Vocab 6 Flashcards
Apropos
Fitting the occasion; suitable or apt
Ascendancy
Controlling influence; domination
Assess
To analyze and determine the nature, value, or importance of
Aver
To declare positively; to state as the truth
Concede
To admit to be true, often reluctantly
To grant or let have
Deficient
Lacking
Dogma
An unproven principle or belief held to be true
Dogmatic
Overly positive and assertive about opinions, as if they were facts
Embody
To put an idea into a form that can be seen
To make part of a system; incorporate
Impart
To make known; disclose
To bestow
Oratory
The art of public speaking
Orator - public speaker
Propagate
To reproduce
To cause to reproduce
To foster the spread of
Proponent
Someone who proposed or supports an idea; an advocate
Rudimentary
Not yet fully developed; basic
Elementary
Sojourn
A visit or temporary stay
To stay for a while