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Question 1

Acerbity

Answer 1

n. sharpness and directness in speech

Question 2

Obduracy

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n. resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible

Question 3

Sententious

Answer 3

adj. given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner

Question 4

Aphorism

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n. a pithy observation that contains a general truth

Question 5

Zeugma

Answer 5

n. a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses or only semantically suits one

Question 6

Chiasmus

Answer 6

n. a rhetorical figure in which words are repeated in reverse order in the same or a modified form.

Question 7

Polysyndeton

Answer 7

n. a rhetorical device when a sentence contains multiple coordinating conjunctions, typically in close succession, resulting in emphasis

Question 8

Egregiousness

Answer 8

adj. extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant