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Unit 2 Lesson 2 Flashcards

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Account cluster

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Recount
Narrative
Anecdote

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Lucid

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Clear, filled with light

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Anecdotal

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Based on personal experiences, not necessarily true.

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Pellucid

Prefix:
Per

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Crystal clear, usually writing style

Per- through

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Convoluted

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Complex, complicated, byzantine

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Elucidate

2 synonyms

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Explain, make clear

Expound
Explicate

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Luminary

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Celebrity

Dignitary

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Root:
Acri
Aver

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Sharp, bitter

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Acute

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Sharp, keen, very perceptive

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Discern

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Perceive

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Discerning

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Showing good judgement

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Myopia, myopic

3 synonyms

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Near sighted, narrow minded

Insular
Provincial
Parochial

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Acumen

2 synonyms

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Mental prowess

Keenness
Acuity

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Acid

2 synonyms

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Sharp, bitter

Acrid
Acerbic

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Exacerbate

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Make worse

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Ameliorate

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Make better

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Exasperate cluster

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Infuriate
Miff
Irk
Ire
Vex
Gall 
Indignant
Infuriated
Incensed
Irksome
Ireful
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Acrimonious

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Full of spite, hatred, bitter

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Caustic

Caustic remark

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Sharp, stringent

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Mordant

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Bitter

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Root:

Mor

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Bite
Death
Disease

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Moribund

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Close to death, in a dying situation

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Trenchant

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Sharp, bitter, penetrating

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Vitriolic

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Bitter

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Vitriol

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Cruel, bitter criticism

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Rancorous

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Full of hatred

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Root:

Flu

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Flow easily

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Mellifluous

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Flows sweetly as in music or voices

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Root: Melli

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Honey

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Affluent

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Wealthy, abundant

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Superfluity

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Exceeding what is necessary

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Root: super

Sur

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Beyond

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Root: fei

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Do

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Surfeit

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Excessive amount

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Surfeit cluster

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Perfusion
Plethora
Glut
Surreal

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