E3U4 Vocab Flashcard Review

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Very talkative:

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garrulous

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Word for annoying:

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exasperating

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Word that means boring:

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tedious

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Word for 'seemingly unending'

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interminable

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Boring due to lack of variety

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monotonous

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Held in conversation:

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buttonholed

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Way of speaking specific to a region or group

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dialect

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Figures of speech not understood literally

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idiomatic expression

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Word closest to 'literal dictionary definition':

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denotation

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Subtle shades of meaning a word evokes

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connotation