Group 3 Flashcards

(50 cards)

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Soliloquy

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An act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud

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Apprise

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Inform or tell

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Goad

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Provoke or annoy as to stimulate a reaction

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Aver

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To state as a fact. To confirm of support.

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5
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Anthology

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A collection of literacy works by various authors

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Stanza

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A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem. A verse

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Glib

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Fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow

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Discourse

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Lecture or discussion. Conversation

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Wheedle

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Use flattery or coaxing to persuade someone to do something or give one something

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Exculpate

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Show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing

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Cajole

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Persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery

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Tacit

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Understood or implied without being stated

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Coax

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Gently and persistently persuade someone to do something

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Extemporaneous

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Spoken or done without preparation

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Circumspect

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Wary and unwilling to take risks

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Ornery

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Bad-tempered and combative

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Fulminate

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Express Vehement protest. Explode Violently or flash like lightning

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18
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Imperceptible

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Impossible to percieve

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Adeptness

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Skillful performance or ability without difficulty

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Improvidence

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Not provident. Lacking foresight, incautious, unwary. Neglecting to provide for future needs

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Voluminous

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(Clothing) loose and ample. (Writing) very lengthy and full

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Trying

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Difficult or annoying. Hard to endure

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Balmy

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(Weather) pleasantly warm. Extremely foolish, eccentric.

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Dreary

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Dull, bleak, and lifeless. Depressing

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Contiguous
Sharing a common border. Touching
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Adjoining
Be next to and joined with
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Probity
The quality of having strong moral principles. Honesty and decency
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Chary
Cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something
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Vacuity
Lack of thought or intelligence. Empty headedness
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Wag
Move or cause to move rapidly
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Acumen
The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions.
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Alacrity
Brisk and cheerful readiness
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Solicitous
The act of asking for or trying to obtain something from someone
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Vituperative
Bitter and abusive
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Pathos
A quality that evokes pity or sadness
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Pariahs
An outcast
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Inordinate
Unusually or disproportionally large; excessive
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Adulation
Obsequious flattery. excessive admiration or praise
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Vestigial
Forming a very small remnant of something that was once much larger and noticeable
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Trifling
Unimportant or trivial
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Borne
Past of "to bear" to carry
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Quibbled
Argue or raise objection about trivial matters
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Winnowed
Blow air through to remove chaff in grain.
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Rail
Complain or protest strongly and persistently
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Militate
To be a powerful or conclusive factor in preventing
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Insure
insurance
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Urbane
Courteous and refined in manner
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Vulgar
rude. Of or belonging to the masses
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Divulge
Make known
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Ubiquitous
Present, appearing, or found everywhere