Vocabulary 60-80 Flashcards

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Ethos

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Based on the character, creditability, or reliability of the writer

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Refute

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To prove that a person’s statement, opinion, etc. is wrong or false

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Zeal

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Great enthusiasm or eagerness

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ambivalence

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Having two-sides about something

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Palliation

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To relive something without curing it (apologies)

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Forthright

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Being to the point

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Effusive

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Expression of great or excessive emotion or enthusiasm

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Polysyndeton

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Makes use of many conjunctions like “and”, “or”, “but”, and “nor”. Using conjunctions everywhere

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Extrude

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To force, press, or push out

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Frailty

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Condition of being weak

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Demireps

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A person of doubtful reputation or respectability

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Morality

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Belief system ( to decide what is right or wrong behavior)

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Cartwrighting

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Inventor

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Rapturous

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Full of, or feeling ecstatic joy or delight

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Recurrence

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The fact of happening again

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Temperance

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Self-restraint in action ( eating or drinking to much)

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Industry

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Manufacturing activity as a whole

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Humility

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Quality or act of being humble

19
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Negligent

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Relaxed; not formal

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Enumeration

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Listing details or a process of mentioning words or phrases step by step