vocab 9
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- abrasive
- causing to be worn down or rubbed away. harsh and rough in manner
- authenticity
- the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin an authorship claimed
- passive
- receiving or subjected to an action without responding or intiating an action in return. accepting or submitting without objection or resistance. not participating. perceiving an action, but not participating
- simile
- a comparison using like or as
- intensive
- adding emphasis or force
- potency
- physiological or chemical effects. potential
- ultimate
- being last in a series, process, or progression. utmost, extreme
- metaphor
- a direct comparison
- allusion
- an indirect and incidental regerence to something without definite mention of it
- fallacy
- error in reasoning or belief
- turbulent
- violently agitated or disturbed. having a chaotic or restless character or tendency. causing unrest or disturbance
- reconcile
- to reestablish a close relationship between. to settle or resolve
- adage
- a traditional saying or proverb
- denote
- to mark; indicate. to serve a symbol or name for
- figurative
- based on making use of figures of speech; metaphorical
- irreducible
- that cannot be lessened
- somber
- gloomy
- necessitate
- to make necessary or unavoidable
- hindrance
- something or someone that interferes with action or progress
- cadence
- rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and place of marching troops