| Term | Definition |
|---|
| misdemeanor | a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony. |
| mode | a manner of acting or doing; method; way |
| undulate | to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement: |
| aggression | the action of a state in violating by force the rights of another state, particularly its territorial rights; an unprovoked offensive, attack, invasion, or the like |
| wattle | a number of rods or stakes interwoven with twigs or tree branches for making fences, walls, etc. |
| gratifying | giving or causing satisfaction; pleasing. |
| petty | of little or no importance or consequence |
| Talmudic | characterized by or making extremely fine distinctions; overly detailed or subtle; hairsplitting |
| offense | a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin. |
| abase | to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade. |
| dojo | a school or practice hall where karate, judo, or other martial arts are taught. |
| olive branch | any token of peace. |
| citation | any award or commendation, as for outstanding service, hard work, or devotion to duty, esp. a formal letter or statement recounting a person's achievements |
| mullet | any of several marine or freshwater, usually gray fishes of the family Mugilidae, having a nearly cylindrical body. |
| remorse | deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction. |
| nascent | beginning to exist or develop |
| replicate | to bend or fold back: to repeat, duplicate, or reproduce, esp. for experimental purposes. |
| incongruous | out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming |
| savvy | to know; understand,shrewdly informed; experienced and well-informed; canny |
| juxtaposition | an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast. |
| hyperbole | obvious and intentional exaggeration. |
| oxymoron | a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in "cruel kindness" or "to make haste slowly." |
| enjambment | the running on of the thought from one line, couplet, or stanza to the next without a syntactical break. |
| estrangement | to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of |
| understatement | to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: |
| self-deprecating | belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest. |
| analogy | a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based |
| satire | the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. |
| bombast | speech too pompous for an occasion; pretentious words. |
| antagonism | an active hostility or opposition, as between unfriendly or conflicting groups |
| confessional | of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or based on confession: |
| diction | style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words |
| personification | the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions |
| allusion | a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication |
| Reductio ad absurdum | a reduction to an absurdity; the refutation of a proposition by demonstrating the inevitably absurd conclusion to which it would logically lead. |
| paradox | a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. |
| retribution | requital according to merits or deserts, esp. for evil. |
| cynical | like or characteristic of a cynic; distrusting or disparaging the motives of others. |
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