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  Word Explanations attribute, taunt, epithet, hyperbole, virago, fallacy, glutton, invective, compensation, demagogue


   
Explanation of attribute (noun)
inherent quality; characteristic

Sample of attribute
This is defined as a condition in which the responsibility for housework is felt as a feminine, and therefore a personal attribute, normally as a result of a childhood identification with the mother as role model.



   
Explanation of taunt (noun)
provocation; insulting, jeering or bitter remark; mockery

Sample of taunt
The newspaper reported that detectives believe it was just a vicious taunt to terrify the girl.



   
Explanation of epithet (noun)
name; nickname; title; designation

Sample of epithet
She sometimes appeared on earth as a hippopotamus, too, and her epithet was The Golden.
The usual epithet applied to his bearing is patrician, and his batting, as a matter of course, is liberally endowed with arrogance.



   
Explanation of hyperbole (noun)
exaggeration; overstatement

Sample of hyperbole
The full moon was almost blinding in its brightness, he said with a measure of hyperbole.



   
Explanation of virago (noun)
scolding or ill-tempered woman

Sample of virago
It had been a fairly commonplace murder, a henpecked husband at the end of his tether who had taken a hatchet to his virago of a wife.



   
Explanation of fallacy (noun)
illusion; misconception; untruth; falsehood

Sample of fallacy
The fatal fallacy is to try to turn the world inside-out and make economic progress the criterion of the pursuit of knowledge.
It would constitute a typically academic fallacy to believe that analysis on its own - the sheer power of thought - could change or reverse such a situation, but it could well affect it.



   
Explanation of glutton (noun)
person who eats and drinks to excess; overeater

Sample of glutton
The glutton ate 12 hot dogs.



   
Explanation of invective (noun)
insult; curse; affront; offense

Sample of invective
Take one opposition spokesman, simmer for an hour in a heavy sauce of sarcasm, season with scornful adjectives, throw in liberal amounts of contempt, add several pinches of disdain, and spice with invective.



   
Explanation of compensation (noun)
payment for services; repayment

Sample of compensation
A park keeper was ordered to pay USD800 compensation to the owner of a 1,000 model yacht he sank.
Compensation of USD8,500 for structural damage, and further sums for damage to personal property, were paid by the Metropolitan Police.



   
Explanation of demagogue (noun)
one who manipulates public emotions to gain power or popularity

Sample of demagogue
The greatest demagogue in history no longer had an audience.
For any would-be telegenic demagogue, Mr Bruce offers a lot of practical advice, most of it garnered when he was the Tories' director of communications.



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