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Chopping Block A thick, often large block of wood.
Lurk To lie or wait in concealment
Avocation A vacation or a hobby
Stake A stick or post pointed at one end.
alight To dismount from a horse, Descend from a vehicle
Hulking Heavy or clumsy; Bulky
Mortal Belonging to this world; subject to death
Divining Rod a rod supposed to be useful in locating underground water
Twain Two
Vocation A particular occupation or business or proffesion
Grandiloquent Speaking or expressed in a lofty style
Didactic Instructive
Colloquialism Involving or using conversation
Pentameter A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.
Dactyl A finger or Toe; a foot of three syllables
Ethical Pertaining to or dealing with morals
Diction Choice of words
Whimsy Extravagant, Fanciful, Playful Expression
Oratorical A skill or Eloquence in Public speaking
Metaphorical Something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.
Trimeter A verse of 3 measures or Feet
Hexameter A dactylic line of six feet
Arcane Known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric
Antithetical Directly opposed to or Opposite
Concrete Pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular
Wheedling To influence with smooth, flattering, or beguiling acts.
Idiomatic Peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect
Tetrameter A verse of four feet.
Iamb A foot of two syllables
Anapest A foot of three syllables
trochee A foot of two syllables
Aphoristic A verse embodying a general Truth
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