12 Flashcards
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Lexicon
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A dictionary. A specialized vocabulary used in a particular field or place
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Altercation
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A heated argument
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Hue
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A particular shade of a given collar
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Galvanize
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To startle into sudden activity
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Sanction
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Permission;support
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Hyperbole
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Extreme exaggeration for effect
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Ominous
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Threatening ;forbidding evil
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Audacity
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Rude boldness; nerve
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Evince
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To demonstrate clearly ; to prove
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Implacable
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Unable to be appeased or pacified
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Exhort
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To urge on with stirring words
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Incarcerated
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To put into prison; To confine
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Incisive
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Sharpe;keen; Cutting straight to the heart of matter
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Expedient
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Practical;providing an immediate
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Pertinent
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Having to do with the subject at hand;relevant
