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Great Source's Vocabulary for Achievement: Course 9, Lessons 13 & 14

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appraisal   evaluation or estimation of worth  
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base   low or inferior in position or quality  
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candid   frank, honest, expressing one's honest opinions; not posed or rehearsed  
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criterion   a standard of judgment  
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dexterity   skill and grace in physical movement; cleverness  
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legitimate   lawful, proper and acceptable; genuine  
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mediocre   moderate to inferior in quality, ordinary  
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meritorious   worthy, deserving of praise  
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truism   a statement of self-evident truth; a saying that, while true, has been overused  
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validate   to establish or confirm the truth or legality of something  
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circumlocution   the use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language  
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cogent   logical and convincing, appealing to reason  
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discourse   formal speech or writing; to speak formally or at length  
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falter   to hesitate or stammer in speech; to move or function in an unsteady way  
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literate   able to read and write, knowledgeable, educated, well expressed  
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prattle   to talk foolishly, to chatter; foolish, annoying talk  
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raconteur   a person who tells stories and relates incidents, with skill and wit  
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sophistry   clever arguments that are misleading or incorrect  
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utterance   something that is said  
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verbose   using or containing too many words, excessively wordy  
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