Comprehensive Vocabulary

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chary

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careful, cautious

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congruent

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equal, agreeing, or corresponding

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conventional

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conforming to socially accepted customs

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copious

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abundant, plentiful

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deride

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ridicule

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droll

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humorous or odd quality

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enthrall

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to hold spellbound. to charm

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inundate

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overflow, engulf

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latent

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capable buy not presently occurring

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licentious

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loose moral

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lucid

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clear and understandable

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nefarious

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wicked

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paroxysm

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a fit, attack

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penitent

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truly sorrowful

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portentous

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pompous, haughty

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pretence

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a claim made or implied

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proffer

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offer

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propitiation

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repayment for a debt

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resolute

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firm determination

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scrupulous

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high morals

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sequester

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isolate, hideaway

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succor

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relief, furnishing reprieve

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trifle (vb)

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to talk in jest or with intent to mislead

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attitude

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the author's tone in writing

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language

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describes the characteristics of the overall use of language

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details

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facts included or omitted

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rhetorical strategy

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plan or method whereby an essay is developed to be effective

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occasion

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where or why an author has begun to write

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audience

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the author's intended reader or listener

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voice

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the stance the author takes in offering ideas (how he says what is said)

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images

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vivid appeals to understand through the sensed (word pictures)

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diction

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the work choices the author uses (effective selection)

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syllogism

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a rhetorical discourse using major and minor premises to prove a conclusion

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tone

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understand of the author's attitude toward the subject and audience

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syntax

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the way words are arranged in a sentence and how that affects meaning

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process analysis

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step-by-step explanations

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exemplification

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using examples to illustrate

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exposition

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writing that exposes ideas to readers through explaining and defining

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rhetoric

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the art of using language persuasively or effectively

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enthymeme

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writer gives primary premise and assumes reader will supply missing knowledge to achieve the conclusion

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paradox

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contradictory occurrence or statement

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necromancy

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communication with the dead for magic purposes

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maxim

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a general truth

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impugn

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resist, oppose or attack

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impious

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lacking in reverence or respect

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hyperbole

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exaggeration for effect

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formidable

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causing fear or dread

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execration

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a curse

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empanel

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a panel, a list of jurors

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emaciate

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to become very thin

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dialectic

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two opposing forces that must exist simultaneously

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credulity

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readiness or willingness to believe

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congenial

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friendly, sociable

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calumniate

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make false, malicious statements

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avouch

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to declare as a matter of fact

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ascetic

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practicing strict self denial

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abhor

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hate or be in horror

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peradventure

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perhaps or possibly

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perdition

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utter destruction

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preternatural

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existing outside of nature

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remonstrance

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earnest protest, complaint