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TermDefinition
demagoguea leader who tells people what they want to hear
haranguelong lecturing speech
hyperbolewild exaggeration
infamyevil reputation
insidiousdangerous, slow and sutle in its effect
jargonspecialized language
malignto say something harmful about someone
rhetorictype of speech that is persasive but often meaningless
sanctionto authorize
superciliousabove it all
virulentinfectious
zealousenthusiastic

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Creator jbanks22
Created May 21, 2007
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jbanks22 : Changed jargon → specailized lanuage to specailized lanuage → jargon
jbanks22 : Changed specailized lanuage → jargon to jargon → specailized lanuage
jbanks22 : Changed jargon → specailized lanuage to specialized lanuage → jargon
jbanks22 : Changed malign → to say harmful things about someone to malign → to say something harmful about someone
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  1. insidious dangerous, slow and sutle in its effect - 6 misses
  2. jargon specialized language - 4 misses
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  4. sanction to authorize - 2 misses
  5. rhetoric type of speech that is persasive but often meaningless - 2 misses
  6. infamy evil reputation - 2 misses
  7. hyperbole wild exaggeration - 1 miss