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20 Cards in this Set
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Passive
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Yielding without resistance
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Abrasive
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Causing Irritation
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Reconcile
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To bring into harmony
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Denote
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To be a sign of
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Somber
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Gloomy and sad
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Hindrance
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An action person or thing that impedes
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Turbulant
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Violently agitated
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irreducible
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Not capable of being made smaller or simpler
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Ultimate
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The final piont; max level
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Necessitated
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To make something unavoidable
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Figurative
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Not literally true
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Intensive
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Single-minded
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech that contains an implied comparison
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Adage
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An old saying
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Potency
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Power
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Authenticity
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Genuine; true tom its type
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Simile
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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using like or as
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Cadencew
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A rhythic flow or pattern as in poetry
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Allusion
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An indirect reference
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Fallacies
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A misleading or false idea
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