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Mr. Heahnel 2nd semester 3rd period
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English
10th Grade
06/02/2009
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to confer
 Definition
too meet, to hand over with authority
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acronym
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NASA
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in liev of
 Definition
instead of
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cumulative
 Definition
adding up over time
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passive voice
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when the subject is acted upon rather than does the action
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objective
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noun: a goal
adjective: without personal oppinion
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subjective
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with personal oppinion
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figurative language
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not meant to be taken litterately (metaphor and simile)
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metaphor
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direct comparison of like things
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simile
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indirect comparison of like things (like, than)
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fetid
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foul smelling
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vestigial
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remains of something once useful
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gustatory
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relateing to sense of taste
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malevolent
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bad intent
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benevolent
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good intent
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voracious
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large appetite
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virulent
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dangerous
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niche
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where one belongs
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seminal
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seed like
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5 offsprings of the seminal statement
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voice, form, depth, focus, audience
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voice/ tone
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attitude
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form
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method to get point across
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depth
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thourough or convinving you are being
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focus
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point or effect to get across
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audience
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who is listening
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concrete
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appeals to one or more of the 5 sences
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abstract
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does not appeal to 5 sences
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it's vs. its
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it is, possesive
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homonym
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spelled differently but sound the same
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anomaly
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out of the ordinary
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effect vs. affect
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noun/ verb
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to effect
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to bring about
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writing is not the process of recording meaning; it is the process of _________________ meaning
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creating
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amulet
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charm
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capricious
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whimsical, fickle
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fatalism
 Definition
belief that fate controls life
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incantation
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magical spell
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propitious
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favorably set up
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providential
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the gods are with us
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quirk
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oddity, strange thing
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serendipity
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luck, chance, happy discovery
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vagary/ vicissitude
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the unpredictable elements of life
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to converge
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to come together
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crux
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the main point
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continuity
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flowing, without a break
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to initiate
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to start or begin
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pivotal
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importaint
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to subordinate
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put in a lower possition
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a subordinate
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someone who is in a lower possition
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tangential
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off topic
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complicity
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involvement in a crime
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supple
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bendable, piable
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to deploy
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to send out
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to explicate
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fully explain
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to implicate
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accuse of crime
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implicit
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a natural part
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inexplicable
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unexplainable
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to replicate
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make an exact copy
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aspersion
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talk badly about someone
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to deprecate
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to put down
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to deride
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to mock
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execrable
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hateable, distateful
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to ostracize
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to cast out
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to rebuke
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to scold
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scurrilous
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fouled mouthed
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spern
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to reject
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vitriolic
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harsh critisism
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vituperation
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bitter blaming
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eloquence
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elegant speech
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questions to determine focus:
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1)does the writing employ an overt focusing mechanism such as a thesis?
2)does every element contribute to a central point or effect?
3) is the scope appropriate to the length
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bohemian
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artistic non-rule bound life
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arduous
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diffricult
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docile
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tame
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precipitous
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dangerously sudden, cliff like
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to persevere
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to keep going
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condescending
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displaying a suppirior attitude
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inert
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inactive
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wizened
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old and wrinkled
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surly
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ill tempered, grumpy
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nebulous
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hard to define
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machination
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craftly scheme
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antecedent
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the thing to which the pronoun refers
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I vs. Me
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Subject/ object
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data/media problem
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plural should be without plural verb
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than vs. then
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comparison/sequence
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less vs. fewer
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you can count the thing/ undeterminal
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who vs. that
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people/ things
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accomodating
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helpful
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accord
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agreement
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acquiesce
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to surrender
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adamant
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insistant, stubbornly
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camaraderie
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friendship
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compliance
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state of going along with something
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propitiate
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to calm
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tractable
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tame, docile, easily led
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volition
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choice
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willfulness
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stubborness
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poignant
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toutching
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obeisance
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submission, complete obedience
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tenacity
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positive stubborness
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burgeoning
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growing or expanding
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indomitable
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cannot be defeated
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oxymoron
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two controdictory words next to each other, jumbo shrimp
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cacophony
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harsh sounds
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palpable
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something you can sense and feel
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volatile
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unstable
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to construe
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to understand
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innocuous
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harmless
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conceit
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extended metaphor
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periphery
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off to the side
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raison detre
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reason for being
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unfettered
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not limited
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archaic
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old and no longer useful
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epistolary
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dealing with letters
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to berate
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to put down or insult
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imbue
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to dye psycologically
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demise
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death or downfall
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vicarious
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experienced through another
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tacit
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silent
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parlance
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the language of a group
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Journey/ Destination concept
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effect/ one point
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red herring
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smelly fish, misleading
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auspices
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support
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auspicious
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favorable
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circumspect
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looking all around, considering many arguments
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introspective
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looking within
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perspicuity
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keeness of senses/ sharpness of purseption
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prospective
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likely to become
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specious
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seemingly true, but acually false
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specter
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phantom
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spectrum
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broad range of related qualities
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despicable
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worthy of hatred
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inductive reasoning
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specific to general
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deductive reasoning
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general to specific
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syllogism
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all students love rot, steve is a student, steve loves rot
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ad hominem
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attacking person rather than the logic
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begging the question/ circular reasoning
 Definition
it's true because it's true
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non sequitor
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does not follow. small red herring
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analysis
 Definition
taking something appart for study
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synthesis
 Definition
putting things together in a new way
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purpose of lenses
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to sharpen our analysis through the isolation of elements
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acuity
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sharpness of perception
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consummate
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Perfected
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to consummate
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to offically end, to make official
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deft
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skillful
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endowment
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a gift
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facile
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easy
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inept
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clumsy
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proficient
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skillful
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propensity
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talent
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beseech
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to beg for something
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blandishment
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coxing through flattery
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cajole
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to urge
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elicit
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to bring out
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enjoin
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to command
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imperious
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bossy, teranical, condecending
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injunction
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an order or command
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mendicant
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a beggar
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query
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a request or question
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empathy
 Definition
putting yourself in anothers's shoes
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juxtaposition
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putting 2 things together that are very opposite
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existentialism
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I think, therefore I am
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archetypes
 Definition
universal symbols
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allusions
 Definition
references to other stories
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abound
 Definition
to be in great number or amount
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ambivilence
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to be of 2 minds
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avail
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advantage, use
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evince
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to show emotion
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invaluable
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cannot do without it
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prevail
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triumph
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valedictory
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farewell speech
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vanquish
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to defeat
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augment
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make greater
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brevity
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briefness
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commensurate
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proportionate (same size)
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infinitesimal
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immeasurably tiny
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modicum
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small amount
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prodigious
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impressively great in size
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quota
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your share. alloted amount
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abdicate/ abnegate
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to give up
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absolve
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to free of blame or guilt
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catharsis
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an emotional cleansing
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recant/ countermand
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take back or cancel
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recoup
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to recover, make up for
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renunciation
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act of giving something up
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rescind
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to make void, to cancel
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to waive
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dispence with. give up
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adhere
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to stick to
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aggregate
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a collection that forms a whole
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dissimulate
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to conceal
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egregious
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outstandingly bad
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ensemble
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a unified group
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facsimile
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an exact copy
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gregarious
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outgoing
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inherent
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a natural part
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segregate
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to seperate from the main group
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semblance
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an outward appearance
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idyllic
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peaceful
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encroach
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invade another's territory
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insatiable
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cannot be satisfied
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svelte
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thin and elegant
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boudoir
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woman's bedroom
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uncouth
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not civilized
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ostensible
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on the surface, seemingly
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flux
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state of change
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prominent
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important
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chastity
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moral purity
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hypothesize
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educated guess
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betrothal
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commitment to marriage
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