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20 Cards in this Set
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COERCE |
Restrain/ dominate by force |
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Quietude |
State of quiet/ calm. Tranquil |
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Repartee |
Witty comebacks |
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Remuneration |
Compensation/ payment |
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Shamus |
Detective |
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Sinuous |
Super bendy/ super strong |
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Subjugate |
To defeat/ gain control of someone by force, gain obedience |
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Celibacy |
Abstention from sexual intercourse |
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Styme |
Presents obstacle |
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Charisma |
Magnetic personality, special charm/ appeal |
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Transfix |
To cause someone to sit or stand without moving because of surprise shock interest etc. |
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Trepidation |
Shaking fear |
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Virile |
Machismo manly man behavior |
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Burgeon |
To grow or develop quickly |
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Transient |
Not long lasting |
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Zeugma |
Modify two or more words in a manner that implies each in a different sense. Example: he bolted the door and his dinner |
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Litotes |
An understatement expressed by the negative of the contrary. Example: she's not that bad |
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Organic plot |
Events that occur in resolving the conflict or some minor deviance of the conflict |
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Episodic plot |
Plot with a story or series of interconnected events |
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Periodic sentence |
Complex sentence with no subordinate clause or trailing elements following its principal clause. main clause and predicate at the end |
