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33 Cards in this Set
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Ambiguous (adj) Ambiguity |
open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning, not clear or decided |
The bill was ambiguous so it did not pass because of the many flaws it could have had.
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anaphora (noun) anaphoral preanaphoral |
the repetition of word or phrases at the beginning of a successive clause |
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anthropologist (noun) anthropology |
someone who studies with the science that deals with origins and biological characteristics
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arduous (adj) ardususly arduouness |
requiring great exertion: laborious: difficult
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Cleaning up my room is always arduous because I requires me to move.
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ascertain (verb) ascertainable ascertainably ascertainer |
to find out definitly: learn with certainly or assurance: determine |
the cop must be ascertainable about whether the evidence is hard before getting a warrant. |
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bough (noun) |
main brance of a tree
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brobdingnagian (adj)
brobdingnagian |
of huge size; gigantic; tremendous
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clandestine (adj) Clandestinely clandestieness clandestinity |
characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for all purposes of subversion or deception; private
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cohort (noun) |
a group of people banded together or treated as a group |
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compunction (noun) |
a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse |
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defector (noun)
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a person who defects from a cause, country, or alliance
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denigrate (verb) dentigration denigrator |
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deprecate (verb) deprecatingly deprecation deprecator |
to express disapproval of; depplore
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elegy (noun)
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a poem mourning a death or other great loss
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enumeration (noun) ethics |
appeal to get ethics; means of convincing someone of the character or creditability of rhetors |
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eulogy (noun)
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a speech or a piece of writing that praises someone or something highly: typically someone/ something who/ that/ has just dies |
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extemporaneous (adj) extemporaneously extemporaneousness extemporaneity |
done, spoken, performed without special advance preparation; impromptu |
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hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (noun)
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the fear of long words
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impedimenta (plural noun) impediment (singular noun) |
baggage or other things that retard ones progress
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indigenous (adj)
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native to an area |
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insurmountable (adj) insurmountability insurmountableness insurmountably |
too great to be overcome; obstacle |
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juxtaposition (noun) juxtapose |
two items seen or placed close together with contrasting effect |
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logos (noun) logical |
appeal to logic; a way to persuade an audience by reason
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metacognitive (adj) metacognition |
higher thinking; enables understanding, control, and analysis of cognitive process when learning |
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ostentatious (adj) ostentatiously |
characterized by or given to a pretentious display |
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pathos (noun) pathetic |
quality that evokes pity or sadness
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pervasive (adj) pervasively pervasiveness |
having the quality or tendency to pevade or permeate |
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propriety (noun)
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conformity or established standards of good
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rhetoric (noun) rhetor rhetorical |
the effective use of persuasion |
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surmised (verb) surmiseable surmiser |
to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess |
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vagabond (adj) vagabond (noun) |
characterized by wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic |
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visceral (adj) visera |
the “gut feeling” one has towards someone/something |
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wry (adj) wryness wryly |
using or expressing mocking humor |
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