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31 Cards in this Set

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Camaraderie

Rapport and goodwill

Frangible

Fragile easily broken

Litany

Long, repetitive, or dull account

Moratorium

Suspension of activity: an authorized delay

Zealous

Fervent, fanatical

Desiccate

To dry out , to remove moisture

Wrenching

Causing mental or physical pain

Replete

Full, abundant

Interminable

Tiresome and long, seemingly endless

Arable

Suitable for cultivation of land

Lugubrious

Mournful gloomy

Truncate

To shorten

Ubiquitous

occurring or seeming to occur every where

Venacular

Everyday language

Equanimity

Composure, calmness

Achilles heel

Area of particular vulnerability

Pound of flesh

Insistence of being repaid

Scared cow

Something that can not be interfered with or harmed

Crossing the Rubicon

Irreversible step

Pearls before swine

Offer something precious to someone

Once in a Blue moon

Occurs very rarely

Mrs. Grundy

An attitude of narrow minded prudishness

Crocodile tears

To show false sympathy for someone

Ambiguity

The expression of a idea in language which gives more then one meaning and leave uncertainly as a meaning

Anachronism

Something out of its place in time or history

Analogy

Comparison of 2 things

Anapest

Meter having 2 understressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable

Anaphora

Repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases

Anthropomorphism

Attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object

Anti hero

a protagonist who is the antithesis of an hero

Antithesis

Balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted