Crome Yellow Glossary

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Alliteration

The repetition of similar sounds for effect

Assonance

Typically in poetry, assonance is the repetition of a vowel sound

Crusade

A campaign

Decorously

Proper, decent, and becoming.

Grandiose

Magnificent, impressive, and grand

Indignation

Being angry and resentful after being treated unfairly

Preponderate

To be more important

Tedium

Tediousness

Venery

The act of hunting

Writhing

To wrench in pain

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