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  • Sensory OverloadFive Senses, Many Words
    We use our senses to take in the world around us, and we use language to describe what we see, hear, smell, taste, and feel. Learn these lists, and add a sixth sense: a sense of accomplishment!
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  • Art AttackEssential Words from the Art World
    Whether it’s dance or drama, painting or poetry, each form of art has a unique lexicon that helps us describe and understand it. Whether you’re an aspiring poet, a virtuoso musician, a theater geek, or just a fan, this collection has all the words you’ll need to explain, admire, and critique the visual and performing arts.
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  • On the ContraryExplore This Collection of Antithetical Terminology
    Do you find opposites attractive? Then this is the collection for you. These lists are all variations on the theme, from antonyms, to words that can mean their own opposite, to terms that don't have an obvious opposite at all.
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  • 44 Words:
    Shakespearean Insults
    If you ever want to dish it out like the bard, add these words to your vocabulary.

    Insults collected by Shakespeare-Online.
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  • 15 Words:
    What Was That Again?
    Sometimes there are words that you've seen, read and maybe even used in conversation whose meaning you can never keep straight. Even after looking it up, the right definition doesn't stick. Here are 15 words with definitions that can be difficult to remember. Some look like they have a negative element in them, but either because their positive counterpoint has fallen out of use or because it never existed in the first place, the word doesn't really have a negative sense. Other words below are often confused for their opposite or have come to have connotations not quite reflected in their dictionary definitions.
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  • 20 Words:
    Selfie Day
    Let's face it. Long before smart phones and social media, people have been preoccupied with the way they look. Here are some words that go way back, but are just as useful in today's selfie-obsessed world.
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  • 22 Words:
    Animal Adjectives
    If you are looking to point out someone's resemblance to an animal, learn these adjectives.
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