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rhetoric
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the art of studying language persuasively
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the art of studying language persuasivivly
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rhetoric
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characterized by an authoritive
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dogmatic
dog-mat-ic |
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dogmatic
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characterized by an authoritive
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a verbal denuciation by using harsh insulting language
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philippic
phil-ip-ic |
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phillippic
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a verbal denuciation characterized by harsh, insulting language.
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General, widespread
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pandemic
pan-dem-ic |
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pandemic
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general, widespread
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naturally peaceful and tranquil
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idyllic
idyl-lic |
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idyllic
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naturally peaceful, tranquil
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haveing to do with a hidden meaning
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cryptic
cry-ptic or cryp-tic |
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cryptic
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having to do with a hidden meaning
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hot tempered quick to anger
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choleric
chol-eric |
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choleric
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hot tempered quick to anger
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a slight trifle or sin
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peccadillo
pecc-a-dillo |
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peccadillo
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a slight trifle or sin
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forcebly expressive
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emphatic
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emphatic
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forcebly expressive
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the management of details in an operation
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logistics
log-is-tics |
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logistics
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the mangagment of details in an operation
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cautious; heedful of potiential dangers or consequences
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circumspect
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circumspect
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cautious; heedful of potiential dangers or consequences
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difficult to understand
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abstract
ab-stract |
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abstract
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difficult to understand
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dead or inactive
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defunct
de-fun-ct |
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defunct
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dead or inactive
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defunct
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dead or inactive
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brief and to the point; consice and terse
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succinct
succ-in-ct |
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succinct
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breif and to the point; consice and terse
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capable of being touched or felt
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palpable
palp-able |
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palpable
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capable of being touched or felt
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repsonsible, reliable for something
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accountable
ac-count-able |
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accountable
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expected to answer for ones actions, responsible for or reliable for
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appearing as such; offered as genuin or real
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ostensible
os-ten-sible |
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ostensible
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appearing as such; offered as genuin or real
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easily bent or twisted; easily persuaded or controlled
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pliable
pli-able |
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pliable
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easily persuaded or controlled; easily bent or twisted
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skillful; deft
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adroit
a-droit |
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adroit
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skillful; deft
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a small; inexpensive trinket
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bauble
bau-ble |
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bauble
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a small inexpensive trinket
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trickery; underhandedness
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skullduggery
skull-duggery |
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skullduggery
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trickery; underhandness
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helping; providing assistance
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ancillary
an-cillary |
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ancillary
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helping; providing assictance
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characterized by sitting; accustom to doing little exercise.
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sedentary
sed-en-tary |
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sedentary
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characterized as doing little exercise; accustom to sitting
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preformed with haste and with scant attention to detail
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cursory
cur-sory |
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cursory
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preformed with haste and with scant attention to detail
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victimizing or destorying for ones personal gain
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predatory
pre-dat-ory |
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predatory
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victimizing or destorying for ones personal gain
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looks alike on both sides of a dividing line
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symmetry
sym-me-try |
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symmetry
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looks alike on both sides of the dividing line
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cheap in appearance or nature
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tawdry
taw-dry |
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tawdry
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cheaply vulgar in apperance or nature
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capable of walking
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ambulatory
am-bul-a-tory |
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ambulatory
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capable of walking
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blind or exessive devotion to something
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idolatry
idol-a-try |
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idolatry
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blind or exessive devotion to something
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constisting of or realating to money
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pecuniary
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pecuniary
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constisting of or realating to money
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pecuniary
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consisting of or realating to money
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an unbroken veiw of a wide area
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panorama
pan-o-rama |
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panorama
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an unbroken veiw of a wide area
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a long story
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saga
saga |
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saga
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a long story
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a state of exessive fullness; superabundance
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plethora
ple-thora |
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plethora
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a state of exessive fullness; superabundance
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rate of inclanation; a slope
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gradient
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gradient
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a rate of inclinaton; a slope
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a follower of a leader; a supporter
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adherent
ad-here-nt |
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adherent
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a follower of a leader; a supporter
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a small hole
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vent
vent |
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vent
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a small hole
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the proccess of arming for war
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armament
arm-a-ment |
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armament
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the process of arming for war
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a sense that something is about to occur
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presentiment
present-i-ment |
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presentiment
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a sense that something is about to occur
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fat; obese
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corpulent
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corpulent
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fat; obese
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to surround
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circumvent
cir-cum-vent |
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circumvent
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to surround
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to make amends
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atone
a-tone |
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atone
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to make amends
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entirely without; lacking
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devoid
de-void |
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devoid
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entirly without; lacking
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full or supplied to the upmost
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replete
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