exam

Question 1

to retain ideas or information; concerned with obtaining wealth

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acquisition

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to pronounce distinctly; able to employ language clearly and forcefully

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articulate

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to work on excessively

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belabor

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making a logical whole; comprehensible

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coherent

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a difference of opinion; discontent

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dissidence

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disorder or confusion; to throw into disorder

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disarray

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to decorate, adorn, to touch up; to improve by adding detail

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embellish

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intended for or understood by only a select few

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esoteric

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appropriate, well-chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune: happy

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felicitous

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misleading; lacking in or not based on reality

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illusory

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a peculiarly that serves to distinguish or identify

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idiosyncrasy

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sharply or bitterly harsh

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mordant

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a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominate figure in a design

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motif

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dark and gloomy; lacking in clarity or precision

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murky

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subtle or slight variation

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nuance

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open; not hidden

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overt

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reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy

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sophistry

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establish with evidence; prove

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substantiate

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without delay or formality; briefly

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summarily

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capable of being held or defended.

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tenable

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found upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

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utopian

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language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense of content; manner of expression

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verbiage

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SOAPS

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speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, subject

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tone

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The speaker’s attitude toward thus subject conveyed by the speakers stylistic and rhetorical choices.

Question 25

exigence

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the event or occurrence that prompts rhetorical discourse.

Question 26

appeal to authority

Answer 26

When an argument is based off someone who has little to no knowledge or authority on the subject. ex. Pantene is the best shampoo because selena gomez said it was.