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57 Cards in this Set
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Abrogate |
To abolish by authoritative action, to annul |
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Abstract |
To obtain or remove from source |
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Acerbic |
Expressing harsh or sharp critism in a clever way |
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Advocacy |
The act or process of supporting a cause or proposal |
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Affect |
To produce an effect upon |
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Ameliorate |
To make something better |
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Amend |
To change and improve something, such as a mistake or bad situation |
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Analogy |
Comparison of two things based on them being alike in some way. |
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Annotate |
To add notes or comments |
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Appropriate |
To set apart for a specific purpose |
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Arbitrary |
Not planned, done without reason |
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Assert |
To demonstrate the existence of |
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Auspicious |
Showing or suggesting that future success is likely |
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Banal |
Lacking originality |
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Calibrate |
To adjust or mark something |
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Capricious |
Changing often and quickly |
Aka my hair |
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Caveat |
An explanation or warning |
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Citation |
A formal public statement that praises a person for doing something good or brave. |
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Claim |
A right to have something |
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Coherent |
Logical and welll organized. |
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Complement |
To complete something else or make it better |
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Conceive |
To think of or create something in the mind |
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Consolidate |
To make something, such as a position of power or control, stronger or more secure |
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Constitute |
To be the same as something: to be equivalent to something |
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Conversely |
In a contrary or opposite way |
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Convey |
To make something known |
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Correlate |
Closely connected |
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Deleterious |
Harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
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Delineate |
To clearly show or describe something |
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Denote |
To mean something or to show something |
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Diction |
The choice of words or clearness of speech |
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Didactic |
Designed or intended to teach something, often annoying or unwanted |
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Disparaging |
Expressing the opinion that something is of little worth |
Aka my life |
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Divulge |
To make info known |
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Electric |
Including things taken from different sources |
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Effect |
To put into operation |
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Ephemeral |
Lasting a very short time |
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Ethos |
The distinguishing character, sentiment, moral, nature, or guiding beliefs |
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Excerpt |
Small part of a longer work |
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Explicit |
Very clear and complete |
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Expository |
Used to describe writing is done to explain something |
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Fallacy |
A wrong belief |
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Formulate |
To create, invent, or produce |
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Fortuitous |
Happening by chance |
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Frame |
To produce something written or spoken |
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Frivolous |
Not important |
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Hubris |
Great or foolish amount of pride or confidence |
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Implicit |
Understood though not clearly or directly stated Understood though not clearly or directly stated |
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Inane |
Very silly or stupid |
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Infer |
To form an opinion from evidence |
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Infrastructure |
The basics (rodes, bridges, etc) needed to make an organization or region function properly |
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Juxtapose |
To place different things together in order to show their similarities or differences |
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Levity |
Lack of seriousness |
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Lexicon |
The words in a language used by a person or group of people |
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Literal |
True, accurate or usual meaning |
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Logos |
An appeal to logic: way of persuading an audience by reason |
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Loquacious |
Liking to talk and talking smoothly and easily |
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