| A | B |
|---|
| satire | the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, or folly |
| blithesome | lighthearted; merry; cheerful |
| elegiac | expressing sorrow or lamentation |
| insouciant | free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant |
| whimsical | capricious OR erratic; unpredictable |
| remorse | deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction |
| dismay | to surprise in such a manner as to disillusion |
| fretful | irritable or peevish |
| typify | exemplify; symbolize |
| paradox | any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature |
| apostrophic speech | figure of speech in which some absent/nonexistent person/thing is addressed as if present & capable of understanding; form of personification |
| parallel syntax | rhetorical device - repetition among adjacent sentences/clauses for emphasis |
| inferred | to guess; speculate; surmise; hint; imply; suggest |
| boundless | infinite or vast; unlimited |
| pervades | to spread through or throughout, esp. subtly or gradually; permeate |
| ennoble | to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt |
| solace | to comfort, console, or cheer |
| foreshadow | be a warning or indication of (a future event) |
| allusion | an indirect or passing reference |
| apathy | lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting |
| exposition | writing/speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain; interpretation |
| nonsecular | worldly things/things not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal |
| circuitous | roundabout; not direct |
| saccharine | exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental |
| colloquial | characteristic of/appropriate to ordinary/familiar conversation instead of formal speech/writing; informal |
| impassioned | filled with intense feeling or passion; passionate; ardent |
| condescending | showing/implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity/superiority |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or surly |
| simile | comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using like/as |
| synecdoche | figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |
| irony | sarcasm; mockery; literary technique where the full significance of a character's words/actions are clear to the audience but unknown to the character |
| hyperbole | exaggeration, overstatement, magnification, embroidery, embellishment, excess, overkill |
| metaphor | figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing for rhetorical effect |
| simian | characteristic of apes or monkeys |
| insidious | stealthily treacherous or deceitful |
| antagonistic | hostile; unfriendly |
| imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work |
| subtlety | a fine-drawn distinction; refinement of reasoning |
| sentimentality | weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender |
| complexity | so complicated/intricate as to be hard to understand |
