[ si-nek-duh-kee ]
a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)
[ hawg-wosh ]
meaningless or insincere talk, writing, etc.; nonsense; bunk
[ ih-neyt ]
inherent in the essential character of something
[ kog-nuh-zuh-buhl ]
capable of being judicially heard and determined
[ bad-n-ahzh ]
light, playful banter or raillery
[ bih-gahyl ]
charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way
[ flem ]
the thick mucus secreted in the respiratory passages and discharged through the mouth, especially that occurring in the lungs and throat passages, as during a cold
[ kwol-i-tey-tiv ]
relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity
[ muhlkt ]
to deprive (someone) of something, as by fraud, extortion, etc.; swindle
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