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20 Cards in this Set
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facilitate
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to make easy or easier
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foster
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to promote
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legion
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a large number
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nascent
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beginning to develop
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novice
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beginner
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profound
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significant
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prosaic
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commonplace; dull
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relentless
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steady or harsh
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syntax
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the manner in which words are changed into sentences
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tenet
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a principle held true by a person or group
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allegory
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a story in which the characters represent moral ideas
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allusion
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an indirect regerence made to something
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connotation
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a meaning that is associated with a word in addition to its literal meaning
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idiom
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a phrase whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of its individual words
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jargon
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the specialized vocabulary used by those in a particular profession or way of life
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metaphor
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a figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another to suggest a similarity
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parody
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a humorous literal or musical imitation of a serious work
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patois
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a regional dialect of a language
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solecism
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an error in grammar or standard language
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soliloquy
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the act or talking to oneself
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