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The repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect |
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Not able to be moved by entreaty or persuasion |
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The act of restraining or the condition of being restrained |
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The condition or quality of being devoid of freshness or originality |
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An event, conclusion, statement, etc., that is far less important,than expected |
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The writer's attitude and word choice toward the material. |
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A decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter. |
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An utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present. |
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Absolutely necessary or required. |
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An extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally. |
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Directly opposed or contrasted; of the nature of or involving antithesis. |
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Something used to represent something else; symbolic |
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Capable of being mistaken. |
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A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. |
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The act or characteristic of moving with extreme care and quietness. |
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A gradual, steady increase in loudness or force. |
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Meditative or museing; pondering |
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The quality or state of having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding |
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The state or quality of belonging to, proceeding from, or relating to the mind of the thinking subject. |
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Something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc. |
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A rhetorical device in which two seemingly contradictory words are used together for effect. |
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Not involving questions of right or wrong; neither moral nor immoral |
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The "receiver of the action"; if you have something done to you, the sentence is passive. |
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Rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue. |
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The aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product; any general business activity |
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An act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. |
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An increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent. |
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characteristic of or appropriate to Ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal |
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Use of the imperative mood and the pronouns you, your, and yours to address a reader or listener directly. |
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A method of writing in which the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character, while other characters are presented only externally. |
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Ridiculously or insultingly small; worthlessness |
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The practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. |
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Used to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word |
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Lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow |
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Noting or pertaining to a speed less than that of sound in air at the same height above sea level |
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A moderate yellow-orange to orange color. |
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Tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation. |
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An elevated tract of open country. |
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Of, showing, or expressing anticipation. |
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A green or bluish patina formed on copper, brass, or bronze and consisting of a basic salt of copper containing both copper oxide and a copper salt |
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Left or deserted, as by the owner or guardian; abandoned |
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To forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy |
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An elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region |
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Mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain |
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Not lasting, enduring, permanent, or eternal |
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The succession of waves of involuntary muscular contraction of various bodily tubes |
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Soil containing any heavy mineral, esp gold |
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A characteristic deep sound; mooing |
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Any of a number of small, parallel beams of timber, steel, reinforced concrete, etc., for supporting floors, ceilings, or the like. |
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Domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing |
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