vocab unit 9 heada$$ ;) Flashcards by seela meehan | Brainscape

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amenable (adj)

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willing to change

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amorphous (adj)

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has no shape or boundaries

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cajole(v)

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to flatter something/someone so they do something for you

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calamity(n)

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a storm/disaster

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debase(v)

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slander, take away virtue/wholeness

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efface(v)

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to make something thinner

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elucidate(v)

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to bring something to light/ clarify something

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ferocity(n)

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being aggressive, ferocious

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flourish(v)

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to succeed, to grow, to blossom visible

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haughty(adj)

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pride, conceit, arrogance, egocentric

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metanoia

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to self correct

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understatement

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to underexaggerate something on purpose

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hyperbole

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extreme exaggeration

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litotes

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to say something by denying its opposite

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climax

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a list in progressive largeness or importance

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