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38 Cards in this Set
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descend (v) |
To come or go down from a higher to a lower level - <> Ascend - |
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repute (n) |
the opinion that people have of sb/ sth ~ reputation |
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Proliferate (v) |
to increase rapidly in number or amount - Syn: Multiply |
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Dissertation (n) ~ (on sth) |
a long piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one written for a university degree |
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Expository (adj) |
Intended to explain or describe sth |
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Proper (adj) |
right, appropriate or correct; according to the rules |
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inductive (adj) |
using particular facts and examples to form general rules and principle |
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Deductive (adj) |
using knowledge about things that are generally true in order to think about and understand particular situations or problems |
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discursive (adj) |
(of a style of writing or speaking) moving from one point to another without any strict structure |
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Digressive (adj) digress (v) digression (n) |
characterized by digression; tending to depart from the subject. - Digress: to start to talk about sth that is not connected with the main point of what you are saying |
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Imitation (n) |
a copy of sth, especially sth expensive - the act of copying sb/ sth |
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descendant (n) |
A person's descendants are their children, their children's children, and all the people who live after them who are related to them. - Sth that has developed from sth similar in the past |
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upright (n) |
a long piece of wood, metal or plastic that is placed in a vertical position, especially in order to support sth |
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archaic (adj) |
old and no longer used |
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Gauge (v) |
to make a judgement about sth, especially people's feelings or attitudes |
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conform (v) |
- to be have and think in the same ways as most other people in a group or society - ~ comply - ~ to sth: to agree with or match sth |
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Gyre | Gyrate (v) |
to move around in circles; to make sth, especially a part of your body, move around |
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tangential (adj) |
having only a slight or indirect connection with sth >> A tangential argument |
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conceivable (adj) |
That you can imagine or believe - ~ possible |
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Shoot off (v) |
to leave very quickly |
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Guise (n) |
a way in which sb/ sth appears, often in a way that is different from usual or that hides the truth about them/ it |
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Posit (v) ~ sth | ~ that... |
to suggest or accept that sth is true so that it can be used as the basis for an argument or discussion - ~postulate |
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abundance (n) ~ (of sth) |
a large quantity that is more than enough |
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rupture (n) |
an injury in which sth inside the body breaks apart or bursts |
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obstruct (v) |
~ sth to block a road, an entrance, a passage, etc. so that sb/ sth cannot get through, see past |
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resemble (v) |
~sb/ sth to look like or be similar to another person or thing |
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exert (v) |
~sth: to use power or influence to affect sb/ sth |
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dogmatic (adj) |
being certain that your beliefs are right and that others should accept them, without paying attention to evidence or other opinions |
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atypical (adj) |
[Opp]: Typical |
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parenthetical (adj) |
given as extra information in a speech or piece of writing |
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suffice (v) sufficiency (n) |
to be enough for sb/ sth ~ to do sth One example will suffice to illustrate the point. |
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impose (v) |
~ sth (on/ upon sth/ sb): to introduce a new law, rule, tax, etc; to order that a rule, punishment, etc. be used |
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Peripheral (n) |
a piece of equipment that is connected to a computer |
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utterance (n) |
the act of expressing sth in words |
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thrust (n) |
the main point of an argument, a policy, etc |
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Discourse |
The use of language in speech and writing in order to produce meaning; language that is studied, usually in order to see how the different parts of a text are connected. |
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felicitous |
chosen well; very suitable; giving a good result ~ SYN: apt, happy |
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subsume (v) |
to include sth in a particular group and not consider it separately |
