ela Flashcards
1
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Assertion
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A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief
2
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Compelling
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Evoking interest, attention, or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way.
3
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Dispel
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make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear
4
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Diversion
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turning something aside from its course.
5
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Irate
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characterized by great anger.
6
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Jocular
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Fond of or characterized by joking;
7
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Palliative
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Relieving symptoms without dealing with the cause of the condition.
8
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Paradox
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A statement that is opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true.
9
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Retention
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power of retaining
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