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genre
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Distinctive type or category of literary or musical composition
Kind; sort |
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infer
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to derive as a conclusion of facts or premises
guess; hint; suggest |
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saunter
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move in a leisurely manner, stroll
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accountable
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responsible for giving an account of ones acts
answerable, explainable |
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malinger
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to pretend incapacity (illness) so as to avoid work or duty
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ponder
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to consider carefully
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inept
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totally without skill or approrpriateness
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sullen
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silent because of bad humor or anger
gloomy,dismal |
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minimum
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the least quality or value permissible
the least of a set of numbers the lowest degree or amount recorded |
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alliteration
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the repetition of sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
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generalize
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to make general
give a general form draw a general conclusion |
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compulsion
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an act of compelling
an irresistible impulse to do something |
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evolve
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to develop gradually
to rise to a higher level |
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excerpt
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a passage taken from a book, article, etc.
to take such a passage; to quote |
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expository
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an explaining of meaning or purpose of something
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dubiously
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causing doubt, uncertain
feeling doubt, undecided of questionable value |
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detriment
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injury or damage
hurt |
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corporeal
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having, consisting of, or relating to physical material body
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allusion
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the act of alluding or hinting
an implied or indirect reference |
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personification
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1)when a lifeless object is spoken of as if alive
2)to give a human characteristic to something |
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indignant
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filled with anger caused by something unjust or mean
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resilience
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1)the ability of the body to rebound, recoil, or resume its original shape after being bent
2)the ability to recover or adjust to misfortune or change |
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badger
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to harass persistently
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reiterate
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1)to say over or do over repeatedly
2)repeat |
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fragment
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1)a part broken off, detached or incomplete
2)a sentence fragment |
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peril
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exposure to the risk of being injured, destroyed or lost
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accentuate
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1)to give prominence to: emphasize or intensify
2)to pronounce with stress or accent |
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bizarre
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very strange or odd
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chronology
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1)the order or sequence of events
2)a list or table of events analyzed in order of occurence |
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divulge
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know, to tell or reveal
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enmity
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positive, active and typically mutual hatred or ill will
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hoodwink
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1)blindfold
2)deceive, cheat |
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empathy
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the capacity for experiencing as one's own the feelings of another
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hiatus
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1) gap in space and time
2) a break where something is missing |
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exposition
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1)an explaining of the meaning or purpose of something
2) a competition that explains something |
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homonym
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one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning
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stolid
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1) having or expressing little or no sensibility
2) not easily excited, unemotional |
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omninious
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1) being or showing an omen
2) fortelling evil |
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fallible
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liable to error
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precarious
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1) dependent upon certian premises
2) dependent on chance circumstances 3) lack of security that threatens danger |
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fluent
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1) capable of flowing
2) ready or easy in speech, smooth and rapid |
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voracious
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1) greedy in eating, ravinous
2) excessively eager, insatiable |
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permeate
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1) to pass through the pores or small openings
2) to spread throughout, PERVADE |
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zeal
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1) eagerness and ardent interest in doing something
2) enthusiasm and pursuit of cause sentence |
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capricious
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1) to change suddenly
2) fickle, changeable |
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sustenance
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1) means if support or subsistence
2) act of sustaining 3) food, nourishment |
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idiom
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1) the language peculiar to a group
2) an expression that must be learned as a whole to be understood |