Word Lists
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- assertion
- a declaration or statement
- clarity
- clearness in thought or expression
- cogent
- convincing; reasonable
- coherent
- logically connected
- cohesive
- condition of sticking together
- didactic
- intended to instruct
- discourse
- verbal expression or exchange; conversation
- eloquence
- the ability to speak vividly or persuasively
- emphasize
- to give special attention to something, to stress
- arbiter
- a judge who decides a disputed issue
- biased
- prejudiced
- exculpate
- to free from guilt or blame
- impartial
- not in favor of one side of the other, unbiased
- incontrovertible
- indisputable; not open to question
- integrity
- trustworthiness; completeness
- jurisprudence
- the philosophy or science of law
- objectivity
- treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
- penitent
- expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
- plausible
- seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
- condescending
- treating people as weak or inferior
- contemptuous
- feeling hatred; scornful
- despotic
- exercising absolute power; tyrannical
- dictatorial
- domineering; oppressively overbearing
- disdain
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n- contempt, scorn
v- to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on - haughty
- arrogant; vainly proud
- imperious
- arrogantly domineering or overbearing
- patronizing
- treating in a condescending manner
- convoluted
- intricate; complex
- cryptic
- difficult to comprehend
- futile
- having no useful purpose; pointless
- impede
- to slow the progress of
- obscure
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adj- relatively unknown
v- to conceal or make indistinct - quandary
- a state of uncertainty or perplexity
- dilatory
- habitually late
- indolent
- lazy
- insipid
- uninteresting; unchallenging
- listless
- lacking energy
- torpor
- laziness; inactivity; dullness
- alienated
- removed or disassociated from (friends, family, or homeland)
- alliance
- a union of two or more groups
- disparity
- inequality in age, rank or degree; difference
- servile
- submissive; like a servant
- suppressed
- subdued; kept from being circulated
- embellish
- to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
- florid
- describing flowery or elaborate speech
- opulent
- exhibiting a display of great wealth
- ornate
- elaborately decorated
- ostentatious
- describing a showy or pretentious display
- poignant
- profoundly moving; touching
- ebullience
- intense enthusiasm
- effusive
- emotionally unrestrained; gushy
- egregious
- conspicuously bad or offensive
- flagrant
- extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
- frenetic
- wildly excited or active
- gratuitous
- given freely; unearned; unwarranted
- superfluous
- extra; unnecessary
- dubious
- doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
- fabricated
- made; concocted in order to deceive
- hypocrisy
- the practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
- slander
- false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
- spurious
- not genuine; false, counterfeit
- alleviate
- to make the pain more bearable
- asylum
- an institution for the care of people, especially those with physical or mental impairments, who require organized supervision
- auspicious
- attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success
- benevolent
- of, concerned with, or organized for the benefit of charity
- benign
- showing gentleness and mildness; of a kind and gentle disposition
- emollient
- softening or soothing especially to the skin
- mollify
- to calm in temper or feeling; to soothe
- reclamation
- a restoration, as to productivity, usefulness, or morality
- sanction
- support or encouragement, as from public opinion or established custom
- astute
- shrewd; clever
- camouflage
- to hide by blending in with the surroundings
- clandestine
- secretive
- coup
- a brilliantly executed plan
- disingenuous
- not straightfoward; crafty
- ruse
- a crafty trick
- stratagem
- a clever trick used to deceive or outwit
- surreptitious
- done by secretive means
- wary
- on guard; watchful
- wily
- cunning
- assimilation
- to absorb; make similar
- consensus
- general agreement
- context
- circumstances of a situation; environment
- derived
- copied or adapted from a source
- incumbent
- imposed as a duty; obligatory
- inevitable
- certain to happen, unavoidable
- malleable
- easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
- subdue
- to restrain; to hold back
- assiduous
- hard-working
- compelling
- forceful; urgently demanding attention
- diligent
- marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
- dogged
- stubbornly persevering
- endure
- to put up with, to survive a hardship
- intrepid
- courageous; fearless
- maverick
- one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
- obdurate
- stubborn; inflexible
- proliferate
- to grow or increase rapidly
- tenacity
- persistence
- vitality
- energy; power to survive
- acquired
- developed or learned; not naturally occurring
- conception
- the ability to form or understand an idea
- conviction
- a fixed or strong belief
- dogmatic
- stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
- enlightening
- informative; contributing to one's awareness
- impression
- a feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
- intution
- the power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
- misconception
- an incorrect understanding or interpretation
- perception
- awareness; insight
- condemn
- to express strong disapproval of; denounce
- discredit
- to cause to be doubted
- disparage
- to speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
- pejorative
- describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
- plagiarism
- the act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
- vilify
- to make vicious statements about