Words starting with the letter "A"
Words starting with the letter "B"
Words starting with the letter "C"
Words starting with the letter "D"
Words starting with the letter "E"
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Indirect reference
What is Allusion
100
To stop abruptly and refuse to continue; to refuse abruptly and refuse to compromise
What is Balk
100
The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language; a round about expression
What is Circumlocution
100
To regard or worship as a god
What is Deify
100
Distinguished, high in rank, prominent
What is Eminent
200
To sneak away and hide, usually to avoid
What is Abscond
200
Surround with hostile forces, crowd around; hem in, harass or importune, as with requests
What is Besiege
200
To make watertight
What is Caulk
200
Socially proper, appropriate
What is Decorous
200
A stuffed doll; the likeness of a person
What is Effigy
300
Protection; shield especially of classical gods; sponsorship
What is Aegis
300
Cow-like in manner or quality; relating to cows
What is Bovine
300
Relating to intellect
What is Cerebral
300
Moral corruption or degradation
What is Depravity
300
To grant the vote to
What is Enfranchise
400
Large group of islands
What is Archipelago
400
an upper middle-class person, capitalist
What is Bourgeois
400
pertaining to marriage
What is Conjugal
400
To violate the sacredness of a thing or place
What is Desecrate
400
Done or made without much preparation; prepared in advance but delivered without notes or text
What is Extemporaneous
500
A medicine that reduces or eliminates pain
What is Analgesic
500
Harmful, with evil intentions
What is Baleful
500
Abundance, plenty
What is Cornucopia
500
Rambling, lacking order
What is Discursive
500
To settle comfortably into a place
What is Ensconce
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