Booked Flashcard Pages 100-119

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What does 'Limerence' mean?

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The experience of being in love with someone.

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What does 'logorrhea' mean?

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An excessive use of words.

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What does 'onomatophobia' mean?

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Fear of hearing a certain word.

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What does 'flummoxed' mean?

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To bewilder or confuse.

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What is the definition of 'synonym'?

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

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What is the definition of 'antonym'?

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A word that has the opposite meaning of another word.

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What does 'metaphor' mean?

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

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What does 'simile' mean?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is 'personification'?

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human entities or objects.

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What does 'alliteration' mean?

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.