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3/20 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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myriad | a very great, or indefinitely great number of persons or things |
plethora | an excess of, especially blood, or bodily fluid |
egregious | extraordinary in a bad way; glaring; flagrant |
superfluous | exceding what is sufficient or neessary; extra |
double entendre | ambiguity of meaning arising from language that lends itself to more than one interpretation |
verisimilitude | the quality of appearing to be true or real; the resemlance of reality in dramatic or non-dramatic fiction |
polemic | an aggressice attack on or refutation of the principles or opinions of another |
pedantic | of, or relating to, or being one who makes a show of knowledge; one who is unimaginative or unduly emphasizes minute details in the presentation or use of knowlegde |