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Affirmation –
positive assertion; confirmation
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Affable –
Easily approachable; warmly friendly
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Alleviate –
Relieve
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Aesthetic –
artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful
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Altruistic –
unselfishly generous; concerned for others
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Analogous –
comparable
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Ambivalence –
the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
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Ambiguous –
unclear or doubtful in meaning
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Advocate –
urge; plead for
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Aloof –
apart; reserved
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Allegory –
A work that functions on a symbolic level.
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Alliteration –
Beginning consecutive words with like sounds.
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Allusion –
Reference to a famous person, place, or thing.
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Ambiguity –
Uncertain or inexactness of language or meaning
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Anaphora –
Type of repetition; same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses or sentences.
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