Abjure: solemnly renounce
I refuse to abjure my faith.
Affirm: State a fact
I affirm that the third president of the United States was Thomas Jefferson.
Kudos: Praise and honor received for an achievement
I gave him Kudos for getting 1st place.
Schema: representation of a plan
He followed the schema they made.
Intuitively: Without conscious or reasoning
He intuitively picked the option to survive.
Uncanny: Strange or mysterious
The person in front of him was uncanny.
Myth: False believe or idea
He thought that big foot was a myth.
Connotation: invokes a different meaning than the original
He used connotation in his writing.
Allusion: to say something without explicitly saying. (Indirect)
The author used Allusion to Shakespeare play
Denotation: a primary meaning of a word
He used denotation to get his point across
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