Literary Vocabulary

• Aberration


  Something that differs from the norm (Noun)
• Abhor


  To hate and detest (Verb)
• Alacrity


  Eagerness, speed (Noun)
• Amiable


  Friendly (Adjective)
• Arcane


  Secret, only known by a few (Adjective)
• Brazen


  Very bold, clear and obvious (Adjective)
• Candour


  Honesty, frankness (Noun)
• Cajole


  To coax or convince (Verb)
• Complacent


  Self-satisfied, ignorance of danger (Adjective)
• Connive


  To plot or scheme (Verb)
• Cynical


  Believing the worst (Adjective)
• Anagnorisis


  Startling discovery that produces change from ignorance to knowledge
• Iambic Pentameter


  A 10 syllable line with 5 pairs of soft & stronger syllables
• Prose


  Normal rhythm in contrast to poetic nature
• Metonym


  A figure of speech symbolic for something closely associated with, e.g., crown for royalty
• Patronage


  Support, encouragement or financial backing
• Ephemeral


  Short-lived
• Gratuitous


  Uncalled for or Unnecessary
• Innate


  Born within, natural
• Latent


  There / Present but hidden
• Venerable


  Honourable, highly recommended, respected
• Perennial


  Lasting a very long time
• Exacerbate


  To make something worse
• Incessant


  Never ending
• Metamorphosis


  Drastic change or growth in character
• Inextricably


  Impossible to detangle or seperate
• Salient


  Most important or noticable
• Dissonant


  Unusual in combination
• Augment


  To make better by adding
• Decimation


  The killing of a large group
• Apropos


  In regard to / In reference to
• Allegory


  A story with a hidden meaning
• Avarice


  Greed for material wealth
• Destitution


  Extreme poverty
• Exuberant


  Full of energy and happiness
• Akin 


  Of similar nature
• Oxymoron


  Short juxtaposing phrase with two words of opposite meaning
• Onomatopoeia


  Words that represent sounds
• Hyperbole


  Exaggeration of a situation or subject
• Anaphora


  The constant repitition of an idea or subject