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15 Cards in this Set
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Apropos
adj. |
fitting the occasion; suitable, appropriate or apt.
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Ascendancy
n. |
controlling influence; domination
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Assess v.
Assessment n. |
-to analyze, determine, judge or estimate the nature, value, or importance of
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Aver
v. |
-to declare positively; to state as the truth
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Concede
v. |
-to admit to be true, often reluctantly
-to grant or let have |
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Deficient adj.
Deficiency n. |
-lacking
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Dogma n.
Dogmatic adj. |
-an unproven principle or belief held to be true
- overly positive about something that cannot be proven |
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Embody
v. |
-to put an idea into a form that can be seen
-to make part of a system; incorporate |
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Impart
v. |
-to make known; disclose
-to bestow |
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Oratory n.
Orator n. Oratorical adj. |
-the art of public speaking
-a public speaker |
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Propagate v.
Propagation n. |
-to reproduce
-to cause to reproduce -to foster the spread of |
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Proponent
n. |
-someone who proposes or supports an idea; an advocate
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Rudimentary
adj. |
-not yet fully developed
-elementary |
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Sojourn
n./v. |
-a visit or temporary stay
-to stay for a while |
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Vociferous
adj. |
-making one's feelins known in a loud way
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