Unit 3 Lesson 3 Flashcards

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Root

-loq

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Words

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Verbose
Verbosity
Verbiage

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Wordy

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Prolix

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Long and wordy(essay)

Ex:
Prolix essay

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Diffuse

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Spread

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Garrulous

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Noisy

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Prattle

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Talkative, babbling

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Prate

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Talk a lot

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Bombastic

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Talkative in a sense of being pompous

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Pompous

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Pretentious, Showy
Or
Full of high sounding phrases

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Grandiloquent

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Like to use big words

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Bombast

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Like to use big words(type of speech or writing)

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Pomp

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Splendor, display

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Circumlocution

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Use of unnecessary words

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Querulous

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Complaining

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Articulate

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Using language easily

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Eloquent

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Very expressive

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Vociferous

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Noisy outcry, vehement protest

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Vehement

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Strong, intense, violent

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Boisterous

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Unrestrained noise, tumult

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Tumult, tumultuous

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Rowdy

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Obstreperous

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Noisily and stubbornly defiant

Rambunctious

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Noisome

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Foul Smelling

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Abhorrent

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Disgusting, revolting

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Disgusting cluster

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Abhorrent
Appalling
Despicable
Repulsive
Repugnant
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Heinous

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Hatefully, shockingly evil

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Odious

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Hateful

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Execrable

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Detestable, abominable

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Succinct

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Brief and to the point

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Caconic

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Brief, concise
Or
Curt, terse, abrupt, brusque

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Reticent

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Brief

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Pithy

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Concise

Ex:
Pithy essay

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Aloof

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Fried, quiet, distant attitude

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Glacial

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Quiet, cold attitude

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Demure

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Quiet, shy, coy

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Unassuming

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Modest

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Demur

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To object

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Immune

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Imprison, confine
Syn:
Incarcerate

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Freed from blame cluster

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Acquit
Acquittal
Absolve
Vindicate
Exonerate
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Vindicate

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Revengeful 
Or
Free from blame
Or
Justify
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Root:

Oner, onus

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Burden

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Onerous

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Burdensome

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Encumber

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Burden

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Exculpate

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Free from blame

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Root:

culp

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Blame, crime

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Culpable

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Deserving blame

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Inculpate

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Blame

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Incriminate

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Accuse

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Recriminate

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Counter accuse

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Apprehension

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Fearful or uneasy feeling about future

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Apprehend

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Fearful of future 
Or
Comprehend
Or
Arrest
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Portend

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Forebode

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Presage

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Forebode

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Potentate

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Powerful ruler

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Root:

mon

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Warning

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Admonish

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Criticize with warning

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Ancillary

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Secondary