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30 Cards in this Set
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verbose
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using more words than are needed wordy
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blasphemy
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the act of expressing lack of reverence for god
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vilify
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to blacken the character of with abusive languagues:defane
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diatribe
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biting or abusive speech or writing
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vitriolic
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harsh or corrosive in tone
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jargon
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confused unintelligible language
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satire
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biting wit,irony,or sarcasm used to expose vice or fully
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tirade
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a prolonged speech of abuse or condemnation
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slander
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to utter slander againsts defame
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garbie
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to destort the meaning of
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rhetoric
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the art of speaking or writing effectively
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garrulous
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talkative wordy
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queralous
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complaining, fault finding, fretful, petulant
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inquisitive
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inquiring,questioning curious
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1.indict
2.edict |
1.to charge with an offense, in court of informally
2.a formal order or command; a command by law |
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ambiguous
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capable of being understood in more than one way
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capitulate
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to surrender especially on conditions agreed upon
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defer
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postpone putoff
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ambivalence
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simultaneous attraction toward and repulsion from a person, object, or action.
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dubious
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uncertain
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languor
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a languid feeling tiredness
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fluctuate
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waver, shift up and down
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tentative
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not fully worked out or developed
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indifferent
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unbiased unprejudiced unconcerned not curious
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lethargy
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abnormal drowsiness lazyness
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innocuous
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harmless, dull
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stagnant
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not flowing motionless unmoving
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evade
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to avoid, dodge, or circumvent a person or issue
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pervade
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to go throughout to diffuse throughout to permeate
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1.deduce
2.conducive |
1.to conclude or infer by reasoned thought
2.apt to promote or assist |