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19 Cards in this Set
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expostulation
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(n) scolding; reproof/rebuke
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coerce
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(v) to force
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manifestation
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(n) one of the forms in which something is revealed
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congruent
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(adj) corresponding; corresponding exactly when superimposed
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trite
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(adj) unoriginal; overly familiar through overuse; hackneyed
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presumptuous
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(adj) going beyond what is right and proper; rudely forward behavior
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droll
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(adj) amusing in an odd, wry way
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emulate
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(v) to strive to equal or excel through "imitation"
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ramification
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(n) the consequence or implication of something
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cliche
(klee-shay) S11 |
(n) an overused expression
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aptly
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(adv) expressed in a precisely suitable manner
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interminable
(in-TER-min-a-bull) S11 |
(adj) endless
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implausible
(im-PLAUSE-i-bull) S11 |
(adj) difficult to believe; not likely
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insipid
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(adj) dull, unexciting, flavorless
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verisimilitude
(VERA-si-MILL-ih-tude) S11 |
(n) a quality of appearing true or real
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incessantly
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(adv) continuously
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trivial
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(adj) unimportant; ordinary/commonplace
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inane
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(adj) something that makes no sense
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ornithology
(orn-ih-thology) S11 |
(n) scientific study of birds
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