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20 Cards in this Set
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acronym
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a word made form first letters
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affix
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a prefix or suffix
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coinage
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an invented word
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colloquial
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conversational
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diminutive
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a suffix indicating smallness
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metonymy
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the use of a closely related word as a substitute
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oxymoron
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an expression with contradictory words
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palindrome
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a word spelled the same backward and forward
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portmanteau words
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a word formed from two other words
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spoonerism
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a comical switching of of the first sounds of words
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apprehensive
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nervous or uneasy
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categorical
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absolute
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conclusive
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decisive
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dubious
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doubtful
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indeterminate
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vague; unclear
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precarious
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dangerous; unstable
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qualm
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a sense of doubt
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tentative
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not fully worked out; provisional
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unequivocal
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perfectly clear
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vacillate
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to hesitate in choice of action or opinion
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