Vocab 4 Flashcards by Halee Mazzuca

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active voice

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when the subject is doing the acting

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ameliorate

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to make or become better; improve

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amity

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peaceful relations

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bombast

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speech too pompous for an occasion

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concession

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yielding

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cryptic

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abrupt; short

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deduction

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something subtracted or taken away

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endemic

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belonging to a specific person or place

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ephemeral

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lasting a very short time

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enmity

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a feeling of hostility or hatred

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garish

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excessively elaborate

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harangue

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a long, intense/passionate speech

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immutable

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unchangeable

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induction

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bringing about

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logical fallacy

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a pattern of reasoning rendered invalid by a flaw in its logical structure

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lucid

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easily understood

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parity

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equivalence

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passive voice

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one of the two voices of verbs

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premise

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proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion

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seditious

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causing discontent or rebellion

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slough

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despair or helplessness

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ubiquitous

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existing everywhere at the same time