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

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Loquacious

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adj- excessively talkative

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Scuttlebutt

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n- rumors about somebody’s activities or actions, gossip

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Rescind

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v- to repeal; to cancel

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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

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Alliteration

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n- the same sound repeated over and over in a poem.

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Moratorium

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n- a suspension of activity

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Affinity

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n- kinship; relationship; attractive force; attraction; sympathy

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Abridge

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v- to condense or shorten

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Adulation

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n- flattery; admiration

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Infeasible

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adj- Impractical; not realistic;

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