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20 Cards in this Set
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abrasive |
a substance used for grinding causing irritation |
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passive |
acted upon rather than acting; yielding without resistence |
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irreducible |
not capable of being made smaller or simplified |
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necessitate |
to force; to cause to be neccessary |
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hindrance |
an action, person, or thing that impedes; obstacle |
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denote |
to be a sign of; to indicate |
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somber |
gloomy and sad; solemn and serious |
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ulitmate |
last or final;maximum |
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turbulent |
violently agitated; disorlerly |
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reconcile |
to bring tohgether, to bring into harmony |
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adage |
an old saying |
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potency |
power; strangth |
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rapture |
great joy |
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simile |
a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using as or like |
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fallacy |
a misleading or false idea |
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allusion |
an indirect refrence |
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cadance |
a rhytmetic flow or pattern |
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figuartive |
no literally true |
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intensive |
marked by special effort; dedicated |
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metaphor |
a figure of speech that contains an implied comparison |
