Vocab 6 Flashcards

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Apropos

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Fitting the occasion; suitable or apt

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Ascendancy

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Controlling influence; domination

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Assess

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To analyze and determine the nature, value, or importance of

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Aver

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To declare positively; to state as the truth

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Concede

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To admit to be true, often reluctantly
To grant or let have

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Deficient

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Lacking

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Dogma

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An unproven principle or belief held to be true

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Dogmatic

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Overly positive and assertive about opinions, as if they were facts

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Embody

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To put an idea into a form that can be seen
To make part of a system; incorporate

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Impart

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To make known; disclose
To bestow

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Oratory

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The art of public speaking
Orator - public speaker

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Propagate

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To reproduce
To cause to reproduce
To foster the spread of

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13
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Proponent

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Someone who proposed or supports an idea; an advocate

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14
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Rudimentary

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Not yet fully developed; basic
Elementary

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Sojourn

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A visit or temporary stay
To stay for a while

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Vociferous

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Making ones feelings known in a loud way