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Acquiesce |
Accept something reluctantly but without protest |
Agree, accept |
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Acronym |
Abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word |
NASA, NATO |
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Ambiguity |
Quality of being open to more than one interpretation; in exactness
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Vagueness, uncertainty, obscurity, doubtfulness |
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Analogy |
Comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification |
Partial similarity, is comparable to something else |
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Anachronism |
Thing belonging or appropriate to a period other that that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned |
Old |
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Developmental |
Concerned with the development of someone or something |
Child development, progress, growth |
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Dialect |
Form of a language spoken in a particular geographical area or by members if a particular social class or occupational group that uses some of its own vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation |
Different words than usual |
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Diction |
Choice and use of words and phrase in speech or writing; style of enunciation in speaking or singing |
Phrasing, wording; articulation |
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Didactic |
Intended to teach to people something, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive (moral lesson) |
Teachers |
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Dissertation |
Long essay on a particular subject, especially one written as a requirement for the Doctor of Philosophy degree; formal discourse (debate or discussion) in speech or writing; argues in defense of a particular thesis |
Formal discourse |
