Another MAT Vocabulary Term:
Affected (atypical definition), uh-fect-ed
Affected can mean false or artificial.
At one time, Japanese women were taught to speak in an affected, high-pitched voice which was thought to be girlishly attractive.
(Sources: Mastering the Miller Analogies Test, Arco, 2006; www.milleranalogies.com/; http://www.thefreedictionary.com/affected; http://forum.stirpes.net/language-studies/14238-japan-women-men-speak-different-versions-language.html)
Compiled by Otto Ladensack for Patricia Ladenack
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