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WPME Session 20 W
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12
English
10th Grade
03/12/2009

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Term
parity
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equality
Term
disparity
Definition
inequality
Term
disparagement
Definition
belittlement
Term
peer
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one's equal
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equivocation
Definition
act of being deliberately vague or indirectly deceptive; statement that is deceptive or purposely open to contrary interpretations
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ambiguity
Definition
quality of being open to misinterpretation; statement with this quality
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double entendre
Definition
statement or word with two meanings, one of them risqué, indelicate, or of possible sexual connotation
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ambiguous
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accidentally vague
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equivocal
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purposely vague
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unequivocal
Definition
clear; direct; capable of only one interpretation
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disparate
Definition
essentially or widely unequal or different
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equivocate
Definition
to use words in calculated effort to mislead or to be ambiguous
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