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| 4842607464 | Altruistic | (Adj) Showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others. Syn: Selfless, Unselfish, Compassionate | 0 | |
| 4842619377 | Ambivalent | (Adj) Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. Syn: Equivocal, Indecisive, Unsure | 1 | |
| 4842619378 | Angular | (Adj) (of an object, outline, or shape) having angles or sharp corners. Person looks sickly, thin. Syn: Sharp-Cornered, pointed | 2 | |
| 4842620367 | Arrogant | (Adj) Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities. Syn: Haughty, Conceited | 3 | |
| 4842620368 | Aversion | (Noun) A strong dislike or disinclination. Syn: Distaste | 4 | |
| 4842621082 | Discern | (Verb) To perceive or recognize. Syn: Perceive, recognize | 5 | |
| 4842621083 | Disdain | (N) The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of someone's consideration or respect. (V) Consider to be unworthy of one's consideration. Syn: Contempt, Scorn, Disrespect | 6 | |
| 4842621084 | Disparage | (V) Regard or represent as being of little worth. Syn: Belittle, Denigrate, Undervalue | 7 | |
| 4842622421 | Disparity | (N) A great difference. Syn: Discrepency, Imbalance | 8 | |
| 4842622422 | Embellish | (V) To make more attractive by adding adornments and extra details; to make a story more interesting by adding extra details. Syn: Decorate, Elaborate | 9 | |
| 4842622723 | Engender | (V) To cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition). Syn: Create, Produce, Cause | 10 | |
| 4842623908 | Innocuous | (Adj) NOT harmful or offensive Syn: Harmless, Nontoxic | 11 | |
| 4842623909 | Insipid | (Adj) Lacking flavor Syn: Unimaginative, Uninspired | 12 | |
| 4842625956 | Lament | (N) A passionate expression of grief or sorrow (V) To mourn Syn: Weeping, Cyring, Sob | 13 | |
| 4842625957 | Laud | (N) Praise (V) To praise highly, especially in a public setting. Syn: Extol, Hail | 14 | |
| 4842625958 | Obscure | (Adj) Not discovered or known about. (V) Keep from being seen; conceal Syn: Hide, Cover, Hidden | 15 | |
| 4842627430 | Ostentatious | (Adj) Vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice. Syn: Showy, Prententious | 16 | |
| 4842627431 | Prodigal | (Adj) Spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant. Having or giving on a lavish scale. (N) A person who spends money lavishly Syn: Wasteful, Generous | 17 | |
| 4842628622 | Repudiate | (V) Refuse to accept or associate with. Deny the truth or validity. Syn: Reject, Disown, Contradict | 18 | |
| 4842628623 | Reticence | (V) To remain silent. Syn: Be silent | 19 | |
| 4842628624 | Revere | (V) Regard as worthy of great honor Syn: Worship, Adore | 20 | |
| 4842629743 | Serene | (Adj) Calm and peaceful Syn: Calm, Placid | 21 | |
| 4842629744 | Subtle | (Adj) Clever or indirect, not showing your real purpose. Hard to notice. | 22 | |
| 4842629745 | Superfluous | (Adj) Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough. Syn: Excess, Redundant | 23 | |
| 4842631085 | Taciturn | (Adj) Reserved or uncommunicative in speech, saying little. Syn: Untalkative, Quiet | 24 | |
| 5039105868 | Audience | The listener, viewer, or reader of a text. Most are likely to have multiple audiences. | 25 | |
| 5039138012 | Concession | An acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable. In a strong argument, a concession is usually accompanied by a refutation. | 26 | |
| 5039146897 | Connotation | Meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond its dictionary definition, or denotation. Connotations are usually positive or negative. | 27 | |
| 5039163524 | Context | The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text. | 28 | |
| 5039171182 | Counterargument | An opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward. Rather than ignoring, a strong writer will acknowledge and usually address it through refutation. | 29 | |
| 5039181998 | Ethos | Greek for "Character". Speakers use to demonstrate credibility | 30 | |
| 5039188626 | Logos | Greek for "embodied thought". Used to offer clear, rational ideas and specific details. | 31 | |
| 5039197532 | Pathos | Greek for "suffering" or "experience". Speakers use to appeal to emotional thought. | 32 | |
| 5039193129 | Occasion | The time and place a speech is given or a piece is written. | 33 | |
| 5039278343 | Persona | Greek for "mask". The face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience | 34 | |
| 5039301245 | Polemic | Greek for "hostile". An aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others. Generally do not concede that other opinions have any merit. | 35 | |
| 5039338293 | Propaganda | The spread of ideas and information to further a cause. In its negative sense, propaganda is the use of rumors, lies, disinformation, and scare tactics in order to damage or promote a cause. | 36 | |
| 5039358271 | Purpose | The goal the speaker wants to acheive | 37 | |
| 5039358304 | Refutation | A denial of the validity of an opposing argument. In order to sound reasonable, refutations often follow a concession that acknowledges that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable. | 38 | |
| 5039370819 | Rhetoric | "The faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion" The art of finding ways to persuade an audience. | 39 | |
| 5039506455 | Rhetorical Appeals | Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling. | 40 | |
| 5039526870 | Rhetorical Triangle | A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text | 41 | |
| 5039539571 | SOAPS | A mnemonic device that stands for Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, and Speaker. | 42 | |
| 5039558466 | Speaker | The person or group who creates a text. This might be a politician who delivers a speech, a commentator who writes an article, an artist who draws a political cartoon, or even a company that commissions an advertisement. | 43 | |
| 5039571128 | Subject | The topic of a text. What the text is about. | 44 | |
| 5039574032 | Text | While this term generally means the written word, in the humanities it has come to mean any cultural product that can be "read"-meaning not just consumed and comprehended, but investigated. | 45 |
