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adversary: an enemy, opponent |
analogy: a comparison of something unfamiliar with something that is better known |
Appertain: be a part or attribute of |
apprehensive - anxious; fearful |
Arbitrate: act between parties with a view to reconciling differences |
augment: enlarge or increase |
Beguile: to deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm |
Beseech: ask for or request earnestly |
brusquely - shortly, abruptly, ungraciously harsh |
chaste: morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse) |
connotation: a word's emotional feelings associated with it |
contorted - twisted into a strange shape or expression |
Cull: remove something that has been rejected |
denotation: the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression |
derogatory- expressive of a low opinion; degrading; disparaging |
diction: word choice. diction is the way that a writer makes their meaning clear. every word counts. |
Equivocate: to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
Fickle: marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments |
Garish: tastelessly showy |
generalization: a broad conclusion emphasizing common rather than specific details |
Impeach: bring an accusation against |
imperiously - commandingly; arrogantly; dominantly |
Inundate: fill or cover completely, usually with water |
invocation: the act of appealing for help |
jargon: the specialized or technical vocabulary of a particular group |
juncture - a point of union or connection |
languish: lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief |
mollified - soothed; appeased; assuaged |
morose: having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable |
objective: undistorted by emotion or personal bias |
ominous: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
perjury: criminal offense of making false statements under oath |
pernicious: extremely harmful; deadly, fatal |
Pestilence: any epidemic disease with a high death rate |
plaintive: expressing sorrow; mournful |
Presage: a sign of something about to happen |
procure: get by special effort |
profound - all encompassing; complete |
pugnacious - having a belligerent, aggressive nature; combative; truculent |
purge: an act of removing by cleansing |
recumbent - leaning, resting |
skeptically - uncertainly; doubtfully |
Solace: comfort in disappointment or misery |
Strife: (n.) bitter disagreement; fighting, struggle |
subdue: to put down by force or authority |
subjective: influenced by personal opinion, biased |
subside: wear off or die down |
sullen: showing a brooding ill humor |
transgression: the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit |
variable: a quantity that can assume any of a set of values |
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