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8 Cards in this Set
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ADJ: showing that you disapprove of or do not like someone or something : showing disrespect or scorn for someone or something
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sardonic
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ADJ-giving a lot of attention to details that are minor or not important
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persnickety
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ADJ- seeming to be seen everywhere; prevalent
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ubiquitous
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ADJ- becoming angry very easily : having a bad temper
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irascible
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ADJ- having or seeming to have no end : continuing for a very long time
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interminable
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V-1. : to refuse to accept or support (something) : to reject (something or someone)
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repudiate
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V-to end (a law, contract, agreement, etc.) officially : to say officially that (something) is no longer valid
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rescind
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N-an amusing error that occurs when a person mistakenly uses a word that sounds like another word but that has a very different meaning
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malapropism
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