PReview 2
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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
- fluid
- easily flowing
- implication
- the act of suggesting or hinting
- lucid
- easily understood; clear
- pundit
- an authority who expresses his/her opinions
- rhetoric
- the art of using language effectively and persuasively
- arbiter
- a judge who decides a disputed issue
- biased
- prejudiced
- exculpate
- to free from guilt or blame
- impartial
- not in favor of one side or 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
- substantiated
- supported with proof or evidence; verified
- vindicated
- freed from blame
- 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