Words 51-60 Flashcards
Nostalgia
Desire to return to a former time.
Desire to return to a former time.
Nostalgia
Onomatopoeia
A word capturing what it describes. “Buzz”
A word capturing what it describes. “Buzz”
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Two contradictory ideas are combined in a single word/phrase
Two contradictory ideas are combined in a single word/phrase
Oxymoron
Paradox
A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true
A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true
Paradox
Parallelism
The repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect.
The repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect.
Parallelism
Parody
A humorous imitation of a particular style of writing with unusual content or ideas not typically expressed in that style.
A humorous imitation of a particular style of writing with unusual content or ideas not typically expressed in that style.
Parody
Pathos
The audiences anticipated emotional result
The audiences anticipated emotional result
Parody
Personification
Treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person.
Treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person.
Personification
Perspective
A characters view of the situation or events in the story
A characters view of the situation or events in the story
Perspective
Point of view
The view the reader gets of the action and the characters in a story.
The view the reader gets of the action and the characters in a story.
Point of view
Inexorable
Unyielding. Unalterable
Unyielding. Unalterable
Inexorable
Infirmary
A physical weakness or ailment. A moral weakness or failing.
A physical weakness or ailment. A moral weakness or failing.
Infirmary
Insipid
Without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities
Without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities
Insipid
Interminable
Incapable of being terminated. Unceasing. Incessant.
Incapable of being terminated. Unceasing. Incessant.
Interminable
Inundate
To flood.
To flood.
Inundate
Languor
Lack of energy or vitality. Sluggishness
Lack of energy or vitality. Sluggishness
Languor
Lugubrious
Mournful. Dismal. Or gloomy
Mournful dismal or gloomy
Lugubrious
Magnanimous
Free from petty resentfulness
Free from petty resentfulness
Magnanimous
Mitigate
To lessen in force or intensity
To lessen in force or intensity
Mitigate
Moribund
In a dying state. Near death
In a dying state. Near death
Moribund
