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enumerate collapse: specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"

exaggeration collapse: the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"; making to seem more important than it really is

infancy collapse: the earliest state of immaturity; the early stage of growth or development

prose collapse: ordinary writing as distinguished from verse; matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression

slander collapse: words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

sonnet collapse: a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme; compose a sonnet; praise in a sonnet

idyll collapse: an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll

limerick collapse: a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba; port city in southwestern Ireland

madrigal collapse: an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form; sing madrigals; "The group was madrigaling beautifully"

roundelay collapse: a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain

clinic collapse: a healthcare facility for outpatient care; meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity; a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists

rondeau collapse: a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas

cradle collapse: a baby bed with sides and rockers; birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"; run with the stick; hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms"; wash in a cradle; "cradle gold"; cut grain with a cradle scythe; hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms"; bring up from infancy

description collapse: sort or variety; "every description of book was there"; a statement that represents something in words; the act of describing something

tabby collapse: female cat; a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black

allegorize collapse: make into an allegory; "The story was allegorized over time"; interpret as an allegory

invention collapse: the act of inventing; a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation; the creation of something in the mind

summation collapse: the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives seven"; "four plus three equals seven"; a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court); (physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce

lyric collapse: a short poem of songlike quality; the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"; expressing deep personal emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance"; used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano"; of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry"; relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"; write lyrics for (a song)

mystery collapse: something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"; a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie

story collapse: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"

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