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abate

The storm began to ___ as the night went on

ephemeral

The beauty of a sunset is ___; it doesn’t last long

imperative

It is ___ that you complete your homework on time

pastoral

The poem described a ___ landscape of fields and animals

sagacious

The ___ leader made wise and careful decisions

adamant

She was ___ about not changing her mind

florid

His ___ speech was full of fancy and elaborate words

intrinsic

The value of honesty is ___ to good character

pernicious

The rumor had a ___ effect on their friendship

solitude

He enjoyed the ___ of the forest for reflection

benevolent

The ___ teacher always helped students in need

elude

The solution continued to ___ her despite hours of thinking

introspection

After the argument, he spent time in ___ about his behavior

pervasive

The smell of smoke was ___ throughout the building

subjugate

The conqueror tried to ___ the people under his rule

cacophony

The city streets were filled with a ___ of noises

garrulous

The ___ old man talked for hours about nothing

inundate

Heavy rains ___ the town, causing flooding

prolific

Shakespeare was a ___ writer, producing many works

subsequent

The ___ events showed the consequences of the decision

clairvoyant

The ___ woman claimed to see the future

gregarious

He was so ___ that he made friends everywhere

juxtapose

The artist wanted to ___ bright colors with dark tones

premonition

She had a ___ that something bad would happen

trepidation

With ___, he approached the haunted house

decrepit

The ___ old building was falling apart

hapless

The ___ man always seemed to be in bad luck

meticulous

She was ___ in organizing every detail of the event

prodigious

The athlete achieved ___ success at a young age

tyrrany

The citizens suffered under the cruel ___ of the king

disenchantment

He felt a sense of ___ after discovering the truth

impunity

The criminals acted with ___, knowing they wouldn’t be punished

nefarious

The villain had a ___ plan to take over the city

reverberate

The sound of the bell ___ throughout the hall

unfathomable

The universe is so large, it is almost ___

emanate

The warmth seemed to ___ from the fireplace

inert

The chemical was ___ and did not react

obfuscate

He tried to ___ the truth with confusing explanations

reticent

She was ___ about sharing her personal feelings

vigilance

The security guard maintained constant ___ throughout the night

Metaphor

A figure of speech in which one thing is said to be another

Tone

The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience

Setting

The time and place of a story or poem

Foreshadowing

Hints or clues about what will happen later in the story

Meter

The rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry

Simile

A comparison using “like” or “as”

Mood

The feeling created in the reader by a literary work

Alliteration

The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words close together

Enjambment

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line in poetry

Foot

The basic unit of measurement in a line of poetry

Personification

Giving human qualities to non-human things

Atmosphere

The emotional feeling created by a work, often through setting and tone

Assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words

Allegory

A story with a deeper meaning or moral

Couplet

Two consecutive lines of poetry that usually rhyme

Irony

A contrast between expectation and reality (Verbal, Situational, Dramatic)

Imagery

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses

Allusion

A reference to another work, person, or event

Anaphora

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Quatrain

A four-line stanza in poetry

Symbolism

Using objects or actions to represent ideas

Hyperbole

Exaggeration for effect

Apostrophe

Addressing an absent or imaginary person or object

Stanza

A group of lines in a poem

Scansion

The analysis of a poem’s meter

Iamb

A foot with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one

Trochee

A foot with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one

Slant Rhyme

Rhyme that is close but not exact

Epigraph

A quotation at the beginning of a literary work

Elegy

A poem mourning the death of someone

Free verse

Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme

Blank verse

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

Common meter

A pattern of alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter

Anapest

A foot with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one

Dactyl

A foot with a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones