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chopping block noun a thick, often large block of wood on which meat, vegetables, etc., are placed for cutting, trimming, chopping, and the like
lurk verb (used without object) to lie or wait in concealment, as a person in ambush; remain in or around a place secretly or furtively. to go furtively; slink; steal.
avocation noun 1. something a person does in addition to a principal occupation, especially for pleasure; hobby: Our doctor's avocation is painting.
stake noun 1. a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.
alight verb (used without object), a·light·ed or a·lit, a·light·ing. 1. to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc.
hulking adjective heavy and clumsy; bulky.
mortal adjective 1. subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
divining rod noun a rod, especially a forked stick, commonly of hazel, supposed to be useful in locating underground water, metal deposits, etc.
twain two
vocation noun 1. a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.
grandiloquent adjective speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
didactic adjective 1. intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
colloquialism slang and familiar talk
pentameter noun 1. a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.
dactyl/dactylic one long syllable, two short syllables
ethical adjective 1. pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
diction noun 1. style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words: good diction.
whimsy noun, plural whim·sies. 1. capricious humor or disposition; extravagant, fanciful, or excessively playful expression: a play with lots of whimsy.
oratorical adjective 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a public speaker
metaphoric comparison without like and as
trimeter noun a verse of three measures or feet.
hexameter noun a verse of six measures or feet.
arcane adjective known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric: She knew a lot about Sanskrit grammar and other arcane matters.
antithetical adjective of the nature of or involving antithesis. directly opposed or contrasted; opposite.
concrete adjective constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
wheedling adjective 1. constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
idiomatic having a distinct style or character, especially in the arts
tetrameter a verse of four feet
lamb/iambic a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter
anapest/anapestic foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter,
trochee/trochaic foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter
aphoristic a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation
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