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RC VOCABULARY Flashcards

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Advocate / Endorse / Bolster / Make a case for/ Espouse

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Support, Encourage

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Allay

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Relieve concern

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Alleviate

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Relieve discomfort

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Ambiguous / Ambivalent / Equivocal

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Unsure, In two minds

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5
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Amplify

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Elaborate upon

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Analogy

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Compare similar things

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Approbation

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Approval

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Arbitrary

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Random

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Articulate

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Express clearly

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Assertion / Contention

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Declaration

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Challenge / Question / Skeptical / Call into question

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Doubt

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Chronicle

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Note down time-wise

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Chronology

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Time-wise order

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Cite

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Quote, Give an example

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15
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Clarify

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To make clear

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16
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Commend

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Praise

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Conventional

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Traditional

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Counter

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Oppose

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Critique

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Analyze (not criticize)

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Debunk

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Remove a false belief

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Derivative

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Unoriginal

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Dilemma

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A difficult situation

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Disparage

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Find fault with

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Empirical

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Statistical

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Enumerate

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To list

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Erode

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Weaken

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Evaluate

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Judge

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Exemplify / Illustrate

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Give examples

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Fallacy

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False, Misleading

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Hypothesis

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Theory that is unproved

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Inadvertent

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By mistake

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Juxtaposition

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Place side by side to contrast

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Laudable

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Praiseworthy

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Mitigate

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Make better

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Oversight

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Overlooked

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Paradox / Irony

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Self Contradictory

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Plausible

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Believable

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Pragmatic

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Practical

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Preclude

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Stop, Prohibit

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Presupposition

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Assumption

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Qualify

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Not 100%, Conditional

42
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+

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+

43
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Reconcile

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Balance two conflicting view points

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Refute / Discredit / Repudiate

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Prove wrong or false

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Rescind / Annul

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Cancel

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Rhetoric

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Effective and persuasive speech

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Simulate

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Imitate

48
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Speculate

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Guess

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Stipulate

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Specify a condition

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Substantiate

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Prove

51
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Susceptible

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Vulnerable

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Tentative

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Provisional

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Underlying

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Basis of something

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Undermine

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Weaken

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Underscore

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Emphasize

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