| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Bootless | without result, gain, or advantage |
| Scope | range/capacity |
| Copse | wood/thicket |
| Specter | ghost |
| Dregs | remains |
| Chiasmus | reversal of order of words "He went to the country, to the town went she." |
| feminine rhyme | a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed motion/notion |
| fulcrum | pivot/hinge |
| synecdoche | figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part ten sail=ten ships |
| half rhyme | vowels stressed the same way. Years/yours |
| caesura | paused near middle of verse |
| litotes | an understatement. Negating a positive." Not bad at all." |
| Enjambment | running from one ine to the next without break |
| periodic structure | main clause at end Despite heavy winds and nearly impenetrable ground fog, the plane landed safely. |
| Vignette | a decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter. |
| Acerbic | sour or astringent in taste |
| Ambivalent | undecided |
| Aphoristic | a terse saying of an absolute truth |
| Bemused | confused |
| Blithe | carefree |
| Flippant | frivolous |
| Florid | ornate |
| Grandiloquent | pretentious |
| Indignant | angry |
| Lilting | rhythmic swing or cadence |
| Maudlin | over sentimental |
| Pedantic | finicky |
| Plaintive | mournful |
| Prosaic | banal |
| sardonic | sarcastic |
| urbane | sophisticated |
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