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Stamina |
ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort. synonyms: endurance, resilience, grit antonyms: cowardice, lethargy, weakness |
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Acceptance |
the action of consenting to recieve or undertake something offered. synonyms: approval, admission, consent antonyms: denial, disagreement, refusal |
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Paraphrase |
to express the meaning of the writer or speaker using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity. synonyms: rephrase, restate, reword antonyms: quote |
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Classify |
to arrange a group of people or things in classes or categories according to shared qualities or characteristics. synonyms: arrange, organize, distribute antonyms: combine, disorganize, disorder |
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Benevolent |
well meaning and kindly (charitable rather than profit-making). synonyms: caring, compasionate, humane antonyms: cruel, hateful, merciless |
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Articulate |
(a person or a person's words) having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently. synonyms: coherent, fluent, well-spoken antonyms: unclear, unintelligible, inarticulate |
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Perspective |
a point of view. synonyms: viewpoint, outlook, mindset antonyms: blindness, apathy |
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Analogy |
a comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification. synonyms: comparison, correlation, metaphor antonyms: difference, disimilarity, unlikeness |
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Explicit |
stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt. synonyms: clear, obvious, straightforward antonyms: unclear, vauge, indistinct |
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Altruistic |
doing something for the good of others and not for yourself; sacraficially. synonyms: selfless, kind, compassionate antonyms: uncharitable, unsacraficing, selfish |
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Cite |
quoting a passage, book, or author as evidence or justification for an argument or statment. synonyms: mention, allege, name antonyms: withold, plagarism, deny |
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Infer |
to deduce or conclude information from evidence and reasoning; read between the lines. synonyms: assume, derive, interpret antonyms: misconcieve, abstain, misunderstand |
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Connotation |
an idea or feeling that a word invokes. synonyms: meaning, overtone, signifigance antonyms: denotation |
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Selfless |
concerned more with the needs and wishes of others than with one's own. synonyms: altruistic, unselfish, generous antonyms: mean, stingy, selfish |
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Synthesize |
to combine a number of things into a coherent whole. synonyms: incorporate, harmonize, unify antonyms: disorganize, divide, disperse |
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Tolerance |
the ability or willingness to tolerate something, such as opinions or behavior that you dont necessarily agree with. synonyms: patience, resilience, stamina antonyms: weakness, intolerance, lethargy |
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Delineate |
to describe or portray something precisely. synonyms: define, depict, plot antonyms: confuse, distort |
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Tone |
the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. synonyms: aspect, expression, feel antonyms: achromatism |
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Magnanimous |
very generous or forgiving, especially to a rival or someone less powerful. synonyms: benevolent, nobel, charitable antonyms: mean-spirited, selfish, petty |