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bombastic

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overblown, inflated language (adj)

Question 2

buoyancy

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resilience of spirit (n)

Question 3

connotative

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suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning (adj)

Question 4

consternation

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a sudden, alarming dread or dismay (n)

Question 5

cynical

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negative, pessimistic, cutting (adj)

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abstruse

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difficult to understand (adj)

Question 7

acrimony

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bitterness or ill feeling (n)

Question 8

despondent

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in low spirits from lack of confidence (adj)

Question 9

affusive

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expressing feelings of gratitude or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner (adj)

Question 10

enmity

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being actively opposed or resistant to something (n)

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euphemistic

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polite language, politcally correct (adj)

Question 12

flippant

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sarcastic, irreverant (adj)

Question 13

homespun

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plain, unpolished, unsophisticated speech (adj)

Question 14

idiomatic

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peculiar to a particular language or dialect (adj)

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insolent

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rude or disrespectful (adj)

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jargon

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special words or expressions used by a particular group (n)

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lugubrious

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dismal or gloomy in an affected way (adj)

Question 18

pedantic

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precise, over exciting, meticulous (adj)

Question 19

picturesque

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particularly detailed in rich visual imagery (adj)

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sanguine

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optimistic or positve, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation (adj)

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serene

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calm, peaceful, tranquil (adj)

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somber

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extremely serious, grave, depressing (adj)

Question 23

trite

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hackneyed or stale (adj)

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turgid

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tediously pompous or bombastic (adj)

Question 25

chiasmus

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the order of the terms in the first of parallel clauses is re ersed in the second “has the church failed mankind, or has mandkind failed the church” (n)

Question 26

anadiplosis

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repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause “the crime was common, common be the pain”

Question 27

asyndeton

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omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words “he was brave, fearless, afraid of nothing”

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personification

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giving a non-living thing human/active qualities

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synecdoche

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a figure of speech in which a part is used to designate the whole or vice versa “all hands on deck”

Question 30

horatian

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light-hearted, intended for fun

Question 31

juvenalian

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bitter, angry attacking

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dimunition

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taking a real-life situation and reducing it to make it ridiculous and showcase its fault

Question 33

understatement

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the opposite of exaggeration. by contrast, it draws attention to the truth

Question 34

apostrophe

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words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea

Question 35

allusion

Answer 35

reference to other literary works or something like that