trick
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Stratagram
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a clever trick used to deceive or outwit
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Surreptitiously
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done by secretive means
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Apathetic
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feeling or showing little emotion
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Arbitrary
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Determined by impulse rather than reason
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Capricious
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impulsive and unpredictable
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Equivocate
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to avoid making a definite statement
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Inconsequential
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unimportant
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Tenuous
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having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak
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Assiduous
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hard-working
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Intrepid
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courageous; fearless
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Obdurate
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stubborn; inflexible
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Obstinate
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stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
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Proliferate
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to grow or increase rapidly
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Tenacity
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persistence
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Incumbent
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imposed as a duty; obligatory
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Dogmatic
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stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
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Inherent
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inborn; built-in
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Innate
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possessed from birth
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Inveterate
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long established; deep-rooted; habitual
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Omnipotent
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all-powerful
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Transient
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passing away with time; pasing from one place to another
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Tranditory
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short-lived or temporary
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Affable
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easy-going; friendly
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Amenable
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responsive; agreeable
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Facetious
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playfully humorous
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Anthology
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a collection of literary pieces
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Dilettante
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one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
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Realism
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artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
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Virtuoso
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a tremendously skilled artist
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Decorous
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proper; marked by good taste
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Equanimity
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the quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
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Propriety
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appropriateness of behavior
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Prudent
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exercising good judgement or common sense
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Staid
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unemotional; serious
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Stoic
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indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
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Pejorative
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describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
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Vilify
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to make vicious statements about
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Brusque
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rudely abrupt
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Caustic
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bitingly sarcastic or witty
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Fractious
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quarrelsome; unruly
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Incorribible
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unable to be reformed
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Ingrate
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an ungrateful person
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Insolent
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insulting in manner or speech
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Pugnacious
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combative; belligerent
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Reprehensible
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worthy of blame
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Deleterious
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having a harmful effect; injurious
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Enmity
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mutual hatred or ill-will
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Malfeasance
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wrongdoing, misconduct
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Malice
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extreme ill-will or spite
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Rancorous
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hateful; marked by deep-seeded ill-will
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Austere
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without decoration; strict
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Ponderous
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extremely dull
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Prosaic
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unimaginative; dull
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Harbinger
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something that indicated what is to come; a forerunner
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Omnious
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menacing; threatening
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Premonition
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a feeling about the future
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Timorous
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timid; fearful about the future
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Nascent
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coming into existence; emerging
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Candor
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sincerity; openness
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Arid
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describing a dry, rainless climate
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Conflagration
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a widespread fire
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Sonorous
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producing a deep or full sound
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Copious
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plentiful; having a large quantity
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Pervasive
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dispersed throughout
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Prodigious
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enormous
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Replete
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abundantaly supplied; filled to capactiy
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Laudatory
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giving praise
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Venerated
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highly respected
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Facile
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done or achieved with little effort; easy
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Fastidious
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possesing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
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Pragmatic
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practical
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Solvent
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able to pay one's debts
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Anachronism
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something out of place in time or sequence
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Anthropomorphism
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the attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or forces of nature
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Apology
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defense of an idea
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Apposition
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a grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
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Archetype
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a perfect example of; an original pattern or mold
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Chiasmus
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an inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
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Lexicon
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a word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
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Metnymy
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A type of figurative language in which one term is substitiuted for another term with which it is closely associated
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Panegyric
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statement of high praise
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Paradigm
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an example or model
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Penitent
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expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
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Pernicious
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causing great harm
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Propitious
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presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
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Sardonic
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disdainfully or ironically humourous; harsh, bitter, or caustic
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Synecdoche
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a form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
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Truncated
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shortened; cut off.
