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9552137950 | circumlocution | a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea | 0 | |
9552137951 | convey | to communicate; impart; make known | 1 | |
9552137952 | dichotomy | division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs. | 2 | |
9552137953 | imprudence | not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash. | 3 | |
9552137954 | obstinate | firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty | 4 | |
9552137955 | precipitous | extremely or impassably steep | 5 | |
9552137956 | raillery | good-humored ridicule or teasing | 6 | |
9552137957 | stylistic | relating to appearance, manner, or fashion | 7 | |
9552137958 | tentative | unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant | 8 | |
9552137959 | ibid | in the same place | 9 | |
9552137960 | et al | and others | 10 | |
9552137961 | intuitive | instinctive, untaught | 11 | |
9552137962 | rhetorical purpose | your intended effect on the audience | 12 | |
9552137963 | amphipod | any of numerous small, flat-bodied crustaceans of the group Amphipoda, including the beach fleas, sand hoppers. | 13 | |
9552137964 | paucity | smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness | 14 | |
9601373349 | germ or latent | 15 |