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Antithesis : The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases
Stoop : lower one's moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible
Paradox : "You can save money by spending it."
Euphemism : The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit
Personification : The cold air greeted me as I stepped outside the shop.
Pun : A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
Perennial : lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring
Synecdoche : "England won the World Cup in 1966"
Triumph : a great victory or achievement
Haste : excessive speed or urgency of movement or action
Irony : The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.A statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea.
Vexatious : causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry
Knave : a dishonest or unscrupulous man
Cynical : believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity
Heap : an untidy collection of things piled up haphazardly
Sham : a thing that is not what it is purported to be
Aridity : Lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull
Foe : an enemy or opponent
Hyperbole : "He was never mine, but losing him broke my heart into million pieces"
Sinew : a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone, a tendon or ligament.,strengthen with
Assonance : Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words.
Impostors : a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others, especially for fraudulent gain
Irony : He won the lottery but he lost his ticket.
Doubt : a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction
Metaphor : This program is racking our brains out.
Nor : used to introduce a further negative statement
Metonymy : A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it's closely associated, also, the rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things
Heartsome : giving cheer, spirit, or courage
Tarries : to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn
Reproachful : full of or expressing censure
Winsome : sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging
Twisted : unpleasantly or unhealthily abnormal; warped.
Wraith an apparition of a living person supposed to portend his or her death
Blight : any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration
Flagging : becoming smaller or weaker; dwindling
Onomatopoeia : The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
Simile : A stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.
Synecdoche : A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole
Feign : to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of
Compassion : a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering
Simile : She was as fragile as a glass.
Misfortune : an instance of this; mischance; mishap.
Placidly : pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed
Faint : lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.
Litotes : A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite.
Assonance : "Hear the mellow wedding bells"
Consonance : It will creep and beep while you sleep.
Oxymoron : A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side.
Counsel : advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
Anaphora : The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses.
Vain : excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited
Dull : causing boredom; tedious; uninteresting
Apostrophe : Breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing, some abstract quality, an inanimate object, or a nonexistent character.
Alliteration : Walter wondered where Winnie was.
Euphemism : A little thin on top instead of bald
Understatement : It is sometimes dry and sandy - referring to the driest desert in the world
Haunting : remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten
Trickery : the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception.
Alliteration : the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter
Troubles : to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
Personification : A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.
Distress : great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble
Hurried : moving or working rapidly
Sorrow : a cause or occasion of grief or regret, as an affliction, a misfortune, or trouble
Drudgery : menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
Strive : to exert oneself vigorously; try hard
Tender : soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough
Paradox : A statement that appears to contradict itself.
Anaphora : I came, I saw, I conquered
Pun : The two pianists had a good marriage. They always were in a chord.
Antithesis : “That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Across:| 4. | "You can save money by spending it." | | 5. | becoming smaller or weaker; dwindling | | 7. | pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed | | 8. | A little thin on top instead of bald | | 10. | A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities. | | 14. | The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases | | 16. | a dishonest or unscrupulous man | | 20. | sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging | | 22. | "Hear the mellow wedding bells" | | 25. | It is sometimes dry and sandy - referring to the driest desert in the world | | 26. | any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration | | 30. | Breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing, some abstract quality, an inanimate object, or a nonexistent character. | | 32. | causing boredom; tedious; uninteresting | | 34. | Lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull | | 40. | to exert oneself vigorously; try hard |
| | 42. | A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. | | 45. | to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn | | 47. | A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole | | 50. | unpleasantly or unhealthily abnormal; warped. | | 51. | the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception. | | 54. | The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. | | 56. | A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite. | | 57. | a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone, a tendon or ligament.,strengthen with | | 60. | an enemy or opponent | | 61. | "England won the World Cup in 1966" | | 63. | A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side. | | 64. | causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry | | 65. | excessive speed or urgency of movement or action | | 67. | advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another. |
| | Down:| 1. | excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited | | 2. | It will creep and beep while you sleep. | | 3. | A statement that appears to contradict itself. | | 6. | The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses. | | 7. | The cold air greeted me as I stepped outside the shop. | | 9. | A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it's closely associated, also, the rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things | | 11. | The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit | | 12. | He won the lottery but he lost his ticket. | | 13. | The two pianists had a good marriage. They always were in a chord. | | 15. | giving cheer, spirit, or courage | | 17. | to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate. | | 18. | great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble | | 19. | believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity | | 21. | She was as fragile as a glass. | | 23. | an untidy collection of things piled up haphazardly | | 24. | I came, I saw, I conquered | | 27. | lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc. | | 28. | menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work. | | 29. | A stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common. | | 31. | remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten |
| | 33. | a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering | | 35. | a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others, especially for fraudulent gain | | 36. | a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction | | 37. | "He was never mine, but losing him broke my heart into million pieces" | | 38. | moving or working rapidly | | 39. | lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring | | 41. | The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.A statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea. | | 43. | used to introduce a further negative statement | | 44. | soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough | | 46. | This program is racking our brains out. | | 48. | full of or expressing censure | | 49. | to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of | | 52. | the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter | | 53. | Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words. | | 55. | an instance of this; mischance; mishap. | | 58. | lower one's moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible | | 59. | a thing that is not what it is purported to be | | 62. | “That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” | | 66. | Walter wondered where Winnie was. |
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Across:| 4. | "You can save money by spending it." | | 5. | becoming smaller or weaker; dwindling | | 7. | pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed | | 8. | A little thin on top instead of bald | | 10. | A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities. | | 14. | The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases | | 16. | a dishonest or unscrupulous man | | 20. | sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging | | 22. | "Hear the mellow wedding bells" | | 25. | It is sometimes dry and sandy - referring to the driest desert in the world | | 26. | any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration | | 30. | Breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing, some abstract quality, an inanimate object, or a nonexistent character. | | 32. | causing boredom; tedious; uninteresting | | 34. | Lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull | | 40. | to exert oneself vigorously; try hard |
| | 42. | A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. | | 45. | to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn | | 47. | A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole | | 50. | unpleasantly or unhealthily abnormal; warped. | | 51. | the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception. | | 54. | The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. | | 56. | A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite. | | 57. | a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone, a tendon or ligament.,strengthen with | | 60. | an enemy or opponent | | 61. | "England won the World Cup in 1966" | | 63. | A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side. | | 64. | causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry | | 65. | excessive speed or urgency of movement or action | | 67. | advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another. |
| | Down:| 1. | excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited | | 2. | It will creep and beep while you sleep. | | 3. | A statement that appears to contradict itself. | | 6. | The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses. | | 7. | The cold air greeted me as I stepped outside the shop. | | 9. | A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it's closely associated, also, the rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things | | 11. | The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit | | 12. | He won the lottery but he lost his ticket. | | 13. | The two pianists had a good marriage. They always were in a chord. | | 15. | giving cheer, spirit, or courage | | 17. | to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate. | | 18. | great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble | | 19. | believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity | | 21. | She was as fragile as a glass. | | 23. | an untidy collection of things piled up haphazardly | | 24. | I came, I saw, I conquered | | 27. | lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc. | | 28. | menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work. | | 29. | A stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common. | | 31. | remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten |
| | 33. | a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering | | 35. | a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others, especially for fraudulent gain | | 36. | a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction | | 37. | "He was never mine, but losing him broke my heart into million pieces" | | 38. | moving or working rapidly | | 39. | lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring | | 41. | The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.A statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea. | | 43. | used to introduce a further negative statement | | 44. | soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough | | 46. | This program is racking our brains out. | | 48. | full of or expressing censure | | 49. | to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of | | 52. | the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter | | 53. | Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words. | | 55. | an instance of this; mischance; mishap. | | 58. | lower one's moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible | | 59. | a thing that is not what it is purported to be | | 62. | “That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” | | 66. | Walter wondered where Winnie was. |
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