Vocab #4

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Intrepid

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Fearless, bold.

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Mawkish

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Excessively sentimental or emotional.

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Continuum

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A continuous whole which is united in some way, even if it has parts.

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Raffish

Back

Tacky or low class.

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Gullible

Back

Easily deceived or tricked.

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Synonym

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A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word.

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Antonym

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A word that means the opposite of another word.

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Context Clue

Back

Hints or information within a text that help define a difficult word.

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Figurative Language

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Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.