English Words Of Relative Use Ii

Front 1

founder

Back 1

: to become disabled ; especially : to go lame
2: to give way : collapse

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flounder

Back 2

: to struggle to move or obtain footing : thrash about wildly
2 : to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

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deferral

Back 3

: the act of delaying : postponement

Front 4

disseminate

Back 4

: to spread abroad as though sowing seed <disseminate ideas>
2 : to disperse throughout

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aporia

Back 5

: an expression of real or pretended doubt or uncertainty especially for rhetorical effect

Front 6

interminable

Back 6

: having or seeming to have no end ; especially : wearisomely protracted <an interminable sermon>

Front 7

contingent

Back 7

1: likely but not certain to happen : possible

Front 8

disinterested

Back 8

: not having the mind or feelings engaged : not interested <telling them in a disinterested voice — Tom Wicker>

Front 9

interlocutor

Back 9

: one who takes part in dialogue or conversation
\ˌin-tər-ˈlä-kyə-tər

Front 10

allay

Back 10

: to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate <expect a breeze to allay the heat>

Front 11

descry

Back 11

: to catch sight of <I descried a sail — Jonathan Swift> b: find out, discover

Front 12

decry

Back 12

: to express strong disapproval of <decry the emphasis on sex>

Front 13

delineate

Back 13

: to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail <delineate a character in the story> <delineate the steps to be taken by the government>

Front 14

suasive

Back 14

: the act of influencing or persuading

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primordial

Back 15

: first created or developed : primeval 1 b: existing in or persisting from the beginning (as of a solar system or universe)

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inexactitude

Back 16

: lack of exactitude or precision

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to wit

Back 17

: that is to say : namely