Vocab Flashcards

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Analogy

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A comparison that finds a similarity between things that are not similar
Syn: comparison , resemblance

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Denote

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To name or give meaning to

Syn: express , indicate

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Quote

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To cite something word for word

Syn: cite

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Topic

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The subject of a piece of writing or speech

Syn: Subject

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Divers

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Numerous

Syn: multiple

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Sundry

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Various or assorted

Syn: variety

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Succour

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Help or comfort

Syn:

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Tender

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To offer or present

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Unique

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One of a kind

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Rendezvous

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Meeting place

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Sentinel

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A look out or guard

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Circulate

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To move or travel in a circle pattern

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Adapt

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To make something suitable for a particular situation

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Device

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A literary technique used to achieve a certain effect

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Displace

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To move or force from on place or position to another

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Dynamic

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Characterized by change, movement, or activity

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Engross

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To completely engage the attention or interest

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Venture

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To risk or dare

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Deprecate

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To express disapproval

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Wring

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To obtain through force or pressure

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Contrary

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Founder

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Someone who sets up, establishes, or provides the basis for something

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Ideological

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Based on ideas, beliefs, or doctrines

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Publication

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The act of making public in printed or electronic form

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Revolution
The overthrow and replacement of a government , often violent
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Establish
Institute
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Affect
To cause or influence
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Invest
To grant
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Abdicate
To relinquish
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Posterity
Future generations
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Infringe
Violate
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Prescribe
To regulate
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Impose
To change or apply
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Free verse
poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
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Imagery
visual images collectively
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Figures of speech
a word or phrase used in a nonliteral sense to add rhetorical force to a spoken or written passage
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Symbols
Representation
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Direct statements
+ Information that is directly on the page
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Cataloguing
make a systematic list of (items of the same type).
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Argument
an exchange of diverging or opposite views
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Purpose/Aim/Intent
the reason for which something is done
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Claim
an assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt
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Repetition
the action of repeating something that has already been said or written
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Coherent
(of an argument, theory, or policy) logical and consistent
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Reasons
The why in any action or thought
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Premise
a previous statement or proposition from which another is inferred or follows as a conclusion
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Evidence
Proof