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Oxymoron
Noun
Usually a joining of antonyms e.g.
awfully good, bitter sweet and civil war.
Also used as a figure of speech to add humour irony or satire in literature, "An intelligent liberal
is an oxymoron", (William Buckley).
Not every oxymoron consists of antonyms e.g
That goat is "pretty-ugly", in this case pretty means considerable/considerably as in pretty-penny and pretty-often.
26/01/2021
Noun
sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing.
A preceding adjective usually provides context e.g
His "mental" acuity was only matched by his
visual acuity.
24/01/2021
Singular or group confirmation that something is true in nature or law.
Title link to the many ways affirmation may be applied.
22/01/2021
Ephemeral
Lasting for a very short time:
Fashions are ephemeral, new ones regularly drive out the old.
21/01/2021
Repudiate
To refuse to accept something or someone as true, good or reasonable:
He repudiated the alleged/charge/claim that he had tried to deceive them.
20/01/2021
Concatenate
link (things) together in a chain or series.
