| A | B |
|---|
| autonomy | independence or freedom re one's actions |
| demeaning | to lower in dignity, honor, or standing; debase |
| clamorous | making a loud and confused noise; vehement protests or demands |
| lethargy | lack of energy and enthusiasm |
| ominous | giving the impression that something bad/unpleasant will happen; threatening; inauspicious |
| surrealism | artistic attempt to bridge together reality and the imagination |
| personification | attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman |
| mock heroic style | satire where the trivial is treated ceremoniously, elevated language, elaborate devices |
| anticlimax | disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events |
| dramatic irony | significance of a character's words/actions clear to audience, not to character/s |
| exhortation | communication emphatically urging someone to do something |
| ambivalent | mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something/someone |
| tassets | piece of plate armour designed to protect the upper legs |
| burnished | polish something (especially metal) by rubbing |
| lustrous | shining |
| foreshadow | warning or indication of (a future event) |
| idyllic | extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque |
| facade | outward appearance maintained to conceal less pleasant/creditable reality |
| juxtapose | place or deal with close together for contrasting effect |
| brevity | concise and exact use of words in writing or speech |
| stoic | enduring pain or hardship |
| retribution | punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act |
| ironic | happening in the opposite way to what is expected |
| ambiguity | uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language |
| disparate | essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison |
| syntax | the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language |
| monotony | tedious repetition and routine |
| aloofness | distant, remote, or withdrawn |
| deity | god/goddess; divine status, quality, or nature |
| obsolete | no longer produced or used; out of date |
| serendipitous | occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way |
| epiphany | character has a sudden insight or realization that changes his or her understanding |
| antithesis | a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else |
| couplet | two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme |
| elegiac | expressing sorrow or lamentation |
| outmoded | gone out of style; no longer fashionable |
| cynical | distrusting or disparaging the motives of others |
| somber | gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted |
| indignant | expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base |
| pragmatic | practical point of view |
