Comprehensive Glossary of Literary Terms
A
Abject:
Negligible.
Acid:
Bitter, violent.
Adept:
Adherent, skilled.
Admonish:
Intimidate.
Acquiescence:
Adoption.
Afflict:
Anguish, racking.
Aleve:
Treacherous.
Animadversion:
Enmity.
Anodyne:
Negligible.
Apocryphal:
Chimerical, liar.
Apprehension:
Distrust.
Ardid:
Skill, stratagem.
Argue:
Disagree.
Arrange:
Dress, decorate.
Ascetic:
Loner.
Asepsis:
Hygiene.
Atavistic:
Hereditary, traditional.
Aterido:
Freeze.
Atizbar:
Observe, envision.
Avalar:
Support.
Aversion:
Rejection, antipathy.
Azores:
Scare.
B
Banal:
Superficial.
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Glossary
A
Abject:
Insignificant, negligible.
Adept:
Adherent, skilled.
Admonish:
Intimidate, warn.
Afflict:
Anguish, torment.
Aleve:
Treacherous, deceitful.
Anodyne:
Negligible, insignificant.
Animadversion:
Enmity, hostility.
Apocryphal:
Chimerical, fictional, untrue.
Apprehension:
Distrust, anxiety.
Acquiescence:
Adoption, acceptance.
Ardid:
Skill, stratagem.
Argue:
Disagree, dispute.
Ascetic:
Loner, recluse.
Asepsis:
Hygiene, cleanliness.
Atavistic:
Hereditary, traditional.
Aterido:
Frozen, chilled.
Avalar:
Support,
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In abject negligible.
Stalk:
see, unblemished, pure, bitter: acid, violent, fateful encouraging,
adept:
adherent,
dress:
arrange, decorate,
stated:
impose.
dour:
Serious.
cower:
hide.
There nco:
efficacy
Aleve:
Treacherous.
flinching:
cower.,
Animadversion:
enmity.
Anodyne:
negligible.
Apo Crifo:
chimerical, liar.
Constraint:
Urgency, need.
Apprehension:
Distrust.
Acquiescence:
adoption.
Ardid:
Skill, stratagem.
Argue:
disagree.
Enrapture:
seduce.
Ascetic:
loner.
Besiege:
surrounding
asepsis:
hygiene.
Statement:
guarantee.
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