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word set 1
Argument and Language
| Term | Typical Use | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| apt | Following his father's footsteps, the architect was apt to take over the family business | appropriate, inclined |
| cajole | Using dry tuna, I was able to cajole the kitten out of the corner. | coax |
| compendious | The small book included a short and compendious overview of the history of Feudal Japan | succinct |
| concur | In less than an hour, the judge announced the jury had been able to concur on the defendant's guilt | agree |
| delineate | Jamie asked her teacher to delineate the project description once more | clearly describe or portray |
| digress | The teacher cautioned her students to stay on topic and avoid digressions in their essays. | stray from the subject at hand |
| elucidate | To make life easy for my math students, I go out of my way to elucidate the complex problems before each test | clarify |
| embroil | I avoided my two best friends because l did not want to get embroiled in their dispute | involve in an argument or conflict |
| empirical | Because there was no empirical link between the suspect and the victim, the prosecutor found it hard to make a provable case. | based on observation and experiment (not theory) |
| enumerate | The hundreds of people that contributed to my book are too many to enumerate, so will thank them collectively. | list |
| epitome | Even under great pressure, the emergency room doctor was the epitome of professionalism. | perfect example of a quality or type |
| equivocal | The teacher's equivocal answer did not provide me with a clear response to my question. | ambiguous |
| exemplar | The teacher shared my paper with the class after describing it as an exemplar of a well-written essay. | representative example |
| exhort | A good leader will exhort people to achieve their own forms of greatness rather than try to force them on a certain path | encourage |
| expedient | While I could have taken the train to New York City, I found it more expedient to fly there. | convenient and practical |
| fathom | Since I have always done my work, I cannot fathom why my boss just fired me. | understand |
| flagrant | The driver's flagrant disregard for the speeding laws did not escape the police officer's notice. | obvious |
| florid | His literary style was too florid and ornate for my simple tastes | flushed, flowery |
| incongruity (noun); incongruous (adj.) | These two pieces of the puzzle possess incongruity and are clearly not designed to fit with each other. | inappropriateness, discrepancy |
| ineffable | The movie's shocking ending left us all in an ineffable daze. | impossible to express in words |
| innuendo | Although the dialogue in the book is not directly explicit, the writer makes great use of innuendo to convey his message. | implicit suggestion |
| laconic | To save valuable time, give me a laconic explanation of what happened Since the patient endured severe brain trauma, it will be a while before he becomes lucid | concise |
| lucid | Since the patient endured severe brain trauma, it will be a while before he becomes lucid. | clear, easily understood |
| nebulous | While the driving teacher thought his instructions were clear, the students found them to be nebulous. | vague |
| nuance | To perfect his game, the rookie golfer watched every nuance of his mentor's swing | subtle difference |
| paradigm | The devout nun is considered a paradigm of virtue by everyone in the church | clear example |
| prattle | My talkative mother can prattle on any subject for hours. | babble |
| pronouncement | The employees were devastated when the store owner made the pronouncement that they were going out of business. | formal declaration |
| proponent | Because April loves animals, she is a fierce proponent of the animal rights movement. | supporter |
| prosaic | As a whole, prosaic writers tend to write very dull stories which most people never remember. | lacking imagination, dull |
| rebuttal | Since the defense attorney did not have a rebuttal to the prosecutor's statement, he was unable to make the jury believe his client's alibi. | defense, counterargument |
| recant | The brutal dictator will behead any rebels who refuse to recant their criticisms of his rule. | retract |
| repudiate | The candidate was told by his advisers to repudiate a previously made statement. | reject |
| rescind | When the college became aware Henry had been using steroids, they chose to rescind his football scholarship. | annul, retract |
| rhetoric (noun); rhetorical (adj.); rhetorician (noun) | The protestors' rhetoric is filled with anger towards the government. | (related to) elegant speech/writing, elegant speaker/writer |
| scrutinize (verb); scrutiny (noun) | I will not purchase the used vehicle until my mechanic has had time to scrutinize it for defects. | examine carefully |
| simile | In romantic poetry, a simile was most often used to compare a woman's beauty to one of the wonders of nature. | comparison |
| tangential | Our team lost the debate because our responses were tangential and did not respond to our important position on the subject. | digressive, irrelevant |
| treatise | She wrote a furious treatise against all the corruption in government. | extensive written argument about some topic |
| Verbose | The verbose man took thirty minutes to give me a simple answer. | wordy, long-winded |
| Abstruse | While I could understand small the contract, the majority of the legal text was abstruse to me. | difficult to understand |
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