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| 8962998697 | Deterrence (n) | the action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences. | 0 | |
| 8963008952 | Deter (v) | my parents deter me from trying cigarettes. To discourage, prevent from doing | 1 | |
| 8963014146 | deterrent (adj) | the pain of it should be deterrent enough yo never make the mistake twice. | 2 | |
| 9348825302 | disparity (n) | a great difference. | 3 | |
| 9348832271 | gross (adj) | extremely noticeable because of inexcusable badness. | 4 | |
| 9348844465 | implausible (adj) | seeming unbelievable. | 5 | |
| 9348853745 | Ubiquitous (adj) | present or occurring everywhere. | 6 | |
| 9643460144 | truculent | (adj.) eager for a fight; fierce (syn.) vitriolic; aggressive; combative. | 7 | |
| 9643489283 | Constitute | (v.) to amount to; to equal something or to be a part of or make up a whole. (syn.) equate, embody, is or combine, add up to, comprise. | 8 | |
| 9643519840 | mediocrity | (n.) lack of quality or excellence (syn.) averageness, commonness. | 9 | |
| 9643540134 | impertinent | (n.) rude; ill-mannered (syn.) disrespectful, brash, impolite, insolent | 10 | |
| 9643588698 | unassailable | (adj.) not able to be denied or attacked (syn.) undeniable, irrefutable, impenetrable, unconquerable. | 11 | |
| 9696196709 | asyndeton | omit conjunctions in list General uses: speed up the rhythm of speech. reflect | 12 | |
| 9696218656 | polysyndeton | lots of conjunction, slow down speech | 13 | |
| 9696239347 | Personification | putting human characteristics on object. | 14 | |
| 9696297760 | repetition | balanced sentences, repeated beginning of sentence. | 15 |