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05 (11/24/2014) Flashcards

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eminent

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adj

a person famously respected in their field

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agility

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adj

able to move quickly and easily

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accrue

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Vern

(of money) receiving from someone in regular or increasing amounts

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arbitrate

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verb

reach a settlement

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benign

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adj
gentle
kind

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guile

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noun
sly
cunning

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obstinate

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adj

stubbornly refusing to change ones opinion with persuasion

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frugal

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adj
sparing
economical

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duress

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noun
pressure
“under duress”

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conceit

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elaborate metaphor

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consonance

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lots of consonants

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couplet

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two lines that rhyme

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dactylic meter

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stressed
unstressed
unstressed

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dialect

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particular form of language

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