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Unit 23 Vocab Words Flashcards

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Rhetoric

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The art or science of using the language effectively .

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Conflagration

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An enormous fire

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Didactic

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Positively it means educational .

Used negatively , it means preachy .

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Asperity

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The idea of roughness

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Endorse

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Means to stand behind it, and/or giving approval to something

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Repertoire

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Any special skills that belong to someone

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Pivotal

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Can be the point in the ground that something turns on ,

Or it can be a person that everything revolves around .

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Novice

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When you are new to something

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