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31 Cards in this Set
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Camaraderie |
Rapport and goodwill |
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Frangible |
Fragile easily broken |
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Litany |
Long, repetitive, or dull account |
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Moratorium |
Suspension of activity: an authorized delay |
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Zealous |
Fervent, fanatical |
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Desiccate |
To dry out , to remove moisture |
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Wrenching |
Causing mental or physical pain |
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Replete |
Full, abundant |
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Interminable |
Tiresome and long, seemingly endless |
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Arable |
Suitable for cultivation of land |
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Lugubrious |
Mournful gloomy |
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Truncate |
To shorten |
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Ubiquitous |
occurring or seeming to occur every where |
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Venacular |
Everyday language |
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Equanimity |
Composure, calmness |
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Achilles heel |
Area of particular vulnerability |
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Pound of flesh |
Insistence of being repaid |
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Scared cow |
Something that can not be interfered with or harmed |
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Crossing the Rubicon |
Irreversible step |
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Pearls before swine |
Offer something precious to someone |
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Once in a Blue moon |
Occurs very rarely |
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Mrs. Grundy |
An attitude of narrow minded prudishness |
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Crocodile tears |
To show false sympathy for someone |
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Ambiguity |
The expression of a idea in language which gives more then one meaning and leave uncertainly as a meaning |
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Anachronism |
Something out of its place in time or history |
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Analogy |
Comparison of 2 things |
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Anapest |
Meter having 2 understressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable |
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Anaphora |
Repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases |
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Anthropomorphism |
Attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object |
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Anti hero |
a protagonist who is the antithesis of an hero |
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Antithesis |
Balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted |