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Top terms
Question | Answer |
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infraction | a violation or infringement of a law, agreement, or set of rules |
compel | force or oblige (someone) to do something , urge, pressure |
vehement | intensely emotional, deeply felt, marked by forceful energy |
dilapidated | fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
scion | a detached living portion of a plant (such as a bud or shoot) joined to a stock in grafting and usually supplying solely aerial parts to a graft, a descendent |
justify | show or prove to be right or reasonable , explain, support, give reasons for |
jeer | make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice , mock, ridicule, insult |
relentless | tenacious, go getting, incredibly determined |
prominent | well known, in the public eye |
despise | feel contempt or a deep repugnance for |
retaliate | make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack , reciprocate, get back at |
Defiant | stubborn,Angry |
Allusion | reference |
Sequence | First,second,next,finally---structure |
Dialect | accent,slang talk |
Tone | author , voice |
Mood | reader,feeling |
Problem,Solution | locked out of house/climb through window--structure |
Cause and Effect | ate contaminated raw oysters/sick for two days--structure |