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30 Cards in this Set
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Ameliorate |
To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
Synonyms: amend,better, |
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Aplomb |
Poise,assurance,great self confidence ;purpendicularity |
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Bombastic |
Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
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Callow |
Without experience ; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise ;without feathers |
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Drivel |
Saliva or mucous flowing from the mouth or nose;foolish,aimless talk or thinking;nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly |
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Epitome |
A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality |
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Exhort |
To urge strongly, advise earnestly |
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Ex officio |
By virtue of holding a certain office |
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Infringe |
To violate, trespass,go beyond recognized bounds |
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Ingratiate |
To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptances by others |
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Interloper |
One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder |
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Intrinsic |
Belonging to someone or something by its very nature,essentialinherent: originating in a bodily organ or part |
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Inveigh |
To make violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
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Lassitude |
Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
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Millennium |
A period of one thousand years ; a period of great joy |
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Occult |
(Adj) Secret,hidden from view ; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious,magical, uncanny; (v) to hide,cover up; eclipse; (n) matters involving the supernatural |
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Permeate |
To spread through, penetrate, soak through |
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Precipitate |
(V)To fall as moisture ; to bring about suddenly ; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to (adj.) Characterizes by excessive haste (n.) Moisture ; the product of an action or process |
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Stringent |
Strict,severe;rigorously or urgently binding or compelling;sharp or bitter to the taste |
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Surmise |
To think or believe without certain supporting evidence ; to conjecture or guess ; (n) likely idea that lacks definite proof |
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Concrete language |
Language that describes specific, observable things, people or places,rather than ideas or qualities |
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Connotation |
Implies or suggested meaning of a word because of its association in the readers mind |
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Consonance |
Repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity, as in boost/best ; it can also be seen within several compound words, such as fulfill and ping-pong |
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Denotation |
Literal meaning of a word as defined |
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Description |
The picturing in words of something or someone through detailed observation of color, motion, sound, taste, smell, and touch; one of the four modes of discourse |
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Diction |
Word choice; creates element of style ; it creates tone, attitude, as well as meaning |
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Dissonance |
harsh or grating sounds that do not go together |
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Epistrophe |
Repetition of a word or expression at the end of a successive phrase, clauses ,sentences ,or versus especially for rhetorical or poetic effect ,compare to anaphora |
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Euphemism |
A more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable |
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Euphony |
A succession of harmonious sounds using poetry or prose; the opposite of cacophony |
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