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15 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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Desultroy
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Adj.
marked by lack of definite plan, regulartiy, or purpose |
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Ruse
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noun
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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noun
an opening or open space: Hole |
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Propriety
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noun
conformity to what is socially acceptable in conduct/ speech |
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Pleonasm
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noun
use of more words than necessary to denote mere sense |
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Cohesion
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noun
the act or state of sticking together tighly |
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Pigmentation
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noun
coloration or depostion of skin color |
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Acerbic
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Adj.
acid in temper, 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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Foibles
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noun
a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior |
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Acronym
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noun
a word formed from the intial letters of each of successive parts or major parts of a compound term |
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Finite
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Adj.
having definite or definable limits |
