Vocab 15 Flashcards

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Reverent ( adj )

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Marked by, feeling. Or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect ( noun - reverence

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Repudiate ( verb )

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To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown

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Rescind ( verb )

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To validate; to repeal; to retract

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Rhetoric ( noun 1 )

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The art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion

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Salubrious ( adj )

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Promoting health or wellbeing

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Solvent (adj)

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Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve anther substance

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Specious ( adj )

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Seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false

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Spurious (ads)

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Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

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Subpoena (adj)

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A court order requiring appearance and /or testimony

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Succinct ( noun )

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Brief; concise

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Superfluous ( adj )

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Exceeding what is efficient or necessary

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Surfeit (verb) /(noun)

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An overabundant supply; excess,; to feed to excess

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Tenacity( noun )

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The qualify of adherence or persistenc to something valued, persistent determination (adj,。: Tenacious )

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Tenuous ( ady )

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Having little substance oor strength, ,; flimsy,; weak

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Tirade ( noun )

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A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

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Transient( adj )

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Fleeting,; passing quickly; brief

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Zealous ( adj )

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Fervent; ardent; impassioned、 devoted to a caused ( a zealot is a zealous person )