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Languish
Wallow and waste away in sadness
Rapture
Ecstasy, bliss; perfect happiness
Synecdoche
A part represents a whole
Consonance
Agreement; or use of the same consonants several times, although not at the beginning like alliteration
Invective
Speech or writing that attacks something
Allegory
Story told on at least two levels: 1. Concrete 2. Abstract
Pragmatic
Useful, practical
Consecration
To make holy; ex: baptizing babies
Hireling
Bottom of the barrel and poor
Cotes
Sheds or coops for small animals
Usurpation
To take over, ex: government, kings
Rapacity, rapaciousness
Aggressive greed
Avarice
Aggressive greed
Unscrupulousness
Lack of honesty
Glibly
Lacking seriousness
Greg
Flock
Gregarious
Talkative
Deplores
Hates, despises
Egregious
Known by one’s bad deed
Candor
Truthfulness, honesty, frankness
Dissertation
Long oral speech
Didactic
Used to describe a preachy, instructive tone
Vacillate
To go back and forth; ex: opinion
Secular
Non religious
Antiquity
The ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages
Oxymoron
2 words that are opposites that came together: sweet tart, jumbo shrimp
Antithesis
The opposite
Avant-garde
Before your time, cutting edge
Tercet stanzas
3 lines, invented by Dante in his divine comedy
Pervasiveness
Widespread
Unplumbed
Not taken advantage of; ex: unplumbed talent
Ephemeral
Fleeting, shortlived
