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| artifact | an object made by human beings; often refers to a primitive tool or other relic from an earlier period |
| artifice | 1. craftiness; trickery 2. Cleverness; skill |
| artless | 1. without deceit or cunning; natural; simple. 2. Crude; ignorant; uncultured |
| artisan | a skilled craftsperson |
| ode | a poem usually addressed to a particular person, object, or even that has stimulated deep and noble feelings in the poet. |
| parody | humerous imitation of a piece of literature or music |
| rhapsody | speech or writing expressing great pleasure or enthusiasum. |
| incantation | chanting or speaking of words seeming to have magical power or used to create a magical spell. |
| recant | to take back a formal statement or belief prevously made known |
| depict | 1. to paint, draw, or express in a picture or sculpture 2. to describe; to picture in words |
| pictograph | a picture or drawing representing words or ideas |
| accrue | to come as a natural increaseor advantage |
| crescendo | gradual increase in sound, often referring to music. |
| excrescence | abnormal growth or outgrowth |
| beneficence | doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action |
| efficacious | effective as a means or remedy |
| facile | acting, working, or procedeeding with ease; fluent. |
| facsimile | an exact copy or book, painting, document etc. |
| fetish | an object believed to possess magical power |
| faction | 1. group or clique within a larger group, party, or government 2. conflict within an organization or nation |
| mollify | to calm; to make gentler or softer in feeling |
| context | the parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning |
| pretext | a false reason put forward to conceal the true one. |
