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| 9814281915 | Exigence | In rehtoric, this is an issue, problem, or situation that prompts someone to write or speak | 0 | |
| 9814281916 | Schema | a reader's background knowledge that is used to understand the text. | 1 | |
| 9814281917 | Archaic | Writing considered outdated or old fashioned | 2 | |
| 9814281918 | Bombastic | Pretentious or boastful talk | 3 | |
| 9814281919 | colloquial | characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation | 4 | |
| 9814281920 | esoteric | intended for or understood by only a small group | 5 | |
| 9814281921 | euphemism | an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive | 6 | |
| 9814281922 | Idiomatic | Characteristic of a particular language, culturally understood | 7 | |
| 9814281923 | Inspid | Lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge; dull and flat | 8 | |
| 9814281924 | Pedantic | someone who is concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, and minute details in order to make an arrogant and ostentatious show of learning | 9 | |
| 9814281925 | provincial | narrow-minded | 10 | |
| 9814281926 | Trite | Overused | 11 | |
| 9966665707 | superfluous | more than enough | 12 | |
| 9966665708 | subverisve | in oppisition to authority or goverment | 13 | |
| 9966665709 | bitingly | in a nasty way intending to hurt someone | 14 | |
| 9966665710 | transcience | forgetting over time | 15 | |
| 9966665711 | detractor | someone who belittles something else | 16 | |
| 9966665712 | addendum | addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book) | 17 | |
| 9966665713 | anthropologist | a person who studies human behavior & nature, & the development & origins of human society | 18 | |
| 9966665714 | erudite | scholarly | 19 | |
| 9966665715 | intransigent | refusing to compromise | 20 | |
| 9966665716 | competent | capable; qualified | 21 | |
| 9966665717 | sadistic | deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others | 22 | |
| 9966665718 | fricassee | to cook pieces of meat or poultry in butter and then in seasoned liquid until tender | 23 | |
| 9966665719 | Process Analysis | Explains how something works, how to do something, or how something was done | 24 | |
| 9966665720 | plight | a dangerous difficult or otherwise unfortunate situation | 25 | |
| 9966665721 | Enumeration | a list of words, phrases or clauses, sometimes numbered or bulleted | 26 | |
| 9966665722 | Paradox | a contradiction or dilemma | 27 | |
| 9966665723 | Edfice | Building | 28 | |
| 9966665724 | allusiveness | quality of making many indirect references | 29 | |
| 9966665725 | Propogated | To reproduce | 30 | |
| 9966665726 | pretentious | pompous, self-important | 31 | |
| 9966665727 | belligerent | given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; one at war, one engaged in war | 32 | |
| 9966665728 | admonish | to warn | 33 | |
| 9966665729 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 34 | |
| 9966665730 | fortutious | happening by chance or accident | 35 | |
| 9966665731 | anomalies | deviation or departure from the normal or common order, form, or rule | 36 | |
| 9966665732 | ascertain | to find out | 37 | |
| 9966665733 | confound | confuse | 38 | |
| 9966665734 | Improprieties | A failure to observe standards or show due honesty or modesty; improper language, behavior, or character | 39 | |
| 9966665735 | lexicographer | compiler of a dictionary | 40 | |
| 9966665736 | incredulous | skeptical | 41 | |
| 9966665737 | Resigned | having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about | 42 | |
| 9966665738 | irreverent | disrespectful | 43 | |
| 9966665739 | vitiated | impaired, corrupted, or made ineffective | 44 | |
| 9966665740 | solidified | made strong, sturdy or stable | 45 | |
| 9966665741 | liberality | (n) generosity | 46 | |
| 9966665742 | Miserly | Stingy; mean | 47 | |
| 9966665743 | Odious | Hateful | 48 | |
| 9966665744 | detestable | deserving intense dislike | 49 | |
| 9966665745 | patronize | condescend to; behave in an arrogant manner towards | 50 | |
| 9966665746 | empathetic | feeling another's pain as one's own | 51 | |
| 9966665747 | vindictive | revengeful | 52 | |
| 9966665748 | jocular | humorous, jesting, jolly, joking | 53 | |
| 9966665749 | reticent | reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence | 54 | |
| 9966665750 | poignant | emotionally moving | 55 | |
| 9966665751 | Solemn | Serious | 56 | |
| 9966665752 | forthright | frank, direct, straightforward | 57 | |
| 9966665753 | aloof | not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant | 58 | |
| 9966665754 | Debunk | To prove wrong | 59 | |
| 9966665755 | public sentiment | people's feelings | 60 | |
| 9966665756 | tenets | principles, beliefs | 61 | |
| 9966665757 | impious | disrespectful toward God | 62 | |
| 9966665758 | Perverse | (adj.) inclined to go against what is expected; stubborn; turned away from what is good and proper | 63 | |
| 9966665759 | dispense | distributed | 64 | |
| 9966665760 | admonishing | warning; gently scolding | 65 | |
| 9966665761 | laudatory | expressing praise | 66 | |
| 9966665762 | befuddled | confused and vague | 67 | |
| 9966665763 | Reposed | To lay at rest | 68 | |
| 9966665764 | incoherent | not able to be understood; nonsensical | 69 | |
| 9966665765 | meticulous | extremely careful; particular about details | 70 | |
| 9966665766 | introspective | inward looking | 71 | |
| 9966665767 | Wistful | Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing | 72 | |
| 9966665768 | Contemplative | Prolonged thought | 73 | |
| 9966665769 | lugubrious | excessively mournful | 74 | |
| 9966665770 | mirthful | merry or amusing | 75 | |
| 9966665771 | rectitude | moral uprightness; righteousness | 76 | |
| 9966665772 | Avarice | Greed | 77 | |
| 9966665773 | precept | a rule of conduct or action | 78 | |
| 9966665774 | methodical | orderly; systematic | 79 | |
| 9966665775 | prudent | wise, careful, cautious | 80 | |
| 9966665776 | impressionistic | based on personal response | 81 | |
| 9966665777 | Systematic organization | Involving a system or plan | 82 | |
| 9966665778 | circuitous | roundabout, not direct | 83 | |
| 9966665779 | Bemused | confused; bewildered | 84 | |
| 9966665780 | Reticent | silent; reserved | 85 | |
| 9966665781 | propreity | proper behavior | 86 | |
| 9966665782 | Scathing | Bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm | 87 | |
| 9966665783 | infirmities | physical or mental weakness | 88 | |
| 9966665784 | demireps | a person with a questionable reputation | 89 | |
| 9966665785 | elucidate | to make clear | 90 | |
| 9966665786 | enthrallment | a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | 91 | |
| 9966665787 | ambivalence | the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes | 92 | |
| 9966665788 | wry | humorously sarcastic or mocking | 93 | |
| 9966665789 | effusive | showing excessive emotion; overflowing | 94 | |
| 9966665790 | tentative | experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant | 95 | |
| 9966665791 | obdurate | stubborn | 96 | |
| 9966665792 | moralize | comment on issues of right and wrong | 97 | |
| 9966665793 | chauvinism | activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women | 98 | |
| 9966665794 | Fickle | Changeable | 99 | |
| 9966665795 | conciliatory | overcoming distrust or hostility | 100 | |
| 9966665796 | foreboding | (n.) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj.) marked by fear, ominous | 101 | |
| 9966665797 | Sages | Wise people | 102 | |
| 9966665798 | contentious | argumentative over a point, quarrelsome | 103 | |
| 9966665799 | Irate | Very angry | 104 | |
| 9966665800 | etymology | the study of word origins | 105 | |
| 9966665801 | impertenent | rude, insolent | 106 | |
| 9966665802 | Insolent | Boldly rude or disrespectful | 107 | |
| 9966665803 | deferential | respectful and polite in a submissive way | 108 | |
| 9966665804 | Terse | Brief and to the point | 109 | |
| 9966665805 | Archiac | no longer current or applicable; antiquated | 110 | |
| 9966665806 | Barbarous | Uncivilized | 111 | |
| 9966665844 | spurious | phony, false | 112 | |
| 9966665845 | facetious | humorous, not meant seriously | 113 | |
| 9966665846 | artless | without guile; open and honest | 114 | |
| 9966665847 | alludes to | to refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion | 115 | |
| 9966665848 | impertinence | lack of respect; rudeness | 116 | |
| 9966665849 | incongruities | things or ideas that are not in agreement with each other or are not compatible | 117 | |
| 9966665850 | Irrelevancies | Lack of connect between things | 118 | |
| 9966665851 | magistrate | a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice | 119 | |
| 9966665852 | ornamentation | things added to something to provide decoration. | 120 | |
| 9966665853 | embellishment | decoration | 121 | |
| 9966665854 | antediluvian | prehistoric | 122 | |
| 9966665855 | tempestuous | stormy, raging, furious | 123 | |
| 9966665856 | unfettered | free, unrestrained | 124 |
