Vocab 1: Argument And Language

Question 1

Abstruse

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Difficult to understand, obscure

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Apt

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Appropriate, inclined

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Cajole

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To coax, to convince

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Compendious

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Succinct, containing or presenting the essential facts of something in the comprehensive but concise way

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Concur

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Too agree

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Delineate

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Clearly describe or portray

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Digress

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Stray from the subject

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Elucidate

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Clarify, explain, make clear

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Embroil

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Involve in an argument or conflict

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Empirical

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Based on observations and experiments

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Enumerate

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To list, mention one by one

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Epitome

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Perfect example of a quality of type

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Equivocal

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Ambiguous, open to more than one interpretation

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Exemplar

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Representative example

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Exhort

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Encourage

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Expedient

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Convenient and practical

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Fathom

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To understand

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Flagrant

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Obvious (of something considered wrong or immoral)

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Florid

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Flushed, flowery

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Incongruity

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Inappropriateness, discrepancy

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Ineffable

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Too great or extreme do be expressed or described in words

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Innuendo

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Implicit suggestion

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Laconic

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Concise, a use of very few words

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Lucid

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Clear, easy to understand

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Nebulous

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Unclear, vague

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Nuance

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Subtle difference

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Paradigm

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A typical, clear example or pattern a model

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Prattle

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To babble

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Pronouncement

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Formal declaration

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Proponent

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A person who advocates, supports a theory, proposal, or project; supporter

Question 31

Prosaic

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Having the style of diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty

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Rebuttal

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Defense, counter argument

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Recant

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No longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical

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Repudiate

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Reject, refuse to accept or associate with

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Rescind

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Revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement)

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Rhetoric

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The act of effective or persuasive speaking or writing

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Scrutinize

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Examine or inspect closely, carefully

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Simile

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Comparison

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Tangential

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Digressive, irrelevant

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Treatise

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A written work to argue formally and systematically about a topic

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Verbose

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Wordy, using or expressed in more words than needed