a syllable that ends in a vowel (e.g. ba-by, e-ven and pa-per). With open syllables, there are...
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a subjective belief which is the result of emotion or a particular way of understanding facts,...
when too much light gets into the camera aperture (opening). This causes a blurred effect, which...
a figure of speech which shows an apparent contradiction or disagreement between two words, in...