Word to Definition
Permeate
To spread or seep through
To gather or store
Garner
Genial
synonyms: happy, cheerful, friendly
antonyms: rude, unpleasant, mean
Antihero
A protagonist who lacks the traits of a typical hero
A character who contrasts with another character, typically the main character
Foil
Precpitate
One who supports a person or idea
Partisan
Erratic
synonyms: unpredictable, wild, irrational
antonyms: consistent, predictable
Allusion
A reference to something in history, literature, or religion
Commas used without conjunctions to separate a series of word; instead of X, Y, and Z... the writer uses X,Y,Z.
Asyndeton
Arbiter
One who decides; a judge
To pacify or soothe
Placate
Neophyte
synonyms: beginner, amateur
antonyms: veteran, experienced
Anaphora
Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer’s point more coherent.
The believability of a text
Versimilitude
Rivet
To fix one's attention
To authorize or approve
Sanction
Matriculate
synonyms: enroll, register, sign up
antonyms: drop out, unenroll
Synecdoche
A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole. “If you don’t drive properly, you will lose your wheels.” The wheels represent the entire car.
Meaning "god from the machine"; a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly resolved with the intervention of some new event, character, ability, or object.
Deus ex Machina
Doubtful, bogus, fake
Shallow and disrespectful
Flippant
Contentious
synonyms: argumentative, stubborn, aggressive
antonyms: friendly, peaceful
Zeugma
Any case of parallelism and ellipsis working together so that a single word governs two or more other parts of a sentence. EX: Instead of “Mary likes chocolate, and John likes vanilla.,” you would say “Mary likes chocolate, John vanilla.”
Meaning “spirit of the age” or “spirit of the time”; the intellectual, fashion, or dominant school of thought that typifies and influences the culture of a particular period in time
Zeitgeist