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| a shorten verson of a book, movie, speech |
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| an act of holding or abstain from |
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| sharp or accurate judgment |
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| the occurence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connectd words. |
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| an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning in explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. |
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| the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others. |
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| not neccessilary true or relievable, because based or personal accounts rather than facts or research. |
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| inconsistent or irregular |
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| a figure of speech in which an object, an abstract quality of an absent ofr imaginary person is addressed directly, as if prsent and able to understand. |
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| in poetry, the reptition of the sound or vowel in the end of the sound |
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| relieves something unpleasantly |
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| excessively found of drinking alcohol |
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| characteristic of the middle class |
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| a harsh, discorded mixture of sound |
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| a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reotition of something. |
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| to swindle or fool for self benefit |
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| concerned with acquisition of knowledge |
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| contended to a fault, self satisfied and unconcern, eager to please |
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| an idea or feeling that a word invokes a person in addition to its literal meaning |
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| not openly acknowledged or displayed |
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| an inhabitant or occupant of a particualar place, poor |
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| the literal or primary meaning or word, dictionary |
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| the literal or primary meaning of a word, in concerting feelings or ideas |
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| intended to teach, partically in moral instructions |
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| showing contempt or lack of respect |
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| feeling sorrow or distress |
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| match or surpass, typically by imitation |
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| having or showing great knowledge or learning |
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| deliberately avoid using; abstain from |
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| speak or write at length or in detail |
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| be a warning or indication of |
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| a strong point as person that in which one excels |
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| relevant to a subject, series, or process |
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| Exaggerated statements or claims |
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| drink, absorb, or assimilate |
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| not resulting from or acheiving through deliberate planning |
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| intoxicate or excite someone |
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| indefinitely or exceedingly small |
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| cite to appeal to as an authority for an acutaion or in support of an argument |
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| happened opposite way to what is expected, and typically causing wty amusement because of it |
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| a compound expressing in Old English with metaphorical meaning |
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| a smaller drift off to the side of the principal one |
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| deserving praise and commendation |
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| proud, aloof, or self-importance |
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| looking or sounding sad and dismal |
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| a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action |
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| the feeling or atmosphere that writer creates |
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| thinking about once's self |
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| total rejection of established laws and instutitions |
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| the use of words whose sound echoes their meaning like buzz |
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| a statement that seems to contradict itself |
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| sudden outburst of emotion |
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| feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant |
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| a figure of speech in which human qualities are in object |
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| a journey to a place to respect |
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| the pure and concentrated essence of a substance |
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| bring up again in the mouth |
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| ask in order to priduce an effect of statement rather to get information |
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| such as to provoke laughter |
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| optimitic, promising good fortune |
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| marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt |
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| a literary tchnique in which ideas , customs, behaviors, or institution riducule the purpose of society |
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| eeling or expressing contempt or derision |
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| a figure of speech that compares two things that are basiclly unlike yet have something in common with like or as |
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| the writers attude towards the material, such as playful, formal etc. |
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designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive
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| stupid, lacking intelligence |
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| a person's face, with reference to the form or proportions |
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| playfully quait for fanciful |
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