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Diploma writing words Flashcards

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Showing deep understanding and perceptive observation.

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Insightful

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Showing subtle differences or distinctions.

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Nuanced

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Deep and intense in meaning.

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Profound

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Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.

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Resilient

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Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas.

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Ambivalent

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Bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind.

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Evocative

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Having or showing sensitive insight.

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Perceptive

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Evoking interest, attention, or admiration.

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Compelling

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Clear, logical, and convincing.

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Cogent

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Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.

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Meticulous

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In addition; besides.

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Furthermore

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As a result; therefore.

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Consequently

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In spite of that; however.

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Nevertheless

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As a further matter; besides.

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Moreover

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To show the difference between two things.

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In contrast

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As a result or consequence of this; therefore.

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Thus

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After a particular thing has happened; afterward.

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Subsequently

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Introducing a statement or idea which reverses one that has just been made or referred to.

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Conversely

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To clarify or explain a subject.

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Illuminate

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To emphasize or highlight something.

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underscore

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Able to express ideas clearly and effectively.

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Articulate

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To make something clear; explain.

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Elucidate

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To prove a statement or theory to be wrong or false.

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Refute

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To place side by side for comparison or contrast.

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Juxtaposition

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To confirm or give support to a statement or theory.

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Corroborate

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To examine or inspect closely and thoroughly.

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Scrutinize

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More important than anything else; supreme.

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Paramount

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Of vital importance; crucial.

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Imperative

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Sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention.

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Significant

30
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Of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else.

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Pivotal

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Necessary to make a whole complete; essential or fundamental.

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Integral

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Very great or intense; having deep insight or understanding.

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Profound

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Absolutely necessary; essential.

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Indispensable

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Most noticeable or important.

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Salient

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Inclined to examine one’s own thoughts and feelings.

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Introspective

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Deeply sad or pensive.

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Melancholic

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Having or showing confused and mutually inconsistent feelings.

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Conflicted

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Having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge.

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Vindictive

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Showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

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Empathetic

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Enduring pain and hardship without showing feelings or complaining.

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Stoic

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A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning.

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Allegory

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An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly.

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Allusion

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A warning or indication of a future event.

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Foreshadowing

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The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite.

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Irony

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A statement that contradicts itself but might be true.

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Paradox

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The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

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Symbolism

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A distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.

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Motif

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The central topic, subject, or message within a narrative.

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