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29 Cards in this Set
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cant
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latin to sing or to call
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chant
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latin to sing or to call
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recant
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to formally withdraw
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Although he was critical of his fellow band members at first the drummer _______ his criticism.
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recanted
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incantation
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ritual chant or spell
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The children -exposed to the words of a foreign language for the first time –thought they were hearing a magical ___________.
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incantation
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disenchanted
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losing fondness for or disillusioned
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The team’s fans, who had once loved the star pitcher, grew ________ with him as he failed to strike the other team out.
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disenchanted
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aud
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latin to hear
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inaudible
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so quiet as to be impossible to hear
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Feedback from the microphone grew from an almost ______ buzzing to a deafening shriek.
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inaudible
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auditory
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having to do with the sense of hearing
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Developing _______ skills involves knowing what to listen for and when to listen for it.
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auditory
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audit
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a thorough review
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Once the accounting scandal became public knowledge an _____ of the company’s finances was called for.
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audit
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son
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latin to sound
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dissonance
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unpleasant or unharmonious sound
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assonance
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similarity of word sounds
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resonant
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having an effect or powerful
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The static blaring from the radio filled the room with a painful _________.
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dissonance
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The young poet could produce lines of skillful ________ and great beauty.
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assonance
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The music of some composers who died long ago is still _______ today.
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resonant
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log
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latin to speak or to reason
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analogous
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comparable to or like
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dialogue
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communication between two or more people
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prologue
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a speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event
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Do you think the invention of the printing press is ______ to the invention of the computer in your own time?
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analogous
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The countries had been at war for so long that any kind of _________ seemed impossible.
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dialogue
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In the _________ to the main novel, the author lists the main characters and their stories.
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prologue
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