184-___ Flashcards

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an explanation, interpretation often used synonyms correspond to a “Rhetorical Analysis”

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explication

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commanding

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imperative tone

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questioning- can be a “tone” word

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interrogative

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expressing enthusiasm or excitement

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exclamatory

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declaring a statement or a fact

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declarative

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“to be” verbs “to show” “to dance” helps explaining

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infinitives

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not to be appeased

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implacable

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to become milder

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mitigate

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not following one system, as of philosophy, medicine, etc. but selecting and using what are considered the best elements

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eclectic

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the disgrace or the reproach incurred by the conduct considered outrageously shameful

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opprobrium

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deviating from the ordinary, or normal type

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aberrant

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beginning to exist; or develop

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nascent

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to hinder; to block

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stymie

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insatiable greed for riches

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avarice

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sophisticated

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urbane

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free from reserve, restraint

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igneous

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burdensome

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onerous

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cautious reserve in speech

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discretion

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to grow rapidly or flourish

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burgeon

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universally recognized principle

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axiom

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existing everywhere at the same time

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ubiquitous

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to undeceive, to set right

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disabuse

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violating accepted dogma or convention

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heretical

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to defame; characterize harshly

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vilify

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expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles

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dogmatic

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recurring through the year

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perennial

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lethargic, sluggish

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torpid

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the quality of being generously noble and in mind and heart

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magnanimity