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Writing Skills Development
Lessons 11-15
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Undergraduate 2
06/12/2008
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COGENT
 Definition
convincing, relevant
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FEIGN
 Definition

to pretend
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VEXATIOUS
 Definition
annoying, bothersome
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LACONIC
 Definition
terse, succinct
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MALEVOLENT
 Definition
spiteful, ill-disposed
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SAGACIOUS
 Definition
wise, discerning
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EFFICACIOUS
 Definition

effective
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CONSTERNATION
 Definition
bewilderment
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INUNDATE
 Definition
to flood, overwhelm
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AUGMENT
 Definition
increase, make larger
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IMPEDE
 Definition
to hinder, obstruct
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ENDOW

 Definition
to provide, invest
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EXTRAPOLATE
 Definition
conjecture
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ANTITHESIS
 Definition
the opposite
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TRUCULENT
 Definition

savage, fierce
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FACILE
 Definition
easily accomplished
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FETTER
 Definition
to restrain, confine
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GREGARIOUS
 Definition
sociable, convivial
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ENIGMA
 Definition
puzzle, mystery
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DOCILE
 Definition
easily managed
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ERRONEOUS
 Definition
mistaken, false
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JOCULAR
 Definition
jovial
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FORAGE
 Definition
search
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ESCHEW
 Definition
escape, avoid, shun
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BURGEON
 Definition
to grow, flourish
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EMPHATIC
 Definition
forceful, insistent
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AMBIVALENT
 Definition
wishy-washy
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MALLEABLE
 Definition
pliable, moldable
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TACIT
 Definition
implied, silent
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APATHY
 Definition
indifference
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STIPULATE
 Definition
to specify
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COGNIZANT
 Definition
aware
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ASSIMILATE
 Definition
absorb
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ALACRITY
 Definition
zeal, eagerness
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VACUTUOUS
 Definition
vacant
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EXTANT
 Definition
in existence
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TACTILE
 Definition
touchable
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AXIOM
 Definition
universal rule
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PARADIGM
 Definition
model, standard
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VERITY
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truth, accuracy
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DOGMATICALLY
 Definition
dictatorially
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