Flashcards Vocab Test 1

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Abatement

Back

Decrease; reduction

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To give up a position, right, or power

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Abdicate

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Acumen

Back

Sharpness of insight

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Which word is defined as "Believer; supporter; devotee"?

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Adherent

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Adjunct

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Attachment; appendage; subordinate or auxiliary capacity

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Aesthetic

Back

Pertaining to beauty or art

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Aggrandize

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Make more powerful; amplify; increase

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Allegory

Back

Symbolic representation

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Allusion

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Indirect reference

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Quality of making many indirect references

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Allusiveness