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Define
Logatome
Prosody
Witwanton
Abase
Admonish
Acerbate

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A monosyllabic pseudoword
The study of the ways rhythm contributes to meaning
One that in foolish or irrelevant fancies
Behave in a way that belittles someone
Warn firmly of something to be avoided

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What is:
The Coolidge effect
The halo effect
The barnum effect

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The phenomenon where males exhibit more arousal when introduced to many receptive mates over just one
The effect where our impression of someone influences how we perceive them
The illusion that vague descriptions of a general personality are tailored to a person

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What decides how fast a computer starts up and loads up programs
When is stuff from the hard drive copied on to the RAM

A

Speed of the hard drive
When you open a file

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Define:
Typology
Castigate
Caterwaul
Cavil
Conflagrate
Countervail
Disabuse

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comparing language
Reprimand severely
Howl or wail like a cat
Make unnecessary objections
Catch fire
Offset the effect of something by countering it
Persuade someone that an idea is wrong

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Types of meteorites
How many meteorites in the solar sys are chondrites
What are condrules
Which type of stony meteorite has no chondrules

A

Stony, iron and stony iron
86 percent
Molten or partially molten matter accreted by an asteroid
Achondrites

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Juice that helps the body recover after high endurance excersize
Good resting heart rate for longevity

A

Pomegranate juice
Lower

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Define
index set
indexed family
Ideographs
Runology
Chondrite

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A set whose members label those of another set
An indexed set
Runes representative of concepts independent of language
Study of runes
A stony metorite

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Where were the old italic scripts used
Until when were runes used in darlana
What goes before an apostrophes in a string

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The apenine peninsula
The 20th century
A forward slash

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Define
Bafflegab
Beschmirch

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Pretentious language
damage the reputation of

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Why don’t many computers have expansion slots
Types of expansion cards

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Most motherboards have that built in
Video, sound, network Bluetooth

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