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- epthet
- any word or phase applied to a person to describe an actual or quality, often used in the place on a name
- citadel
- fortress
- simile
- 2 unlike things are compared
- vie
- to compete with
- alliteration
- 2 or more words with the same letter
- hubris
- self confidence; arrogence
- oblivion
- state of being forgotten, nonexistent
- artisan
- one skilled in art
- 'in media res'
- into the middle of things
- foreshadowing
- suggesting something before it happens
- imagery
- formation of mental pictures
- voracious
- greedily hungry
- malign
- to speak ill of, deframe
- irony
- the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its actual meaning
- astute
- keen, wise
- malicious
- desire to harm
- lament
- to express sorrow, mourn
- guile
- dishonesty
- promontory
- high cliff jutting out to sea
- strategem
- trick intended to deceive
- vexed
- to make angry, annoy
- treacherous
- deceptive, unreliable