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diminishing
=
decreasing
accentuates
= more noticeable and
prominent
abhorrent
=
bad
indignant =
angry
,
annoyed
Macabre
= disturbing,
gruesome
, morbid
Analogy
= metaphor which seeks to explain or suggest a
point
Ambiguous
= can be understood in more than
one
way
Imperative
verbs =
bossy
verbs tell someone what to do.
Sibilance=
stressed
"s" sound
Reconciliation =
restoring a relationship
Jubilance =
happy
,
joyful
evocation =
employing
,
use
domineering =
bossy
,
excessive control
over somebody
Machiavellian
=
cunning
, scheming
epitome
= a perfect example of a particular thing/ type
consequently
= as a result, therefore ,
hence
Exasperated
:
fed up
paradoxical
=
strange
pulchritudinous
: beautiful
pugnacious
: aggressive
scintillating
: sparkling
sublime
:
magnificent
turbulent:
violent
,
stormy
vacuous
:
empty-headed
wistful
: sad, longing
subsequent
to:
following
on from
apathetic
:
indifferent
insatiable: (
adj
) having or showing an
unlimited desire
or appetite for something
eroding
:
slow destruction
decimating
:
destroy
chremamorphism
: personification where the traits of an
inanimate
object are given to a human or animal subject.
spurn
: reject with disstain
dilapidation
: state of
decay
detest
:
hate
despise
: hate
opulent
: luxurious
myriad
: a
large
number
anodyne
:
boring
and dull
conundrum
:
difficult
problem to solve
exacerbate
: make
worse
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