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Word Lesson 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apropos | Fitting the occasion; suitable or apt Appropriate, germane, felicitous |
| Ascendancy | Controlling influence; domination Command, paramountcy, hegemony |
| Assess | To analyze and determine the nature, value, or importance of Evaluate, estimate, appraise |
| Aver | To declare positively; to state as the truth Declare, State, avow |
| Concede | 1. To admit to be true, often reluctantly 2. To grant or let have Relinquish, accept, cede |
| Deficient | Lacking Imperfect, inadequate, faulty |
| Dogma | An unproven principle or belief held to be true Teaching, belief, tenet |
| Embody | To put an idea into a form that can be seen Incorporate, Contain, Consolidate |
| Impart | 1.To make known; disclose 2.To bestow Communicate, transmit, relate |
| Oratory | The art of public speaking Rhetoric, eloquence, magniloquence |
| Propagate | 1.To reproduce 2.To cause to reproduce 3.To foster the spread of. Breed, grow, promulgate |
| Proponent | Someone who proposes or supports an idea; an advocate Support, defender, patron |
| Rudimentary | 1.Not yet fully developed; basic 2.Elementary Early, primary, essential |
| Sojourn | A visit or temporary stay Layover, stepover, residence |
| Vociferous | Making one's feelings known in a loud way Vocal, clamorous, strident |