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Vocabulary 10 Ap
Term | Definition |
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Abstract | Generalized,theoretical, not concrete |
Anomaly | an Abnormality or departure from the general rule |
Apposite | highly appropriate of fitting; very pertinent; perfect |
Canvass | to examine fully or survey in detail |
Cogitation | the act of thinking or reflecting |
Conjecture | a guess based on skimpy or uncertain evidence |
Crux | the crucial or most important point |
Dogmatic | excessively positive in matter or utterance |
Educe | to bring out or draw forth |
ergo | therefore |
etymology | the study if the orgin and development of words |
ferret | to investigate, search out, or bring to light |
histrionic | theatrical, melodramatic, artifical |
inscrutable | so mysterious as to not be understood |
pertinent | relevant, apt, or bearing upon the matter at hand |
purport | to claim or profess, often falsely; inicate doubt |
specious | appearing to be correct without really being so |
stoicism | patient endurance; indifference to suffering or pain |
verity | truth,fact, or reality |
Zenith | the highest point |