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Assertion
Declaration or statement
Clarity
Clearness in thought or expressions
Cogent
Convincing Reasonable
Coherent
Logically connected
Cohesive
Condition of Sticking Together
Didactic
Intended to Instruct
Discourse
Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
Eloquence
Ability to Speak Vividly or Persuasively
Emphasize
To stress; to give special attention to something;
Fluid
Easily Flowing
Implication
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
Integrit
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
Contempt, scorn (n or verb)
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
relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct
Quandary
State of uncertainty or Perplexity
Dilatory
Habitually Late
Indolent
Lazy
Insipid
uninteresting; unchallenging
Listless
Lacking Energy
Topor
Laziness; Inactivity; Dullness
Alienated
Removed or Disassociated from
Alliance
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
Egregrious
Conspicuously bad or Offensive
Flagrant
Extremely or Deliberately shocking or noticeable
Frenetic
Wildly excited or active
Gratuitous
Given freely; Unearned; Unwarranted;
Superfluous
Extra; Unnecessary
Alleviate
To ease a pain or burden
Asylum
A place of retreat or security
Auspicious
Favorable; promising
Benevolent
well-meaning; generous
Benign
Kind and Gentle
Emollient
softening and soothing, n or adj
Mollify
To caml or soothe
Reclamation
Act of making something useful again
Sanction
economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
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
Flase Charges and Malicious oral statements about someone
Spurious
Not genuine; flase; counterfit
Camouflage
To hide by blending in iwth surroundings
Astute
Shrewd; clever
Clandestine
Secretive
Coup
Brilliantly executed plan
Disingenuous
Not Straightforward; crafty
Ruse
Crafty Trick
Stratagem
Clever trick used to deceive or outwit
Surreptitiously
Done by secretive means
Wary
On guard' watchful
Wily
Cunning
Ambiguous
Open to more than one interpretation
Ambivalent
Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
Apathetic
Feeling or showing little Emotion
Arbitrary
Determined by impulse rather than reason
Capricious
Impulsive and unpredictable
Equivocate
To avoid making a definate statement
Indifferent
Not caring one way or the other
Spontaneous
Unplanned; naturally occurring
Whimsical
Subject to Erratic Behavior; unpredictable
Inconsequential
unimportant
Superficial
Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
Tenuous
Having Little Substance or Stregnth; Shaky; Unsure, weak
Trivial
of Little important or significance
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 resits adherence to a group
Obdurate
Stubborn; Inflexible
Obstinate
Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
Proliferate
To grow or increase rapidly
Tenacity
Persistence
Vitality
Energy; Power to survive
Assimilation
To absorb; to Make similar
Consensus
General agreement
Context
Circumstances of a situation; enviornment
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
Acquired
Developed or Learned; not naturally occuring
Conception
The ability to form or understand an idea
Conviction
a fixed or strong belief
Dogmatic
Stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
Enlightening
informative; contibuting to one's awareness
Impression
Feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
Intuition
Power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
Misconception
an incorrect understanding or inrerpretation
Perception
Awareness; insight
Perspective
Point of View
Profound
Having great depth or seriousness
Innate
inborn; built-in
Inherent
possessed at Birth; inborn
Inveterate
Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
Omnipotent
all-powerful
proximity
closeness
Elusive
Difficult to capture, as in something actually fleeting
Emigrate
to leave one country or region and settle in another
Transient
passing awar with time;Passing from one place to another
Transitory
short-lived or temporary
Affable
easy-going; Friendly
Amenable
responsive, agreeable
Camaraderie
goodwill between friends
Cordial
Sincere; Friendly
Facetious
Playfully humorous
Impinge
Hinder; interefere with
Lament
Express greif for; mourn
Melancholy
Sadness; depression
Truncated
Shortened; cut off
Aesthetic
Having to do with the appreciation of Beauty
Anthology
Collection of literary pieces
Contemporary
current, modern; from the same time
Dilettante
one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of knowledge
Eclectic
Made up of a variety os sources or styles
Excerpt
Selected part of a passage or scene
Genre
Describing a category of artistic endeavor
Medley
Assortment or mixture, especially of musical pieces
Mural
Large Painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
Narrative
a story; characterized by the telling of a story
Parody
Artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
Realism
Artistic Representation that aims for visual accuracy
Virtuoso
tremembously skilled artist
Decorous
proper; marked by good taste
Equanimity
Quality of being caml and even tempered; composure
Modest
Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
Propriety
Appropriateness of behavior
Prudent
Exercising good judgement or common sense
Serene
calm
Staid
unemotional; serious
Stoic
Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassice
Condemn
to express strong disapproval of; denounce
Discredit
To cause to be doubted
Disparage
So speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
Pejorative
describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
Vilify
To make vicious statements about
Brusque
Rudely Abrupt
Caustic
Bitingly Sarcastic or witty
Feral
Savage; untamed
Fractious
Quarrelsome; unruly
Incorrigible
Unable to be reformed
Ingrate
an ungrateful person
Insolent
Insulting in manner or speech
Notorious
known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
Pugnacious
Combative; Belligerent
Reprehensible
Worthy of Blame

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