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20 Cards in this Set
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Sonorous
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Adj.
full or loud in sound; imposing/ impressive in effect or style |
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Farcial
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Adj.
ludicrous, laughably inept: Absurd meant to make you laugh |
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Desultory
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Adj.
Marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
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Ruse
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n.
roundabout path taken by fleeing game, trickery |
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Feigning
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Adj.
to give a false appearance of: induce as a false impression |
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Aperture
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n.
an opening or open space: Hole |
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Propriety
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n.
conformity to what is socially acceptable in conduct/speech |
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Pleonasm
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n.
use of more words than necessary to denote mere sense |
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Cohesion
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n.
the act or state of sticking together tightly |
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Pigmentation
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n.
coloration or depostion of skin color |
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Acerbic
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Adj.
acid in temperature, mood, or tone |
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Absurd
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Adj.
ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous <-- does not follow |
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Foilbles
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n.
a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior |
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Follies
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n.
lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight |
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Acronym
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n.
a word formed from the initial letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term |
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Finite
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Adj.
having definite or definable limits |
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Concave
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Adj.
hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
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Sentient
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Adj.
responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
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Incursion
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n.
a hostile entrance into a territory; raid |
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Incentive
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n.
somthing that incites or has a tendency to inctie to determination or action. |
