Wordwright Vocabulary

Litter

Trash or a group of baby animals

Distrust

A feeling that a person can not be relied on

Prevail

To be victorious; to persuade

Idyll

An extremely happy, peaceful episode or scene

Propriety

the quality of behaving in a proper manner; obeying rules and customs

Metrical

The beat of a poem

Maudlin

Self-pitying or tearfully sentimental

Prosaic

Dull, ordinary

Incantatory

having the effect of a verbal charm or spell

Exhortation

a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action

Wary

Felling caution towards situations

Aphoristic

A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion

Tentative

Not for certain

Paradox

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

Alliteration

The occurrence of the same letter of sound at the begging of the word

Promiscuous

Having many indiscriminate sexual relationships

Flippant

Not showing a serious or respectful attitude

Peroration

The concluding part of a speech

Chiasmus

A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the parts reversed. "Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.