Quiz 3 Terms/Examples Flashcards
1
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the “full-flowered” woman, to pass away, to put to sleep, to see someone, the bathroom
A
euphemism
2
Q
intercourse, monster, rococo, demon, innocuous, precocious, vulgar
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degeneration
2
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mortify, unique, sudden death
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weakening
2
Q
icicle, calculus, missile, projectile, muscle
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diminutive
4
Q
utopia, angel, hidalgo, progress
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elevation
5
Q
money to burn, bored to death, Texas-sized food
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hyperbole
6
Q
allowance, vice, generation, multitude, ordnance
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abstract-to-concrete
8
Q
momento, shame-faced, laxadaisical, penthouse, spitting image, humble pie
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folk etymology
9
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combo, doc, prep, lube, limo
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clip / clipped word
10
Q
an eye for good art, don’t give me lip, tragedy, farce
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concrete-to-abstract
