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tout

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to publically brag

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extol

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to praise highly

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quell

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to calm, pacify

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brawn

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muscular strength

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efface

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to erase

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plaintive

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sounding sad or mournful

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veneration

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great respect

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brazenly

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in a bold or shameless way

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copious

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abundant, plentiful

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artisan

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someone skillful with their hands

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furtive

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attempting to avoid notice or attention

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glutton

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someone who consumes too much food or drinks

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ardent

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enthusiastic, passionate

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engender

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to create or cause

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delineate

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to describe accurately

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nefarious

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extreme wickedness

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querulous

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grumbling, grumpy

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labyrinthine

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irregular and twisting

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vernacular

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everyday speech

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pugnacious

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eager to fight

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entreat

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ask someone earnestly to do something

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assail

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attack with words or force

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fecund

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fertile; productive

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deride

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to ridicule

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idyllic

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naturally peaceful

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distend

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to swell; to extend

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beguile

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to charm or enchant, often in a deceptive way

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expedite

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to speed up the progress of

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decorous

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proper; in good taste

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vacuous

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lacking ideas or intelligence

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didactic

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intended to teach; morally instructive

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conjecture

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to form an opinion or conclusion reached on limited information

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penitent

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repentant or showing sorrow or regret for something

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histrionic

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overly dramatic

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discordant

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lacking harmony or agreement

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exasperate

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to annoy thoroughly

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upbraid

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to scold

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benevolent

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generous; kind

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corroborate

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to confirm; to back up with evidence

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incandescent

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very lively and impressive; giving off heat or light

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laud

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to praise or applaud

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derision

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contemptuous ridicule or mockery

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servile

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having or showing an excessive willingness to serve others

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bucolic

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charmingly rural

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belabor

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to go over repeatedly

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insolent

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showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

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sycophantic

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behavior or done in a servile way in order to gain an advantage

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poignant

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evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

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despondent

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in low spirits from loss of hope or courage

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strident

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shrill; high pitched

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soporific

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causing sleep, very boring

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stupefied

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to become unable to think clearly

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convivial

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fond of partying

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fabricate

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to lie

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malleable

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easy to shape or bend

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affronted

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to be offended

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nonchalant

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not showing any concern or worry

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pretentious

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making ridiculous claims of importance

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gesticulate

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to make gestures, especially when speaking

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conflagration

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a huge fire; inferno

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exalt

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to glorify

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exult

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to celebrate

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lugubrious

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looking or sounding sad and dismal

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insatiable

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incapable of being satisfied

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assuage

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to sooth; to relieve

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avarice

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greed; excessive desire for riches

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lampoon

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publically criticize using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm

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ravenous

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extremely hungry

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lethargy

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sluggish; laziness

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recondite

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hard to understand; over one’s head

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cajole

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to persuade or coax by using flattery or compliments

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coerce

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to compel using force and power

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assiduous

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hardworking; busy

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litany

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a long list often presented through rote memorization

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penurious

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stingy, relating to great poverty

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ethereal

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of or relating to the regions beyond the earth

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insuperable

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incapable to being overcome or solved

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extranous

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irrelevant; unnecessary

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avid

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showing a keen interest in something

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conspicuous

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standing out; obvious

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personification

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giving a non-living or inanimate object human-like qualities

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simile

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comparing two things using like or as

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metaphor

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comparing two things without using like or as

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allegory

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a poem that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

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allusion

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referencing something outside of the work

86
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hyperbole

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extreme exaggeration

87
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symbol

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something that represents another in a work; deeper meaning

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synecdoche

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a part of something that is used to refer to the whole, vice versa applies

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metonymy

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referring to something by the name closely associated

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first person pov

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perspective of a character in the work of literature

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third person limited

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the narrator tells the story from the perspective of one character (they, she, he)

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third person omniscient

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all-seeing and all knowing narrator, not a character

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objective

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narrator is not involved in the action of the story

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epithet

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flashback

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referencing the past

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foreshadowing

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foretelling the future events of the story

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irony

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something that means the opposite or has a different result than intended

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paradox

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something or someone that is self-contradictory

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bildungsroman

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a novel of one’s formative years or spiritual education

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catharsis

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relieving strong or repressed emotions

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harbinger

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something that foreshadows a future event

102
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lucid

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easy to understand

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reviled

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criticize in an abusive manner

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pedestrian

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dull; lacking thought

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maudlin

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wallowing in seld-pity

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desiccate

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to dry out

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genial

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friendly and cheerful

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ingratiate

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to try and get into someone’s favor by flattering someone

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virulent

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extremely poisonous; full of hate

110
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contrite

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admitting or feeling guilt

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incessant

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obligatory

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required by moral, legal, or another rule; compulsory

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loquacious

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talking a lot or too much

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repudiate

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to reject, disown or renounce

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waif

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a homeless or neglected person, especially a child

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primordial

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formed long ago; primitive

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prevaricate

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to deviate from the truth

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diminutive

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extremely small

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provincial

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limited in outlook; narrow

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contemptuous

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expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect

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anachronism

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a thing belonging to a different time period than it exists

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cogent

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convincing; reasoning

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dredge

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to clean out the bottom of a river by using a dredge

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peremptory

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insisting on immediate attention or obedience

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discourse

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conversation

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jezebel

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an impudent, shameless, or morally unrestrained woman

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prerogative

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a right or privilege exclusive to an individual or class

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implication

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the act of suggesting or hinting

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aversion

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incredibly strong feeling of dislike or distaste

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munificent

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a larger gift or gesture than it expected

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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

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surly

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unfriendly; ill-tempered

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incontrovertible

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not able to be denied or disputed

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aside

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a line directed toward the audience or another character

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iambic pentameter

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emphasizing the second part of a word or sentence; an entire line

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dramatic irony

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audience knows something the characters don’t

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soliloquy

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a character gives a monologue alone

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monologue

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an extended speech

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foil character

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two characters that are similar enough to be compared

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blocking

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where the characters are on stage

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antithesis

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parallel structure, contrasting ideas

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antimetebole

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parallel structure, exact same words but in different places

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chiasmus

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parallel structure, noun phrase that has the same functioning idea but in two different places

145
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equivocation

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using a that has word has a double meaning to intentionally deceive

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censure

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express severe disappointment in something

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substantiated

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supported with proof or evidence

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satiate

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satisfy until full

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odious

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extremely unpleasant; repulsive

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peevish

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extremely irritated, especially by insignificant things

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despotic

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exercising absolute power

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pernicious

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having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

153
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castigation

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severe criticism or harsh scolding

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haughty

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arrogant; vainly proud

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imperious

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arrogantly domineering or overbearing

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augment

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to increase; to make better by adding

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extenuating

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tending to lessen the real or apparent seriousness of something

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demure

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reserved, shy , and modest; usually a lady

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provocation

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action or speech that makes someone annoyed

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beleaguered

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being subject to constant or repeated trouble or attacks

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paragon

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model of exellence

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duplicitous

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quandary

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state of uncertainty

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indolent

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wanton

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insipid

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uninterested; unchallenging

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listless

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lacking energy

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misanthropic

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disliking humankind and avoiding human society

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perdition

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eternal damnation

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languish

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to become weak or drained of energy

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sanctimonious

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making a show of being morally superior

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contravene

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violate the prohibition or something

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jubliant

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feeling or expressing great triumph

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mar

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the ruin the perfection of something

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embellish

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to make beautiful by ornament

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florid

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decribing flowery or elaborate speech

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opulent

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exhibitng a display of great wealth

178
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ebullience

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intense enthusiasm

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machinations

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a plot or scheme

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ostentatious

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describing a showy or pretentious display

181
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effusive

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emotionally gushy

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egregious

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conspicuously bad or offensive

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prattle

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extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable

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frenetic

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widly excited or active

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denote

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indicate; a sign

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enfettered

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restrain someone as if with shackles

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dilatory

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slow to act

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