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16 Cards in this Set
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Apropos
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Fitting the occasion; suitable or apt
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Ascendency
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Controlling influence; domination
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Assess
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To analyze and determine the nature, value, or importance of. Assessment n.
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Aver
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To declare positively; to state as the truth
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Concede
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1.to admit to be true, often reluctantly 2. To grant or let have
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Deficient
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Lacking deficiency n.
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Dogma
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An unproven principle or belief held to be true. dogmatic adj.
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Embody
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1.to put an idea into a form that can be seen 2. To make part of a system; incorporate
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Impart
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1.to make known; disclose 2. To bestow
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Oratory
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The art of public speaking
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Orator
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A public speaker. Oratorical adj.
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Propagate
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1.to reproduce 2. To cause to reproduce 3. To foster the spread of. Propagation n.
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Proponent
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Someone who proposes or supports an idea; an advocate
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Rudimentary
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1.not fully developed 2. Elementary
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Sojourn
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n. a visit or temporary stay v. to stay for a while
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Vociferous
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Making one’s feelings known in a way
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