Vocab 8 Flashcards

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Infeasible

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Impratical; not realistic

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Affection

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Pa behavior that is assumed by a person, but not genuinely felt

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Loquacious

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Excessively talkative

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Scuttlebutt

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Rumors about somebody’s activities or actions

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5
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Rescind

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To repeal to cancel

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Stave

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any of several narrow strips of wood placed edge to edge to form a tub or barrel

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Alliteration

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the same sound repeated over and over in a poem.

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Moratorium

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A suspension of activity

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9
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Affinity

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Kinship; relationship; attractive force; attraction

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Abridge

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To condense or shorten

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Adulation

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Flattery; admiration

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