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| 13492683584 | anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 0 | |
| 13492689083 | fastidiousness | care and attention to details | 1 | |
| 13492698615 | superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess | 2 | |
| 13492701944 | repugnant | (adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful | 3 | |
| 13492706074 | ambiguous | unclear or doubtful in meaning | 4 | |
| 13492718366 | indignant | angered at something unjust or wrong | 5 | |
| 13492723644 | conjecture | an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information | 6 | |
| 13492728170 | empirical | based on practical experience rather than theory | 7 | |
| 13492732941 | intangible | unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence | 8 | |
| 13492737782 | concede | (v.) to admit as true; to yield, submit | 9 | |
| 13492742099 | implicit | (adj.) implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in | 10 | |
| 13492750805 | reprehensible | deserving blame or punishment | 11 | |
| 13492750868 | decorum | proper behavior | 12 | |
| 13492760262 | antiquated | no longer used or useful; very old | 13 | |
| 13492760321 | Taxonomy | The scientific study of how living things are classified | 14 | |
| 13492768436 | expose | A piece of writing that reveals weaknesses, faults, frailties, or other shortcomings | 15 | |
| 13492772709 | expository | intended to explain or describe something | 16 | |
| 13492775799 | unabashed | not embarrassed | 17 | |
| 13492780494 | synergistic | works together | 18 | |
| 13492786105 | felicity | happiness | 19 | |
| 13492786106 | unvarnished | plain; straightforward | 20 | |
| 13492790248 | precarious | Dangerous; risky; lacking in security or stability | 21 | |
| 13492794126 | Exemplification | showing by example | 22 | |
| 13492798480 | pessimistic | seeing the worst side of things; no hope | 23 | |
| 13492801913 | condemnation | an expression of strong disapproval | 24 | |
| 13492805487 | discrepancy | a difference; a lack of agreement | 25 | |
| 13492809163 | veracity | truthfulness | 26 | |
| 13492813757 | subtle | not obvious | 27 | |
| 13492819624 | Contours | outlines, shapes of something | 28 | |
| 13492825699 | digression | straying from main point | 29 | |
| 13492829734 | speculative | not based on fact or investigation | 30 | |
| 13492833581 | unprecented | never done or known before | 31 | |
| 13492836557 | inaccuracies | not completely correct or exact, or not able to do something correctly or exactly: | 32 | |
| 13492840453 | affront | an insult | 33 | |
| 13492846474 | preoccupation | the absorption of the attention or intellect | 34 | |
| 13492849999 | sublime | of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe | 35 | |
| 13492874960 | antient | archaic variant of ancient | 36 | |
| 13492878498 | vice | bad habit | 37 | |
| 13492882439 | satiric | ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach | 38 | |
| 13492885884 | paradoxical | something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct | 39 | |
| 13492890531 | Arbitrated (ch 4, pg 49) | To mediate or decide | 40 | |
| 13492890532 | candor | honesty | 41 | |
| 13492893596 | substantiating | Providing evidence to support or prove the truth of | 42 | |
| 13492896867 | Speculative writing | explores an idea. It often makes more than one point. | 43 | |
| 13492903951 | Metaphorical Flourish (Term) | to attract attention figuratively ex: The teacher snapped her fingers at the boy aggressively to wake him up. | 44 | |
| 13492910513 | Personal Anecdote | A short "story" about you to make a point and open your essay leading up to your thesis | 45 | |
| 13492920816 | Meditation | the focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas | 46 | |
| 13492920817 | Mediation | A method of settling disputes outside of court by using the services of a neutral third party, called a mediator. The mediator acts as a communicating agent between the parties and suggests ways in which the parties can resolve their dispute. | 47 | |
| 13492935942 | linguistics | the scientific study of the structure, sounds, and meaning of language | 48 | |
| 13492939718 | Refutation | a denial of the validity of an opposing argument | 49 | |
| 13492943338 | exemplify | To illustrate by being an example of | 50 | |
| 13492947647 | immutable | unchangeable | 51 | |
| 13492950982 | imaginative | use of language to express oneself artistically or creatively | 52 | |
| 13492954428 | premise | an assumption; the basis for a conclusion | 53 | |
| 13492954429 | forego | to do without | 54 | |
| 13492958137 | attest | (v.) to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine | 55 | |
| 13492966068 | unforeseen | not anticipated | 56 | |
| 13492969200 | memoirs | A kind of writing that tells someone's memories | 57 | |
| 13492972614 | diabolical | devilish; wicked or evil | 58 | |
| 13492972615 | consoling | comforting | 59 | |
| 13492975465 | subliminal | below the level of consciousness | 60 | |
| 13492978997 | ironically | in a way that is contrary to what is expected or intended | 61 | |
| 13492981716 | periodically | from time to time | 62 | |
| 13492986535 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 63 | |
| 13492990141 | abstract concepts | concepts that do not have some physical, concrete, touchable reality | 64 |
