Lesson 19 Flashcards

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Ambi, amb

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Both, around, on both sides

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Ambiguous

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Open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations

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Hyper-

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Over, excessively

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Hyperbole

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A figure of speech where the truth is exaggerated for humor or effect

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Graph, gram

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Write, draw, describe

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Monograph

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Highly detailed and thoroughly documented study or paper written about a limited area of a subject or a field of inquiry

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Men, min

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Project, threaten

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Menace

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Something that threatens to cause evil, harm, or injury; to express or serve as a threat

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Spec, spect, spic

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Look at, examine

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Retrospect

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Contemplation of the past; to look back in thought.

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