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30 Cards in this Set
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Affable |
Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to |
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Aggrandize |
To increase in greatness,power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; make appear greater |
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Amorphous |
Shapeless, without definite form; of no particular character ; without organization, unity,or cohesion |
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Archetype |
An original model in which something was patterned or replicated ; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing |
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Aura |
That which surrounds (as in atmosphere) ; a distinctive air or personal quality |
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Contraband |
Illegal traffic,smuggled goods |
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Erudite |
Scholarly, learned,bookish, pedantic |
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Inscrutable |
Incapable of being understood, impossible to see through physically |
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Gossamer |
Thin,light,delicate;thin light cloth |
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Insular |
Relating to, characterized of,or situated on an island ; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience |
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Irrevocable |
Incapable of being changed or called back |
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Propensity |
A natural inclination or predilection toward |
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Querulous |
Peevish, complaining, fretful |
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Remonstrate |
To argue with someone against something, protest against |
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Repudiate |
To disown, reject, or deny validity of |
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Resilient |
Able to return to an original shape or form ; recover quickly |
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Reverberate |
To re-echo, resound ; reflect of be reflected repeatedly |
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Scurrilous |
Coarsely abusive, vulgar or low, foul mouthed |
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Sedulous |
Persistent,showing industry or determination |
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Sleazy |
Thin or flimsy in texture ; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character, mean, disreputable |
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Litote |
Fig of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement |
Not bad |
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Loose sentence |
Long sentence that starts with its main clause followed by several dependent clauses and modifying phrases |
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Lyrical |
Songlike; characterized by emotions, subjectivity,and imagination |
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Metaphor |
Fig of speech in which one Is referred to as another |
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Metonymy |
Fig of speech that uses name of an object, person,or Idea to represent something with which it is associated |
The pen is mightier than the sword |
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Mood |
Primary emotionally attitude of a work |
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Negative-positive |
Sentence that begins by stating what is not true then ending with what is true |
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Onomatopoeia |
Use of words that sound like what they mean
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Hiss, Buzz, boom |
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Jargon |
Special Lang of a profession or group |
Not Understandable to outsiders of group |
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Juxtaposition |
Location of one thing adjacent or juxtaposed with another to create effect, reveal attitude, or accomplish some other purpose |
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