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Ethos
An appeal based on credibility
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Logos
An appeal based on logic
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Pathos
An appeal to emotion
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Polysyndeton
Repetition of conjunctions
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Asyndeton
Absence of conjunctions
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Chaismus
Figure of speech in which the order of words in the first clause is reversed in the scond
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Alleritation
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
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Anaphora
Repetition of the same words or phrases at the start of the successive phrases
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Epistrophe
Repetition of the same words/phrases at the END of successive phrases
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Apostrophe
Turning aside to address a someone absent or inanimate
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Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
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Synecdoche
Part signifies the whole
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Metonymy
attribute represents the object
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Periodic sentance
Long sentence where the main clause does not end until the end
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Loose sentance
Long sentence, main then a bunch of dependent clauses
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isocolon
parallel sentences
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Paradox
contradictory but a deeper truth
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Oxymoron
two contradictory ideas
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aphorism
concise statement
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Denotation
dictionary definition
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Connotation
emotional overtone of a word
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loaded words
strong emotional words good or bad
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Euphemism
avoiding offending
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Satire
ridiculing human shortcoming
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juxtaposition
playing two vastly different things side by side to make a point
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Boisterous
rough and noisiy
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wistful
thoughtful in a sad way
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admonitory
serving as a warning
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benign
having a kindly or gentle disposition
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bowdlerize
remove objectionalble material
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fiduciary
having to do with trust or confidence in public affairs
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Furrow
a groove in something
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Ambivalent
unable to choose between two options
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Effusive
unnecessarily demonstrative
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Incontrovertible
not open to question or dispute
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paradigm
pattern or way to look at things
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recapitulate
summarize at the end of a speech
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Tautology
needless repetition of an idea
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Kowtow
show servile deference
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jocular
intended for joking
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Nostalgic
yearning for happiness felt in a former place or time
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Rhetoric
study of the effective use of language
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convoluted
overly complicated
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maverick
someone who stands aparet
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exuberant
happy and full of energy
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incendiary
something indented to make people angry
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Decorus
marked by good taste or rightr behaivor
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PRudent
marked by common sense
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Caustic
remark that is unkind
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Malfeasance
illegal or dishonest activity
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Antecendent
word which a pronoun refers to
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Exultant
very happy or proud
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Pedantic
showing off ones knowledge while teaching another
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solvent
able to pay one's debts
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Anachronism
out of place in time
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Anthropomorphism
animals have same thoughts and feelings as human
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Gesticulating
using hand motions
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Parable
a simple short story
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Flippant
not serious about subjects
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Mirthful
full of hapiness
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Rebuttal
proof that a statement made against you is false
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syllogism
statement with three parts, first two prove the last two
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Parlay
take winnings from a bet and bet again
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Harangue
speak in a load angry way
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Motif
recurring theme in a work of war
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Caricature
exaggerated portrait or catoon
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Delineate
to make boundaries clear
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Dyspeptic
glooby and irritable
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Soridid
filthy and corrupt
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Flout
to treat contemptuously, to scorn
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Soluable
capable of being solved
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Sinecure
a well paying job or office with little work
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Anathema
something detested
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Supplant
replace or subsititue
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husbandry
art of managing carefully and thriftily, usually on a farm
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Disbar
to expel from the legal profession
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consecrate
to declare are sacred
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constitutent
a component, part
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ingrate
ungrateful person
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lugubrious
dismal, mournful, in an exaggerated manner
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impolitic
unwise, imprudent
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Cosset
to pamper or treat with great care
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aviary
large enclosure of housing berds
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forment
to arouse or incite
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fawn
to flatter excessively
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inestimable
too great to be estimated
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hegemony
leadership by a country
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deprecate
to belittle or disparage, to strongly disapprove
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Machinations
unfair plots or schemes
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matriculate
to enroll as a member of a college
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philistine
person lacking appreciation in art or culture
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pique
to excite intrest or curiosity
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infinitesimal
extremely small
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holisitc
emphasizing the whole
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puritanical
ad hearing to a rigid moral
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centripetal
moving torward the center
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veneration
adoration, honor, respect
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nomadic
moving from place to place
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tottering
barely standing
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solecism
grammatical mistake
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incursion
sudden invasion
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paragon
model of excellence
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stupefy
to shock so much as to dull the senses
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stint
period of time doing something
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xenophobia
fear or hatred of foreigners
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expatriate
person living away from their native lands
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perdition
complete damnation
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vituperative
verbally abusive
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undermine
to thwart or sabotage
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aberration
deviating from the usual
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buffoon
someone ho amuses with tricks
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augment
increase or enlarge
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galvanize
arouse suddenly
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aggrandizement
increase in rank
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ingratiate
to make one's slef acceptable
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surmise
to imagine or infer on little evidence
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