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Lesson 1,2,3 Flashcards

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L1- Rhetoric

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The study of using language effectively

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Orthography

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The study of a languages writing or spelling system

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Rejoinder

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Witty response

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Inflection

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The change in the form of a word

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Cognate

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A word related to another word in a different language

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Phonology

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The sound system of a language

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Paradigm

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A model for a way of viewing things

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Succinct

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Using few words

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Philology

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Study of the history of language

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L2- Nefarious

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Infamous

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Syntax

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How words are arranged

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12
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Belie

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Misrepresent

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Probity

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Uprightness

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Disingenuous

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Not telling the whole truth

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Perfidious

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Treacherous

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Clandestine

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Done in secret

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Scrupulous

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Conscientious and exact

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Spurious

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Forthright

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Dissemble

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To hide ones feelings or motives behind a false appearance

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L3- Concomitant

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Occurring simultaneously

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Irrevocable

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Eon

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Longest division of geological time

27
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Millennium

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1 thousand years

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Extant
Still in existence
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Perpetuity
An eternity
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Pristine
Unspoiled
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Hiatus
Gap in space, time, or continuity
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Transience
Brief existence
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Inure
Accustom to hardship

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