| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Syntax | How sentences are put together |
| Diction | Word Choice |
| Epiphany | Transformative Insight |
| insensate | lack of sense or understanding |
| prostrate | to kneel down before |
| genuflect | to kneel, typically as a sign of respect or worship |
| misogyny | the hatred of women by men |
| canon | a list of literary or artistic works considered to be permanently established as being of the highest quality |
| retrograde | directed or moving backward |
| cipher | a secret or disguised way of writing; a code |
| pathological | of the nature of a physical or mental disease |
| dogmatic | inclined to lay down principals as incontrovertibly true |
| transmutation | the action of changing or the state of being changed into another form |
| emasculate | to rob a man of his masculinity |
| grovel | to bow down in order to obtain someone's forgiveness |
| mundane | dull, boring |
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