Vocab 8 Flashcards
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Affectation
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n- a behavior that is assumed by a person, but not genuinely felt
2
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Loquacious
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adj- excessively talkative
3
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Scuttlebutt
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n- rumors about somebody’s activities or actions, gossip
4
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Rescind
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v- to repeal; to cancel
5
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Stave
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n- any of several narrow strips of wood placed edge to edge to form a tub or barrel, or a verse or stanza of a poem or song
6
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Alliteration
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n- the same sound repeated over and over in a poem.
7
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Moratorium
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n- a suspension of activity
8
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Affinity
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n- kinship; relationship; attractive force; attraction; sympathy
9
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Abridge
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v- to condense or shorten
10
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Adulation
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n- flattery; admiration
11
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Infeasible
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adj- Impractical; not realistic;
