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14 Cards in this Set
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colloquial (adj)
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ordinary, fermiliar and informal conversation
-hella is a * word that everyone uses, up north. |
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contrite (adj)
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repentive
-* man payed 20 times in order to be forgiven by God |
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hedonist (n)
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pleasure seaker ?
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insularity (n)
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narrow mindedness ?
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eclectic (adj)
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many different kinds
- an * collection of paintings |
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iconoclastic (adj)
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somebody who is: free thinking, radical
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bereft(adj)
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alone, w/0, abandoned
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munificent (adj)
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very generous
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dour (adj)
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unfriendly
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repository (n)
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storage place
- the garage is many times a * for people's cars and stuff they don't know where else to put. |
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stultifying (v)
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to make someone look silly
to dull someone's interest by being boring/ repetitive -he liked * others to make himself look smart |
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circumlocution (n)
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an inderect way of speaking
-the president used * when he talked about the war to make our bad situation sound better than it really was. |
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parsimonious (adj)
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avaricious, stingy
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allusion (n)
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a refrence (to: hisotry, litererature...)
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