| Term | Definition |
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| artifact | n. an object made by human beings; often refers to a primitive tool or other relic from an earlier period |
| artifice | n. craftiness; trickery |
| artifice | n. cleverness; skill |
| artless | n. without deceit or cunning; natural; simple |
| artless | n. curde; ignorant; uncultured |
| artisan | n. a skilled craftsperson |
| ode | n. a poem usually addressed to a particular person, object, or event that has stimulated deep and noble feelings in the poet |
| parody | n. a humurous imitation of a piece of literature or music |
| parody | tr.v. to mimic a style, plot, or idea for comic effect |
| rhapsody | n. speech or writing expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm |
| incantation | n. the chanting or speaking of words seeming to have magical power or used to create a magical spell |
| recant | tr.v. to take back a formal statement or belief previously made known |
| depict | tr. v. to paint, draw, or express in a picture or sculpture |
| depict | tr. v. to describe; to picture in words |
| pictograph | n. a picture or drawing representing words or ideas |
| accrue | intr.v. to come as a natural increase or advantage |
| crescendo | n. a gradual increase in sound, often referring to music |
| excrescence | n. abnormal growth or outgrowth |
| beneficence | n. doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action |
| efficacious | adj. effective as a means or remedy |
| facile | adj. acting, working or proceeding with ease; fluent |
| facsimile | n. an exact copy of a book, painting, document, ect |
| faction | n. a group of clique within a larger group, party, or government |
| faction | n. conflict within an organization or nation |
| mollify | tr.v. to calm; to make gentler or softer in feeling |
| context | n. the parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning |
| context | n. the circumstances surrounding an event or situation |
| pretext | n. a false reason put forward to conceal the true one |
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