An extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque episode or scene, typically an idealized or unsustainable one.
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Magnanimous
Generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or less powerful person
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Deference
Humble submission and respect
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Mirth
Gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter
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Inequitable
Unfair, unjust
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philanthropy
Charity; A desire or effort to promote goodness
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Allusion
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
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Circumlocution
An indirect way of expressing something
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Wry
Twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous
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Repudation
the act of refusing to have anything to do with; rejection
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Fetter
A chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural); anything that confines or restrains; to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent
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Headsman
A man who was responsible for beheading condemned prisoners
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Despotism
The exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.
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Scorn
The feeling or belief that someone or something is worthless or despicable; contempt.
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Indignant
Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment
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Encomium
A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
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Repugance
Intense disgust
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Esoteric
Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest
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Somnolence
Drowsiness, sleepiness
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Archaic
Ancient; old-fashioned
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Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
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Allegory
A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself.
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Raillery
Good-humored ridicule or teasing
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Wittily
in a manner characterized by quick and inventive verbal humor.
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Odious
Extremely unpleasant; repulsive
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Assuage
To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to
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Reticent
Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily
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Derelict
Someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; left abandoned; neglectful of duty
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Verbatim
Word for word; exactly as written or spoken
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Callous
Emotionally hardened, unfeeling
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Cursory
Hasty and superficial
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Eloquent
Persuasive and moving, especially in speech
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Petulant
Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
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Savant
A person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar
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Unadorned
Plain, not decorated
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Discourse
Written or spoken communication or debate
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Alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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Veracious
Honest; truthful
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Eschewing
Deliberately avoid using; abstain from
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Succinct
Brief, concise
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Sycophant
A flatterer; one who fawns on others in order to gain favor
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Tenet
(n.) An opinion, belief, or principle held to be true
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Urbane
Refined in manner or style, suave
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Vapid
(adj.) Dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force
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Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
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Maudin
Excessively sentimental
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Opine
Hold and state as one's opinion
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Surmise
(v.) To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n.) likely idea that lacks definite proof
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Terse
Brief and to the point
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Prodigous
Gigantic, tremendous, astounding, extrodinary in size
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Moldering
Slowly decay or disintegrate, especially because of neglect
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Ponderous
Heavy and slow moving
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Squalid
Filthy, wretched, debased
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Dichtomy
Two opposite parts of one whole
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Pathos
Appeal to emotion
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Ethos
Ethical appeal
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Antithetical
Directly opposed, opposite; involving antithesis (the rhetorical act of placing two phrases opposite one another for contrast, as in love me or hate me)
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Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
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Stately
Dignified, majestic
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Calamitous
(adj.) Causing great misfortune
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Compound-complex sentence
At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses
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Prepositional Phrase
A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.
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Ellipsis
in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods
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Allusion
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
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Scathingly
Bitterly severe
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Effusive
Emotionally excessive; overly demonstrative
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Wistfully
Longingly; in a wishful manner
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Reverent
Deeply respectful
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Chauvinism
(n) Fanatical patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory; undue or biased devotion to any group, cause, etc.
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Arduous
Difficult; requiring much effort
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Vehement
(adj.) Intense, forceful, powerful
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Modus operandi
A particular way or method of doing something, especially one that is characteristic or well-established.
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Camaraderie
Mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together
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Periodic Sentence
A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.
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Manifold
Diverse, varied
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Vehement
Showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense
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Indolent
Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy
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Milieu
(n.) the setting, surroundings, environment
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Legalese
The formal and technical language of legal documents that is often hard to understand
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Ceteris Paribus
A Latin phrase that means "all other things held constant"
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Laissez-faire
A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course without interference
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Non sequitur
A statement that does not follow logically from evidence
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Slippery Slope
A fallacy that assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that cannot be prevented
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Seldom
Not often; rarely
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Merriment
High-spirited fun and enjoyment
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Preconcerted
Agreed upon, settled or arranged in advance
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Magnum opus
The greatest work of an artist, writer, or composer
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Jest
A thing said or done for amusement; a joke
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Malginity
great hatred
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Judicial Rhetoric
Speech or writing that considers the justice or injustice of a certain charge or accusation
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Oracular
Prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous
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Copious
Abundant; plentiful
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Vérité
A genre of film, television, and radio programs emphasizing realism and naturalism.
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Gravitas
Great or very dignified seriousness
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Red Herring
A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion
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Onerous
Burdensome; heavy; hard to endure
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Feckless
Lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable
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