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13 Cards in this Set
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Oppressive |
Using power unjustly, burdensome |
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Inscrutable |
Difficult to understand; mysterious |
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Vicissitudes |
A change of variation; unexpected changes in life |
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Declivities |
Downward slopes, as of a hill |
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Tacit |
Not spoken, implied by actions or statements |
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Blatant |
Totally or offensively obtrusive, very obvious |
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Taboo |
Excluded or forbidden from our use or mention |
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Sinewy |
Lean and muscular; stringy and tough |
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Malevolently |
Having ill will or wishing harm to others, malicious |
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The baby cried for food |
Simple |
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The shoplifter had stolen clothes, SO he ran once he saw the police |
Compound ( basically 2 simple sentences |
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AFTER eating lunch at The Cheesecake Factory, Tim went to the gym to exorcize |
Complex sentences (independent clause with one or more dependent clauses) |
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AFTER the two soccer players lost their game, they joined their other teammates for lunch, and they went to the movies |
Compound- complex ( if you remove the dependent clause, you get a compound sentence) |
