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Douglass MC Terms

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Strident 1. (of a sound) loud and harsh; grating. 2. presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively forceful way
Even-handed fair and impartial in treatment or judgement.
Wry 1. using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour. 2. (of a person's face or features) twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.
Deductive reasoning a logical approach where you progress from general ideas to specific conclusions
Inductive reasoning where you start with specific observations and form general conclusions
Erudition the quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship.
Catharsis the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.
Taunt provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks.
Melodramatic characteristic of melodrama, especially in being exaggerated or overemotional.
Deferential showing deference; respectful.
Provocative causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately.
Imperatives an essential or urgent thing.
Comradeship the company and friendship of others with common aims.
Condescending having or showing an attitude of patronizing superiority.
Keen 1. having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm. 2. (of a sense) highly developed.
Dissonance lack of agreement or harmony between people or things.
Futile incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.
Inertia a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged.
Despair the complete loss or absence of hope.
Lyrical (of literature, art, or music) expressing the writer's emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way.
Ebullient cheerful and full of energy.
Wary feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems.
Prosaic 1. having or using the style or diction of prose as opposed to poetry; lacking imaginativeness or originality. 2. commonplace; unromantic
Discursive digressing from subject to subject.
Incongruity the state of being incompatible.
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