| A | B |
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| couplet | a rhyming pair |
| end rhyme | a feature of a poem in which the last words of two lines rhyme with one another |
| image | a word that appeals to our senses |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that makes a comparison |
| manifold | many times; a great deal |
| persevere | to continue in the face of difficulties |
| quench | to cause to lose heat or warmth; to relieve or satisfy with liquid |
| recompense | a reward or compensation; an equivalent or return for something done |
| diary | a daily record of personal events, thoughts, or feelings |
| nonfiction | writing that explains or describes real events and is not meant to entertain |
| affirm | to state positively |
| miseries | things that cause one to suffer |
| tedious | tiresome; boring |
| adversity | a state of misfortune |
| barbarian | one who is not thought to be civilized |
| desolate | lacking inhabitants |
| multitude | a great number |
| solace | relief; comfort |
| succor | to aid or help |
| sustain | to give support or relief |
| almanac | a calendar and date book |
| aphorism | a wise and clever saying |
| investment | money spent in a way that earns more money; doing something in order to receive something in return |
| pamphlet | a short, unbound piece of writing with no cover or with a paper cover |
| celestial | supreme; heavenly |
| esteem | to regard |
| impious | lacking proper respect for God |
| tyranny | unjust governmental control |
| fortitude | strength of mind |
| inevitable | unable to be avoided |
| infidel | one who has not religious beliefs |
| martial | warlike; related to war or military life |
| pretence | a feeling or an action that is not sincere |
| relinquish | to give up |
| unlamented | without grief, sorrow, or regret |
| exaggeration | stretching the truth to a great extent |
| satire | a humorous form of writing that makes fun of some part of society |
| sketch | a brief writing that often runs from subject to subject and is often humorous |
| comport | to behave; to act according to what is expected |
| deign | to do something in a snobbish way |
| dunderpate | a stupid person; a dunce |
| invincible | unable to be defeated |
| proprietary | following socially acceptable rules of acting and speaking |
| renowned | famous |
| smatterer | one who speaks about something but has limited understanding of the topic |
| adherent | one who follows or supports something |
| attribute | to connect |
| capacious | containing or able to contain a great deal |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand or magnificent |
| magnitude | great size |
| propound | to offer |
| surname | a family name or nickname |
| countenance | facial expression |
| firmament | sky; heavens |
| infallible | unable to make errors |
| ingenuity | the ability to invent or to be clever |
| mottled | full of spots or blotches |
| sedentary | doing much sitting or not moving |
| contending | struggling or contesting |
| deliberation | a discussion for or against a certain idea |
| evince | to reveal |
| guttural | coming from the throat |
| hewn | cut |
| petty | small or minor |
| tranquilly | calmly |
| mood | the feeling that writing creates |
| myth | a story that explains how some things in the natural world came to be |
| fiction | wrting that is imaginative and designed to entertain |
| first person point of view | written as if someone is telling the story |
| narrator | one who tells a story |
| docility | the quality of being easy to control; tameness |
| expound | to explain |
| phantasm | a spirit or ghost |
| sagacious | wise; keen |
| solicit | to approach with a request; to ask for |
| succintly | without wasting words |
| allusion | hints or hinting |
| fidelity | loyalty or devotion |
| gossamer | light or unimportant |
| partiality | fondness |
| procure | to obtain |
| tinctured | having a quality of |
| uncongenial | unsuited; unagreeable in nature, taste, or outlook |
| atrocity | a horrifying event |
| instrumentality | the use of something |
| intemperance | regular drinking of large amounts of alcohol |
| malevolence | the state of being cruel or evil |
| scruple | a hesitation to do something because it is wrong |
| temperament | attitude; personality |
| debauch | an act that goes against morals, such as heavy drinking |
| consummate | to complete |
| equivocal | uncertain |
| inclination | a natural way of tending to do something |
| indivisible | unable to be separated |
| irrevocable | unable to be taken back |
| unfathomable | not capable of being understood |
| conflagration | a large fire |
| immortal | unable to be killed |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk |
| apparition | a ghost |
| attribute | to explain by indicating a cause |
| habitually | done out of habit |
| portraiture | a drawing |
| consitute | to make up or form |
| infamy | evil reputation brought on by a shocking event |
| loathing | extreme disgust |
| reposing | resting |
| stupified | groggy; amazed |
| aversion | dislike |
| chimera | something made up by the mind; a dream |
| endear | to cause to be loved |
| odious | deserving hatred |
| pertinacity | stubbornness |
| pestilence | disease; something that is destructive |
| contemptuously | in an uncaring or hateful manner |
| exasperate | to excite into anger |
| imperceptible | unable to be sensed or imagined |
| incumbent | resting on |
| insufferable | difficult to bear |
| intimate | a person's very close friend |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength, force, or desire |
| demoniacal | possessed or influenced by a devil or an evil spirit |
| expedient | a solution to a problem |
| projection | a part that sticks out |
| blissful | happy |
| bosom | the human chest, often thought of as the seat of emotions |
| detested | hated |
| forbore | avoided |
| allay | to calm or reduce |
| bravado | a show of bravery |
| felicity | a state of happiness |
| inquiry | a question |
| inscrutability | an inability to be easily found out or understood |
| premises | a building or part of a building |
| rabid | going to extreme lengths |
| anomalous | unusual |
| archfiend | a chief demon or devil, especially Satan |
| conjointly | combined |
| consign | to give someone over to the control of another |
| damnation | the act of being sent to hell |
| exult | to be extremely joyful |
| reverberation | an echo |
