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Sobriquet

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Syn: nickname
Ant: surname
Ex: At some point King Alexander received the sobriquet “The Great”.

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Tremulous

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Syn: nervous
Ant: steady
Ex: The tremulous boy was scared to walk into the dark basement alone.

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Tumult

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Syn: uproar
Ant: calmness
Ex: Tumult and screaming occur in the stands of most sporting events.

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Abomination

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Syn: horror
Ant: beauty
Ex: Murder is an abomination in all regards.

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Approbation

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Syn: approval
Ant: criticism
Ex: If you are under 18, it is important to always receive approbation from your parents.

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Virulent

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Syn: lethal
Ant: beneficial
Ex: The new strain of the flu is virulent and could become deadly.

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Offal

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Syn: waste
Ant: importance
Ex: Everything the man said was essentially offal to me because I disagreed with his beliefs.

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Inveterate

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Syn: established
Ant: short-lived
Ex: The US Bank is an inveterate institution, having been established a few hundred years ago.

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Innately

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Syn: natural
Ant: unnatural
Ex: Humans are innately curious.

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Promontory

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Syn: cliff
Ant: lowland
Ex: We sat on the promontory overlooking the ocean and watched the sunset.

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Strictures

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Syn: customs
Ant: freedoms
Ex: African Americans have endured countless strictures until they gained freedom during the Civil Rights Movement.

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Recalcitrant

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Syn: disobedient
Ant: obedient
Ex: The recalcitrant student was always in detention.

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Rancor

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Syn: hatred
Ant: kindness
Ex: After they turned him in for cheating it would be hard to avoid his rancor.

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Panacea

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Syn: cure
Ant: disease
Ex: The panacea for cancer is yet to be discovered.

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Affable

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Syn: friendly
Ant: unfriendly
Ex: His affable attitude allowed him to constantly make new friends.

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Cupidity

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Syn: desire
Ant: dislike
Ex: His cupidity for money ruined his good image and many of his relationships.

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Aesthetic

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Syn: physical
Ant: mental
Ex: The aesthetic value of something includes not only its beautiful features but also its ugly ones.

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Nebulous

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Syn: vague
Ant: definite
Ex: The prompt was nebulous and vague; therefore the paper would be impossible.

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Sagacity

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Syn: wisdom
Ant: ignorance
Ex: The old man had done many wise things in his lifetime by using his sagacity.

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Obfuscation

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Syn: confusion
Ant: understanding
Ex: The class was left in obfuscation when the teacher gave directions in a different language.

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Asyntedon

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Def: the omission of conjunctions in a sentence.
Ex: Obama has supplied Republicans with anger, with distrust, with unsatisfaction.

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Polysyntedon

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Def: the use of multiple conjunctions in close succession in a sentence.
Ex: We laughed and jumped and shouted with joy.

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Zuegma

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Def: the use of a word to modify two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or to both but in different ways.
Ex: On the fishing trip, he caught three trout and a cold.

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Anaphora

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Def: repitition of a word or phrase at the beginning of two or more verses in literature.
Ex: Martin Luther King Jr. repeats “I have a dream” throughout his speech.

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Metonymy

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Def: the use of the name of an object or concept for that of another to which it is related.
Ex: “To count heads” meaning “To count people”.

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Synechdoche

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Def: a part is used to represent a whole or vice versa.
Ex: “The army” to represent “A soldier”.

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Invective

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Def: a violent or vehement denunciation.
Ex: He hurled curses and invective at the driver who cut him off in traffic.

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Motif

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Def: a recurring theme or concept in literature.
Ex: “Blindness vs Sight” in Oedipus Rex.

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Chiasmus

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Def: the reversal of the order of words in two sentences that have the same meaning.
Ex: Ask not what your country can do for you. but what you can do for your country.

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Litotes

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Def: an understatement, especially an affirmative statement expressed by the negative of its contrary.
Ex: “She was not a little upset” for “She was extremely upset”.

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