Week Of 3/5/15 Flashcards
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Placate
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To soothe, to appease with concessions
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Pivotal
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Crucial, something around which things turn
2
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Plausible
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Believable
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Poignant
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Emotionally moving
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Polemic
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A powerful argument to defend a thesis
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Precept
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A rule or principle to guide conduct
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Preclude
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To make impossible, to shut out, to bar
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Pretentious
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Showy, self-important, make unjustifiable claims to excellence
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Prolific
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Marked by abundant production or offspring
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Prosaic
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Dull, unimaginative, lacking, excitement
