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| 5741562102 | oblique | not clear or direct | 0 | |
| 5741564455 | conundrum | a confusing and difficult problem or question | 1 | |
| 5741564456 | ornery | bad tempered or combative | 2 | |
| 5741571630 | philanthropy | the desire to promote the welfare of others | 3 | |
| 5741580209 | ruminate | to think deeply about something | 4 | |
| 5741582093 | heliophilia | an addiction to the sun | 5 | |
| 5741586476 | selcouth | strange or uncommon | 6 | |
| 5741588468 | tacit | understood without being openly expressed or implied | 7 | |
| 5741588469 | balter | to dance or walk in a clumsy manner | 8 | |
| 5741588470 | jocular | fond of or characterized by joking | 9 | |
| 5741593540 | palliative | relieving pain | 10 | |
| 5741593568 | vicissitude | a change or variation occurring in the course of something | 11 | |
| 5741598598 | bivouac | a temporary camp without tents or covers | 12 | |
| 5741601905 | hegemony | influence or control over another country | 13 | |
| 5741601906 | lament | to express sorrow or regret | 14 | |
| 5741604097 | littoral | growing on or near a shore especially of the sea | 15 | |
| 5741608059 | pernicious | causing harm or ruin | 16 | |
| 5741608060 | placate | to cause someone to feel less angry about something | 17 | |
| 5741608061 | socratic | relating to socrates or his philosophy | 18 | |
| 5741610605 | miscellany | a mixture or collection of various things | 19 | |
| 5741610606 | abstract | apart from concrete realities or hard to understand | 20 | |
| 5741613470 | gratuitous | being without apparent reason or justification | 21 | |
| 5741613471 | promulgate | to make known by open declaration | 22 | |
| 5741616890 | galvanize | to startle into sudden activity or to stimulate | 23 | |
| 5741616891 | sanction | authoritative permission or approval | 24 | |
| 5741619780 | effervescence | to give off bubbles of gas | 25 | |
| 5741624466 | agitprop | propaganda | 26 | |
| 5741624467 | effulgence | a brilliant radiance | 27 | |
| 5741629003 | mellifluous | sweetly or smoothly flowing | 28 | |
| 5741642607 | pro bono | without charge to the client | 29 | |
| 5741642608 | superfluous | unnecessary or being more than enough | 30 | |
| 5741781444 | trumpery | something without use or value | 31 | |
| 5741648274 | eucatastrophe | a sudden and favorable resolution of events in a story | 32 | |
| 5741652613 | meliorism | the belief that the world tends to improve and that humans can aid in its betterment | 33 | |
| 5741654482 | elysian | heaven-like place or paradise | 34 | |
| 5741654483 | susurrant | softly murmuring | 35 | |
| 5741656647 | peripeteia | a sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances | 36 | |
| 5741656648 | defenestrate | to throw out of a window | 37 | |
| 5741660520 | gesticulate | to use gestures especially instead of speaking | 38 | |
| 5741660521 | anathema | you've been cursed with something | 39 | |
| 5741663770 | antithetical | directly opposed or contrasted | 40 | |
| 5741663771 | vitriol | abusive or venomous language used to express blame | 41 | |
| 5741666779 | tensile | capable of being drawn out or stretched | 42 | |
| 5741669605 | misanthropic | characterized by a hatred for humankind or to be anti-social | 43 | |
| 5741669606 | cogent | convincing or believable by clear presentation | 44 | |
| 5741671910 | eminent | high in rank | 45 | |
| 5741675241 | paradigm | an example or pattern of something | 46 | |
| 5741675242 | ad hominem | switching the argument from the issue to the character of the other speaker | 47 | |
| 5741681647 | appeal to false authority | when someone with no expertise on an issue is cited as an authority | 48 | |
| 5741681648 | argument | a process of reasoned inquiry | 49 | |
| 5741683821 | backing | additional justification or evidence | 50 | |
| 5741686917 | bandwagon appeal (ad populum) | appeals to the growing popularity of an idea | 51 | |
| 5741686918 | begging the question | a claim that is based on evidence or support that is in doubt | 52 | |
| 5741704074 | circular reasoning | the writer repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence | 53 | |
| 5741704075 | claim | states the argument's main idea or position | 54 | |
| 5741704076 | claim of fact | asserts that something is true or not true | 55 | |
| 5741707513 | claim of policy | proposes change | 56 | |
| 5741709897 | claim of value | argues that something is good or bad, right or wrong | 57 | |
| 5741713702 | the classical oration | five part argument structure | 58 | |
| 5741713703 | conclusion | brings the essay to a close | 59 | |
| 5741716831 | confirmation | includes proof needed to make the writer's case | 60 | |
| 5741716832 | introduction | introduces the reader to the subject under discussion | 61 | |
| 5741828781 | narration | provides factual information and background material | 62 | |
| 5741719826 | refutation | addresses the counterargument | 63 | |
| 5741719827 | closed thesis | previews the major points the writer intends to make | 64 | |
| 5741722941 | deduction | a logical process where one reaches a conclusion | 65 | |
| 5741725452 | false dilemma | the speaker presents a two extreme options as the only possible choices | 66 | |
| 5741725453 | faulty analogy | compares two things that are not comparable | 67 | |
| 5741728657 | first hand evidence | evidence based on something the writer knows | 68 | |
| 5741735977 | hasty generalization | when a faulty conclusion is reached | 69 | |
| 5741735978 | induction | using specific cases in order to draw a conclusion | 70 | |
| 5741739193 | logical fallacy | potential weaknesses in an argument | 71 | |
| 5741739194 | open thesis | a thesis that does not list all the points | 72 | |
| 5741743048 | post hoc ergo propter hoc | when the correlation does not imply causation | 73 | |
| 5741743049 | qualifier | shows how sure the writer thinks he or she is | 74 | |
| 5741747883 | quantitative evidence | includes things that can be measured | 75 | |
| 5741861743 | rebuttal | gives voice to possible objections | 76 | |
| 5741861757 | reservation | explains the terms and conditions necessitated by the qualifier | 77 | |
| 5741865509 | rogerian argument | based on assumption | 78 | |
| 5741867492 | second hand evidence | evidence that includes factual and historical information | 79 | |
| 5741867493 | straw man | when a speaker chooses a poor or oversimplified example | 80 | |
| 5741870016 | syllogism | a logical structure that uses the major and minor premise | 81 | |
| 5741873675 | toulmin model | an approach to analyzing and constructing arguments | 82 | |
| 5741873676 | warrant | expresses the assumption shared by the speaker and the audience | 83 | |
| 5741873677 | syntax | the arrangement of words into phrases, clauses, and sentences | 84 | |
| 5741876376 | tone | a speaker's attitude | 85 | |
| 5741876377 | diction | a speaker's choice of words | 86 | |
| 5741880718 | choice of details | items or parts that make up a larger picture or story | 87 | |
| 5741880719 | imagery | a description that appeals to the senses | 88 | |
| 5741884919 | figurative language | uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation | 89 | |
| 5741934919 | style | the structure of sentences | 90 |
