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25 Cards in this Set
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Alloy |
Temper, Moderate |
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Barbarism |
A barbarian or barbarous social or intellectual conditions: Backwardness |
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Blandness |
Smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
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Commingle |
To blend thoroughly into a harmonious whole |
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Converge |
To tend or move toward union or uniformity |
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Delineated |
To indicate or represent by drawn or painted lines |
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Demographic |
Of or relating to demography or demographics the statistical characteristics of human populations |
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Diphthong |
A gliding monosyllabic speech sound (as the vowel combination at the end of toy) that starts at or near the articulately position for one vowel and moves to or toward the position of another |
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Erode |
To diminish or destroy by degrees: to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer) |
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Flash in the pan |
A sudden spasmodic effort that accomplishes nothing |
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Homogenization |
The act or process of homogenizing |
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Legacy |
A gift by will esp. of money or other personal property: Bequest |
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Locales |
A place or locality esp. when viewed in relation to a particular even or characteristic |
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Mellifluous |
Having a smooth rich flow |
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Nondescript |
Belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind: not easily described |
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Passel |
A large number of amount |
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Perpetuates |
To make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
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Pidgins |
A simplified speech used for communication between people with different languages |
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Prototype |
An original model on which something is patterned: Archetype |
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Shibboleth |
A word or saying used by adherents of a party, sect, or belief and usu. regarded by others as empty of real meaning |
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Singsong |
verse with marked and regular rhythm and rhyme |
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Syntax |
The way in which Linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (as phrases or clauses) |
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Tenacious |
Not easily pulled apart: cohesive |
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Upper crust |
The highest social class or group esp; the highest circle of the upper class |
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Uniformly |
Having always the same form, manner, or degree: not varying or variable <~procedures> |
