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Twain's Jumping Frog Vocabulary

AB
garruloustalking a great deal especially about unimportant things
verboseusing more words than needed (indicates long and boring)
taciturnquiet; speaking very little
conjectureguess; predict
interminableendless; seeming to last forever
gullibleeasily deceived and too easy to believe or trust things or people
skepticaldoubting the truth or validity
reminiscencerecalling of past experiences with pleasure
hyperboleexaggeration
understatementsaying something is less than what is really meant, usually for ironic purposes
satirecriticizing a subject by ridicule or attitude of amusement
vernacularlanguage as spoken by people in a particular region or place
ironyopposite of what was expected


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