| 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 |
| transgress | tr. and intr. v. To go beyond or over set limits; to break a rule. |
| transitive | adj. (grammar) Describing an action carried from subject to verb to object; needing direct object to complete the meaning of the verb. |
| transitory | adj. Lasting for only a short while. |
| translucent | adj. Permitting light to pass through, but not transparent. |
| ambience | n. Environment; the surrounding atmosphere. |
| obituary | n. Notice of death with biographical information. |
| transient | adj. Passing quickly; transitory. |
| transient | adj. Staying only a short time. |
| transiet | n. A person or thing having a short stay. |
| aberration | n. Straying from what is normal or accepted. |
| erratic | adj. Irregular or inconsistent in movement, habit, quality, or ideas. |
| episode | n. an incident in a person's life or in a story or play. |
| exodus | n. mass departure or emigration. |
| exodus | n. (capitalized) The departure of the Israelites from Egypt with their leader Moses. |
| itinerant | adj. Traveling from place to place, expecially to perform some duty or work; transient. |
| itinerant | n. A person who travels from place to place. |
| itinerary | n. A route of travel. |
| itinerary | n. A plan or record of journey. |
| advent | n. Arrival or coming into being. |
| advent | n. (capitalized) The period beginning four weeks before Christmas; the birth of Christ. |
| circumvent | tr. v. To avoid; to avoid by cleverness. |
| circumvent | tr. v. To avoid by passing around. |
| convene | tr. and intr. v. To assemble, especially for a meeting. |
| intervene | intr. v. To occur between events or periods. |
| intervene | intr. v. To come between, thereby easing a situation. |
| intervene | intr. v. To interfere or to interrupt. |
| telepathy | n. Communication from one mind to another without speech, writing, or other sensory means. |
| deviate | intr. v. To turn aside from acourse, norm, pattern, or subject. |
| devious | adj. Winding; roundabout. |
| devious | adj. Underhanded; deceptive. |
| impervious | adj. Not penetrable by light rays, moisture, ect. |
| impervious | adj. Incapable of being influenced or affected |
| accelerate | tr. and intr. v. To cause faster movement; to go faster |
| celerity | n. Swiftness; quickness; speed |
| concur | intr. v. To agree; to cooperate |
| concur | intr. v. To coincide; to happen simultaneously |
| discourse | n. Conversation |
| discourse | n. A formal discussion of a subject in speech or writing |
| discourse | intr. v. to talk; to discuss formally in speech or writing |
| incur | tr. v. To meet with; to run into; to bring upon oneself |
| precursor | n. Forerunner |
| succor | n. Help in time of distress |
| succor | tr. v. To render help to |
| conglomeration | n. A collection of unrelated things |
| abject | adj. Humiliating and miserable |
| abject | adj. Contempitble |
| conjecture | n. An opinion formed from inconclusive evidence; a guess |
| conjecture | tr. and intr. v. To conclude from insufficient evidence |
| interjection | n. A word or phrase sometimes inserted between otehr words, often expressing emotion; a word not linked grammatically to other words in a sentence |
| assail | tr. v. To attack violently; to assault. |
| assail | tr. v. To attack with words; to ridicule or criticize harshly |
| desultory | adj. Jumping from one thing to another; rambling |
| desultory | adj. Haphazard or random |
| exult | intr. v. To rejoice greatly; to be triumphant |
| resilient | adj. Capable of returning to the original shape after being bent or stretched |
| resilient | adj. Buoyant; recovering quickly from illness, change, or misfortune |
| salient | adj. Conspicuous; striking |
| salient | adj. Projecting up or out |
| convalesce | intr. v. To recover health after illness |
| avail | tr. v. To use to one's own advantage (to ____ oneself of) |
| prevalent | adj. Widely occurring or in general use |
| valor | n. Heroic courage; bravery |
| evolve | intr. v. To develop gradually |
| evolve | intr. v. To change from a simpler to a more complex form of animal or plant life |
| voluble | adj. Speaking in a steady, easy flow of words, talkative; glib |
| apiary | n. A place where hives or colonies of bees are kept for their honey. |
| aviary | n. A house, enclosure, or large cage for birds. |
| bovine | adj. Having the quality of a cow or ow: sluggish, dull. |
| canine | n. Member of the family of dogs. |
| canine | adj. Pertaining to the family of dogs, and expecially qualities associated with them. |
| caper | n. A playful hop, leap, or skip. |
| caper | n. A prank or wild escapade. |
| caprice | n. A sudden impulse, whim, or unmotivated change of mind. |
| capricious | adj. Subject to whim; impulisve; unpredictable or fickle. |
| equine | adj. Pertaining to a horse; belonging to the family of horses and zebras. |
| equitation | n. The art of riding horses. |
| equestrian | adj. Pertaining to a rider of horses, or skill in riding. |
| equestrian | n. One who rides or performs on horseback. |
| feline | n. A member of the family of cats, lions, tigers, and jaguars. |
| feline | adj. Belonging to the cat family; having characteristics of a cat, such as gracefulness and independence. |
| leonine | Pertaining to a lion; having characteristics of a lion, such as fierceness and majest. |
| lionize | tr. v. To regard or treat a person as a celebirty. |
| piscine | adj. Typical of fish. |
| porcine | adj. Pertaining to or resembling a pig. |
| serpentine | adj. Resembling a serpent in form or movement: sinuous; winding. |
| serpentine | adj. Having qualities of a serpent: subtle, sly, sometimes even evil. |
| simian | adj. Pertaining to or resembling an ape or monkey. |
| simian | n. An ape or monkey. |
| ursine | adj. Pertaining to or characteristic of a bear. |
| zoology | n. The science dealing with animals (Also used as an adjective.) |
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