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Section 1

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saturnine

Front

gloomy, depressed

Back

Promethean

Front

creative and boldly original

Back

Antithesis

Front

exact opposite

Back

Chiasmus

Front

a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases

Back

Litotes

Front

Negative to describe the opposed

Back

Pyrrhic victory

Front

A victory that comes at a huge price

Back

Parnassus

Front

sacred mountain; home of the Muses

Back

Euphemism

Front

An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

Back

Apostrophe

Front

address to an absent or imaginary person

Back

Ambiguity

Front

An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way.

Back

Boycott

Front

Turning against authority

Back

job

Front

Patience beyond compare

Back

Ethos

Front

credibility

Back

Pathos

Front

Appeal to emotion

Back

Logos

Front

Appeal to logic

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Antimetabole

Front

The repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast.

Back

chimera

Front

An unusual mix

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bourgeois

Front

Small minded

Back

Sodom and Gomorrah

Front

any place associated with wickedness or sin

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Pendantic

Front

tending to show off one's learning

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Simon Legree

Front

a harsh, cruel, or demanding master

Back

Archetype

Front

A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response

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Svengali

Front

A person who manipulates others for personal gain

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quid pro quo

Front

something for something

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Good Samaritan

Front

a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble

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Achilles' heel

Front

weak point

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terpischorean

Front

pertaining to dance

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nemesis

Front

someone or something a person cannot conquer or achieve; a hated enemy

Back

Nostradamus

Front

fortune teller

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Alpha and Omega

Front

beginning/end

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didactic

Front

intended to teach

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McCarthyism

Front

Witch hunt

Back

laconic

Front

brief and to the point

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Conceit

Front

extended metaphor

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cupidity

Front

(n.) an eager desire for something; greed

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Spartan

Front

Person with great courage in face of danger

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