Meaning: A woman who seeks adventure, often in a romantic context.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The story features an adventuress who travels the world.

Category: Literature › Character Types

Synonyms: female adventurer

Meaning: A person who is conventional and materialistic, often used in a critical sense.

Part of speech: noun

Example: He was such a Babbitt, always focused on making money.

Category: Literature › Character Types

Meaning: a metrical foot in poetry with one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables

Part of speech: noun

Example: The word 'elephant' is a dactyl.

Category: Literature › Poetry

Meaning: a writer of hagiographies, or biographies of saints

Part of speech: noun

Example: The hagiographer wrote about the life of a famous saint.

Category: Literature › Biography

Synonyms:

• biographer
• writer

Meaning: a biography of a saint or religious figure

Part of speech: noun

Example: The hagiography detailed the saint's miracles.

Category: Literature › Biography

Synonyms:

• biography
• life story

Meaning: a form of Japanese poetry with three lines

Part of speech: noun

Example: She wrote a beautiful haiku about nature.

Category: Literature › Poetry

Synonyms:

• poem
• verse

Meaning: characteristic of the nightmarish, illogical quality of Kafka's works

Part of speech: adjective

Example: The bureaucracy was so kafkaesque that it felt impossible to navigate.

Category: Literature

Meaning: characterized by exuberance and humor

Part of speech: adjective

Example: His Rabelaisian laughter filled the room.

Category: Literature

Synonyms: exuberant

Meaning: showing courage or determination

Part of speech: adjective

Example: The valiant knight fought bravely.

Category: Literature

Synonyms:

• brave
• courageous

Antonyms: cowardly

Meaning: great courage in the face of danger

Part of speech: noun

Example: The soldier was awarded a medal for his valor.

Category: Literature

Synonyms:

• bravery
• courage

Antonyms: cowardice