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Academic Words
| Words | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abide | To put up with; tolerate; to remain |
| Abominable | repugnantly hateful; detestable; loathsome |
| Aggrieved | to oppress or wrong grievously; injure by injustice. |
| Allusive | having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by allusions. |
| Alteration | the act or process of altering; the state of being altered |
| Ascribed | To attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin |
| Aspiration | strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition |
| Asunder | into separate parts; in or into pieces |
| Belaboring | To attack with blows; hit, beat, or whip; To assail verbally; To discuss repeatedly or at length |
| Coherence | It relates to being clear and understandable. |
| Colloquial | characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing. |
| Complacency | A feeling of contentment or self-satisfaction, especially when coupled with an unawareness of danger, trouble, or controversy; self-satisfaction |
| Condescending | to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity. |
| Constituent | Serving as part of a whole; component; Empowered to elect or designate; Authorized to make or amend a constitution. |
| Delusive | tending to delude; misleading; deceptive |
| Discord | lack of concord or harmony between persons or things; A confused or harsh sound or mingling of sounds. |
| Discourse | Verbal expression in speech or writing; conversation. |
| Dissension | Difference of opinion; disagreement |
| Emphatic | Forceful and definite in expression or action; Expressed or performed with emphasis. |
| Emulate | To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation; surpass. |
| Enterprises | a project undertaken or to be undertaken, esp. one that is important or difficult or that requires boldness or energy |
| Eradicate | to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate; to pull up by the roots |
| Erudite | characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly |
| Exhortative | Acting or intended to encourage, incite, or advise. |
| Extenuate | To lessen or attempt to lessen the magnitude or seriousness of, especially by providing partial excuses; to represent (a fault, offense, etc.) as less serious. |
| Fawning | To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior; To exhibit affection or attempt to please. |
| Hardihood | boldness or daring; courage; hardy spirit or character; determination to survive; fortitude |
| Imminent | likely to occur at any moment; impending; projecting or leaning forward; overhanging. |
| Immunities | being immune; exemption from criminal prosecution or legal liability or punishment on certain conditions. |
| Imperious | Arrogantly domineering or overbearing; dictorial like; urgent; pressing |
| Inconceivable | Impossible to comprehend or grasp fully; surprising as to have been thought impossible; unbelievable |
| Inequities | lack of equity; unfairness; favoritism or bias; injustice; unfairness |
| Inevitable | Impossible to avoid or prevent |
| Inferred | to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence; guess; speculate |
| Insidious | Working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner; intended to entrap; treacherous |
| Invective | vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach; abusive language/expression, railing accusation |
| Invoke | To call on (a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration; to appeal; to summon; to call earnestly |
| Lamentable | Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable; mourn; express sorrow |
| Lexicographers | a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary |
| Naught | Nonexistence; nothingness; insignificant; zero |
| Odious | Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure |
| Oligarch | one of the rulers in an oligarchy (govern by few people) |
| Omnipotent | Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful, God |
| Pedantic | ostentatious in one's learning; overly concerned with minute details or formalisms |
| Pejorative | Tending to make or become worse; having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force |
| Perspective | A mental view or outlook; The relationship of aspects of a subject to each other and to a whole |
| Posterity | Future generations; all person's descendants |
| Preamble | A preliminary statement, especially the introduction to a formal document that serves to explain its purpose. |
| Preclude | to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible; prevent action to take in advance |
| Prescribed | to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin |
| Refutations | The act of refuting; to prove someone in an error |
| Remonstrated | To say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof |
| Salvage | the act of saving anything from fire, danger, etc. |
| Subjugation | to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master; to make submissive or subservient; enslave |
| Subsiding | To sink to a lower or normal level; settle oneself |
| Subterfuge | an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc |
| Subversion | something that subverts or overthrows; destruction; cause a downfall |
| Supplications | an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition. |
| Temper | heat of mind or passion, shown in outbursts of anger, resentment, etc. |
| Tribulation | grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering. |
| Unprecedented | without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled |
| Vehement | Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid |
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ashe2005
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