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Walsh English 101 -B GCC
English 101 Sec. B @ GCC w/ Walsh
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English
Undergraduate 1
05/06/2012
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Admonition
 Definition
Cautionary advice or warning
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Ambivalent
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Being two minds about something
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Candor/Candid
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Frankness/open
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Deduction
 Definition
Reasoning that predicts a specific outcome based on a general rule
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Dialectic
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Using Dialogue (question and answer) as a way of establishing truth and reason
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Didactic
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Written or spoken for the purposes of educating
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Edify
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To enlighten, especially morally or spiritually
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Furtive
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Secretive
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Induction
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Reasoning that proceeds from examples form a general rule
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Metier
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One's field of expertise
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Palpable
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Can be felt, Perceivable by senses
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Pragmatic
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Reasoning from a practical point of view
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Prudence/Prudent
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Careful to look after one's best interests
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Satire
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Humerus writing
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Sequestered
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Isolated,kept apart
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Stigmatize
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To mark off as unworthy or shameful
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Syllogism
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A three step argument
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Tone
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The mood of a piece of writing or attitude
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Toney
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Classy; well to do
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Subjective
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Opinion of a person
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Objective
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accurate facts
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analysis
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break down
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synthesis
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to bring as a whole
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ID
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unconscious Pleasure seeking part of the mind
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Ego
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Reality
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Super Ego
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Morally driven, from parents or society
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oedipal
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stage of childs development
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dubious
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Perfunctory
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sense of duty but not whole hearted or no effort
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Zest
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excited, enjoyment
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Citation
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reference to a sourced material
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Prodigality
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wasteful
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Tawdry
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cheap and showy
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Irascible
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hot tempered
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Inscrutable
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can't be read/understood
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Lilliputian
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very small, tiny
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Omniscient
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all knowing
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Ellipsis
 Definition
words left out
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