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diminutive- adj- [dih-min-yuh-tiv]
ex- The fact that we had no clean clothes was diminutive to the fact we had no power. |
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small; little; tiny: a diminutive building for a model-train layout.
Grammar . pertaining to or productive of a form denoting smallness, familiarity, affection, or triviality, as the suffix -let, in droplet from drop.
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minutiae- plural noun- [mi-noo-shee-uh, -shuh, -nyoo-]
ex- the builders must be minutiae in order to correctly build the house. |
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| Usually, minutiae. precise details; small or trifling matters: the minutiae of his craft. |
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exhort- verb- [ig-zawrt]
ex- the mean girl exhorted her couisin to jump in the pool with her clothes on.
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| to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently. |
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enmity- plural noun- [en-mi-tee]
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| a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism. |
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digress- verb- [dih-gres, dahy-]
ex- In language arts class we sometimes have to write about one topic and i sometimes digress into another topic.
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to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
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tenacious- adj. - [tuh-ney-shuh s]
ex- Beneath the giggling lies her tenacious personality. |
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| holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of ): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits. highly retentive: a tenacious memory. pertinacious, persistent, stubborn, or obstinate. adhesive or sticky; viscous or glutinous. holding together; cohesive; not easily pulled asunder; tough. |
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indulgent- adj. - [in-duhl-juh nt]
ex- It might seem self- indulgent, but it's also a practice that may revolutionize public health research. |
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| characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly lenient or permissive: an indulgent parent. |
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divisive- adj.- [dih-vahy-siv]
ex- the number 5 is non- divisive. |
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forming or expressing division or distribution.
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creating dissension or discord.
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nebulous- adj.- [neb-yuh-luh s]
ex-The older I get, the more nebulous the terms "logic" and "facts" become. |
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hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused: a nebulous recollection of the meeting; a nebulous distinction between pride and conceit.
of or resembling a nebula or nebulae; nebular.
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analogy- noun- [uh-nal-uh-jee]
ex- The analogy is not just surface-deep. |
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a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump. similarity or comparability: I see no analogy between your problem and mine. Biology . an analogous relationship. Linguistics .
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the process by which words or phrases are created or re-formed according to existing patterns in the language, as when shoon was re-formed as shoes, when -ize is added to nouns like winter to form verbs, or when a child says foots for feet.
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a form resulting from such a process.
Logic. a form of reasoning in which one thing is inferred to be similar to another thing in a certain respect, on the basis of the known similarity between the things in other respects.
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