Adjectives
Adjectives/Nouns/Verbs
Nouns/Verb/Literary Terms
Literary Terms
Literary Terms
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arbitrary
What is unreasonable, based on one's wishes? capricious, high-handed, autocratic
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paramount
What is chief in importance? supreme, foremost, primary
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reprimand
What is a rebuke or a scolding?
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hyperbole
What is an exaggeration?
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euphemism
What is a polite word used to replace a harsher one? Ex. passed away instead of died
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incorrigible
What is not able to be corrected; beyond control? unruly, incurable
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stagnant
What is not running or flowing? still, motionless, fetid
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succumb
What is to give way to, yield? submit, die, expire
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pun
What is a play on the words, often called the lowest form of humor?
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oxymoron
What is combining two opposite terms to make up a single idea? Ex. deafening silence
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latent
What is hidden, present but not realized? dormant, inactive
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catalyst
What is a substance that causes or hastens a change or reaction? stimlulus, spur
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reprimand
What is to scold, to find fault with? to reprove
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denotation
What is the dictionary definition of a word?
300
paradox
What is a statement that at first seems straightforward or even false but, upon study, has some truth? Ex. Never say never.
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morose
What is having a gloomy or sullent nature? morbid, doleful
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facilitate
What is to make easier, to assist? ease, smooth the way, simplify
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metaphor
What is a comparision using the word 'is' ?
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symbol
What is a thing, person or place which represents something bigger or larger than itself? Ex. cross represents Christian faith
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cliche
What is an overused expression?
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opaque
What is not letting light through? hazy, cloudy, foggy, murky
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rebut
What is to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion? to disprove, shoot holes in
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simile
What is a comparison using the words "like" or "as" ?
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Idiom
What is an expression that cannot be taken literally? Ex. Rub someone the wrong way.
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analogy
What is a comparison of similar concepts? Ex. foal is to mare and calf is to cow
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