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35 Cards in this Set
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Slim
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slender
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Convince
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Persuade
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Admit
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Acknowledge
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Permit
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Allow
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Lare
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Tardyt
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Adapt
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Adjust
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Timid
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Shy
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Admite
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Respect
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Trust
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Faith
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Mercy
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Forgiveness
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Generous-stingy
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Opaque-transparent
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Altar-alter
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Bow-bough
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Difficult-easy
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Our-hour
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Declare-announce
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Large-bigs one
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Some-sum
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Grief-sorrow
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A straight, horizontal line above a vowel to show sound or pronunciation is called a macron.
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True
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The words silent and talkative are synonyms.
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False
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A book that contains many antonyms and homonyms is Roget's International thesaurus.
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False
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An accent mark shows part of a word that receives special emphasis or force when a word is pronounced.
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True
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Words that are opposite in meaning are called antonyms.
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True
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English that is spoken or written by educated people and mature people is called ??? English.
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Standard
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The words congenial and agreeable are
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Synonyms
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Words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings are
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Homonyms
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If we have a better understanding of words, we can ??? better with each other.
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Communicate
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The words cold and hot are
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Antonyms
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The ??? of a ship was changed when the commander received a report of submarines in the area.
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Course
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A shortened form of a word such as didn't for did not is a
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Contraction
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A synonym for the word dry is
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Arid
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In what two ways does a dictionary help you pronounce a word?
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Diacritical marks, respelling of a word
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What two books can be used to find a synonym for a word?
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Dictionary, thesaurus
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