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Aesthetic

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Relating to or dealing with beauty

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Allusion

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Passing reference or indirect mention

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Ambivalent

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Uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow

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Assert

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  1. ) state categorically
  2. ) to insist n having one’s opinion and rights recognized

Women should ASSERT themselves more!

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Belied

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  1. ) be in contradiction with
  2. ) represent falsely

The statement BELIES my intentions.

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Characterize

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Describe or portray the character or qualities or peculiarities of.

What CHARACTERIZES a Venetian painting?

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Compare

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Examine and note the similarities or differences of

John COMPARED his haircut to his friend’s.

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Concur

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  1. ) Be in agreement
  2. ) happen simultaneously

We concurred on the terms of settlement

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Contempt

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Lack of respect accompanied by feeling of intense dislike

He was held in contempt

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Contrast

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The opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared

ie. in contrast to

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Conventional

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Conforming with accepted standards.

A conventional view of the world

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Convey

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Make known

She conveyed the message to me.

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Debunk

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Uncover while ridiculing; ESP of pretentious/false claims and ideas

The physicist debunked the psychic’s claims.

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Digression

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A message that departs from the main subject

A digression into irrelevant details

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Discern

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See or hear differences; to distinguish; to detest with difficulty

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Discredit

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Damage the reputation of

This article discredits the politicians.

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Disengaged

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  1. ) Release from something that holds fasts, connects or entangles
  2. )remove obstruction form
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Disinterested

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Unaffected by self interest; impartial

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Dismissive

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SHowing disregard or stopping to associate with

They took dismissive action after the 3rd violation

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Disparage

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Express a negative opinion of.

She disparaged her student’s efforts ,

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Disparity

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Inequality or difference in some respect

There is disparity between man’s aspirations and his accomplishments.

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Dispassionate

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Unaffected by strong or prejudice

A journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of a fact

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Dubious

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Open to doubt or suspicion

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Elicit

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1.) Call forth(emotions) –>elicit pity
2.) deduce
Elicit a solution

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Endorse

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Give support or one’s approval to

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Equivocate

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Be deliberately ambiguous in order to mislead

Agents equivocate about terms

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Exemplify

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Be characteristic of or clarify by giving example

The compositional style is exemplified by fugue.

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Hyperbole

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Extravagant exaggeration

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Hypothesis

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A proposal not ended to explain certain facts

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Illustrate

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Clarify by giving an example of

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Indifferent

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Marked by a lack or interest

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Interpret

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Make sense of or assign a meaning to

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Ironic

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Humorously sarcastic or mocking

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Justify

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Show to be right by providing proof

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something

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Nostalgia

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Longing for something past

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Objective

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Undistorted by emotion or personal bias

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Partisan

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Devoted to a cause or party

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Personification

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A person who represents an abstract qualify

–> She is the personification of optimism.

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Phenomenon

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  1. ) Process known through senses rather than intuition

2. ) a remarkable development

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Plausible

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  1. ) Apparently reasonable and valid and truthful
  2. ) given or characterized by presenting specious argument

–> a plausible excuse

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Pragmatic

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  1. ) Concerned with practical matters.
  2. ) guided by practical observation rather than theory

A pragmatic approach to the problem

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Prove

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Be shown or found to be

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Provoke

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Call forth(emotions, feelings and responses)
 =elicit
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Qualified

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  1. )Meeting proper standards

2. )limited or restricted/contingent on something else

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Reconcile

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  1. ) bring into consonance or accord

2. ) come to terms with

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Refute

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Overthrow by arguments, evidence, or proof; prove to be false

The speaker refuted his opponent’s arguments

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Relevant

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Having a connection with the subject at issue

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Repudiate

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Cast off or refuse to acknowledge

The woman repudiated the divorce statement.

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Resign

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Accept as inevitable

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Reverent

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Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

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Rhetoric

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  1. ) Using language effectively to persuade or please

2. ) high flown style of excessive use of verbal ornamentation

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Satire

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Witty language used to convey insults or scorn ESP. Saying one thing but implying the opposite

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Scornful

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Expressing extreme contempt

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Scrutinize

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To look at critically or in minute detail

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Simile

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A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between different things.

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Speculate

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To believe especially on uncertain, tentative grounds

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Subjective

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Taking place within the mind and modified by personal bias

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Substantiate

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Establish or strengthen as with new evidence/facts
2.) represent in bodily form; give reality or substance to

The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist.
His story substantiated my doubts.

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Undermine

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Destroy property or hinder normal operations

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Underscore

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Give extra weight to

Her gesture underscored her words

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Yield

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  1. ) cease opposition or stop fighting

2. ) production of a certain amount-output

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Assess

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Estimate or determine the nature, value, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

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