1-A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.

2-A symbolical narrative; the allegory of Piers Plowman

3- Emblem

The blindfolded man carrying a set of scales is an allegory of justice.

1-The commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same constant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration), as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration), as in each to all.

2-The commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in apt alliteration's artful aid.

Hopkins employed alliteration in many of his poems.

1-To separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize); to analyze an argument.

2-To examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements or give the essence of: to analyze a poem.

3-To examine carefully and in detail so as to find causes, key factors, possible results, etc.

When you analyze something, you must make sure to pay attention.

1-A short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.

2-A short, obscure historical or biographical account.

Sally told a hilarious anecdote of her family reunion.

1-To realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee; to anticipate pleasure.

2-To expect; look forward to; be sure of; to anticipate a favorable decision.

3-To perform (an action) before another has had time to act.

Kelly could anticipate the outcome of the competition.

1-Resemblance of sounds.

2-Also called vowel rhyme. Prosody. Rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words, as in penitent and reticence.

3-Partial agreement or correspondence.

The poet got many comments for his use of assonance in poems.

1-Conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.

2-a.Helpful in the meeting of needs; a beneficial   association.

   b.Involving the personal enjoyment of proceeds; a beneficial owner.

It is beneficial for the company to conserve energy.

1-Arranged in the order of time; a chronological list of events.

2-Pertaining to or in accordance with chronology; a chronological process.

Mike told a chronological story about Abraham Lincoln's life.

1-To examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences: to compare two pieces of cloth, to compare the governments of two nations.

2-To consider or describe as a similar; liken: Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?

3-To form or display the agrees of comparison of (and adjective or adverb).

I can compare the two baseball bats to find the one I like.

1-Accord or agreement.

2-Correspondence of sounds; harmony of sounds.

3-A simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of repose.

John appreciated the consonance that is present in many pieces of classical music.

1-The parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect.

2-The set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, etc.

3-The fleshy fibrous body of the pileus in mushrooms.

Many people take other people's comments out of context.

1-To compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of the Romans and Greeks.

2-To exhibit unlikeness on comparison with something else; form a contrast.

3-To differ in a way that can serve to distinguish meanings.

4-The act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.

5-A striking exhibition of unlikeness.

6-A person or thing that is strikingly unlike in comparison.

Black on yellow provides one of the most visible color contrasts.

1-A discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints: a debate in the Senate onfarm price supports.

2-A formal contest in which the affirmative and negative sidesof a proposition are advocated by opposing speakers.

3-Deliberation; consideration.

The Great Debate comes out in theaters on July 19th.

1-The explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it; the association or set of associations that a word usually elicits for most speakers of a language, as distinguished from those elicited for any individual speaker because of personal experience.

2-A word that names or signifies something specific: “Wind” is the denotation for air in natural motion. “Poodle” is the denotation for a certain breed of dog.

3-The act or fact of denoting; identification.

Denotation is important in most complex words.

1-To tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.

2-To pronounce, as by a designating term, phrase, or the like; label: There are few people who may be described as geniuses.

3-To indicate; be a sign of; denote: Conceit, in many cases, describes of serious emotional insecurity.

The police officer asked the witness to describe what happened.

1-Worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: elaborate preparations, elaborate care.

2-Marked by intricate and often excessive detail; complicated.

The wood carving had very elaborate pictures on the sides.

1-A person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class: He is the epitome of goodness.

2-A condensed account, especially of a literary work; abstract.

Michael was the epitome of hard work. 

1-To determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.

2-To judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of; assess: to evaluate the results of an experiment.

3-To ascertain the numerical value of (a function, relation, etc.).

The Real Estate Agent needed to evaluate the house before he gave an estimate.

1-To make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point.

2-To make known in detail: to explain how to do something.

3-To assign a meaning to; interpret: How can you explain such a silly remark?

Shelly had to explain the homework over and over to help Chris.

1-Something that actually exists; reality; truth: Your fears have no basis in fact.

2-Something known to exist or have happened: Space travel is now a fact.

3-A truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true: Scientists gather facts about plant growth.

4-Something said to be true or supposed to have happened: The facts given by the witness are highly questionable.

5-An actual or alleged event or circumstance, as distinguished from it's legal effect or consequence.

6-After the fact, LAW. After the commission of a crime: an accessory after the fact.

7-Before the fact, LAW. prior to the commission of a crime: an accessory before the fact.

8-In fact, actually; really, indeed: In fact, it was a wonder that anybody survived.

Scientists work is usually based off a fact.

1-To express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.

2-To devise or develop, as a method, system, etc.

3-To reduce o express in a formula.

Kim needed to formulate her new hypothesis, and fast.

1-Full of risk; perilous; risky: It was a hazardous journey.

2-Dependent on chance.

Jill was hiking on a hazardous trail when she got hurt.

1-An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket  or hang one's head,  or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round  for the round table,  and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.

2-A language, dialect, or way of speaking peculiar to a people.

3-A construction or expression of one language whose parts correspond to elements in another language but whose total structure or meaning is not matched in the same way in the second language.

4-The peculiar character or genius of a language.

5-A distinct style in music, art, etc: the distinct idiom of Bach.

The idiom of African ancestors is quite interesting.

1-Highly distinguished; renowned; famous: an illustrious leader.

2-Glorious, as deeds or works: illustrious achievements.

3-OBSOLETE. Luminous, bright.

The restaurant was illustrious for their soups.

1-To derive by reasoning; conclude or judje from premises or evidence: They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.

2-(Of facts, circumstances, statements, etc.) to indicate or involve as a conclusion; lead to.

3-To guess; speculate; surmise.

4-To hint; imply; suggest.

5-To draw a conclusion, as by reasoning.

To infer, is to guess or pronounce an idea of a behavior or mood.

1-Using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic: judicious use of one's money.

2-Having, exercising, or characterized by good or discriminating judgment; wise, sensible, or well-advised: a judicious selection of documents.

Will made a judicious choice of how he would spend his time.

1-In accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical:the literal meaning of a word.

2-Following the words of the original very closely and exactly: a literal translation of Goethe.

3-True to fact; not exaggerated; actual or factual: a literal description of conditions.

4-Being actually such, without exaggeration or inaccuracy: the literal extermination of a city.

5-(Of persons) tending to construe words in the strict sense orin an unimaginative way; matter-of-fact; prosaic.

6-Of or pertaining to the letters of the alphabet.

7-Of the nature of letters.

8-Expressed by letters.

9-Affecting a letter or letters: a literal error.

10-A typographical error, especially involving a single letter.

"What is the literal meaning of great", Sarah asked.

1-To manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.

2-To handle, manage, or use, especially with skill, in some process of treatment or performance: to manipulate a large tractor.

3-To adapt or change (accounts, figures, etc.) to suit one's purpose or advantage.

4-To examine or treat by skillful use of the hands, as in palpation, reduction of dislocations, or changing the position of a fetus.

Samantha had to manipulate the plow carefully.

1-A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in: “A mighty fortress is our god.”

2-Something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.

The metaphor, "God is our rock", is one of hundreds.

1-Lacking in variety; tediously unvarying: the monotonous flat scenery.

2-Characterizing a sound continuing on one note.

3-Having very little inflection; limited to a narrow pitch range.

The scenery in Laos was very monotonous.

1-Having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.

2-An omniscient being.

3-The Omniscient, God.

God is the only omniscient being.

1-The formation of a word, as cuckoo  or boom,  by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.

2-A word so formed.

3-The use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical effect.

The onomatopoeia effect is used in a lot of fictional stories.

1-A belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.

2-A personal view, attitude, or appraisal.

3-The formal expression of a professional judgment: to ask for a second Medical opinion.

4-The formal statement by a judge or court of the reasoning and the principles of law used in reaching a decision of a case.

5-A judgment or estimate of a person or thing with respect to character, merit, etc.: to forfeit someone's good opinion.

6-A favorable estimate; esteem: I haven't much of an opinion of him.

John's opinion made the final verdict.

1-An optimistic person.

2-A person who holds the belief or the doctrine of optimism.

There are a lot of optimists in the world.

1-A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

2-A self-contradictory and false proposition.

3-Any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature.

4-An opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion.

A low-fat dessert buffet would appear to me as paradox.

1-A restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.

2-The act or process of restating or rewording.

3-To render the meaning of in a paraphrase: to paraphrase a technical paper for lay readers.

4-To make a paraphrase or paraphrases.

Instead of copying, try to paraphrase.

1-A secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.

2-Also called storyline. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story.

3-A small piece or area of ground: a garden plot; burial plot.

4-A measured piece or parcel of land: a house on a two-acre plot.

5-A plan, map, diagram, or other graphic representation, as of land, a building, etc.

6-A list, timetable, or scheme dealing with any of the various arrangements for the production of a play, motion picture,etc.: According to the property plot, there should be a lamp stage left.

7-A chart showing the course of a craft, as a ship or airplane.

8-A point or points located on a map or chart: target plot.

9-To plan secretly, especially something hostile or evil: to plot mutiny.

10-To mark on a plan, map, or chart, as the course of a ship or aircraft.

11-To draw a plan or map of, as a tract of land or a building.

12-To divide (land) into plots.

13-To determine and mark (points), as on plotting paper, by means of measurements or coordinates.

14-To draw (a curve) by means of points so marked.

15-To represent by means of such a curve.

16-To devise or construct the plot of (a play, novel, etc.).

17-To prepare a list, timetable, or scheme of (production arrangements), as for a play or motion picture: The stage manager hadn't plotted the set changes until one day before the dress rehearsal.

18-To make (a calculation) by graph.

19-To plan or scheme secretly; form a plot; conspire.

20-To devise or develop a literary or dramatic plot.

21-To be marked or located by