LP 3 Flashcards

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abate

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v
decrease, become less in amout/intensity
by adding more lanes on the highway we can abate the trafic congestion in atl

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2
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arcane

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adj
secretive, myserious, few know

he was the only one to know about the arcane details of the breakup

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3
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burgeon

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v
grow or expand rapidly

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4
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castigate

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v
criticize severly

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5
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dauntless

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adj
bold/fearless

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6
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dilemma

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n
a difficult problem

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7
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egalitarian

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adj
believing in the principle that all people are ewual and deserve equal rights and oppirtunies

egalitariant government/leader

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8
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sinister

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adj
evil

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9
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sophistry

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the use of fallacious arguments

solphist=someone who uses

noun

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10
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spurn

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verb
reject disdainfully

noun
scornful rejection

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11
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irreverent

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adj
showing lack of respect

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12
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cantankerous

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adj
irritable

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13
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parrallelism

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same structure

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14
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polysyndeton

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lots of conjunction

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15
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metabasis

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sum up what you just send thwen inreoduce next topic

you have heard this now hear this

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16
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procatalepsis

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anticipates and objection that might be raised and anwsers it

you may think blah but the anwser is blah

17
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hypophora

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ask question then anwser

18
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hyperbole

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over dramatacize
i could sleep forever

19
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litotes

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anwsering a question by saying what its not or denying the opposite

your essay topic was not great

20
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metonymy

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substitue of a word with closly related topic

pledge loyalty t crown
dish

21
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metaphor

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SHE IS THE SUN

22
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personification

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the waves dance

23
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onomatopoeia

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pow bam boom

24
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periodic sentence

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main clause at the end of stence (prep phrases ans stuff before) in the middle of the night, under the stars, thinking about life, we cried.

25
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non periodic

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regular main clause at beggining

26
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adjectival clause

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start with RP
that which who whome whose

the girl who is pretty told the teacher she was ugly

27
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adverbial

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start with sc

when i was younger, blah

28
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noun dependent clause

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clause acts like a noun in sentence

what you watch will effect you.

his mistake was that he lied.

that or what

29
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independent clause

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regular setec3