English Literary Devices and Vocabulary: Sound Devices & Tone Words Set 2

Fervent

having or displaying a passionate intensity

Aesthetic

concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

Vexation

the state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried

Rumination

a deep or considered thought about something

Aloof

not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant

Elegiac

Expressing sorrow or lamentation

Obdurate

stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action

Callous

showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

Stoic (adj)

A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.

Assuage

make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense

Profligate

recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

Vitiate

to impair the quality of, corrupt morally

Trepidation

a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen

Malady

disease

Corpulent

fat

Derisive

expressing contempt or ridicule

Penitent

showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant

Inundate

to overwhelm

Secular

Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters

Censure

harsh criticism or disapproval

Hyperbole

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Synecdoche

a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

Conceit

A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects.

Allusion

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Apostrophe

A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.