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10th Grade
02/14/2012
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Exodus(v.)
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A departure, usually of large numbers of people.
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Migration (n.)
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To move from one region of habitat to another (esp. with animals)
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Emigration (n.)
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Leave one country to settle in another (usually permanently)
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Hegira (n.)
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Exodus or migration [Note: usually connected to Muhammad’s departure from
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Influx (n.)
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The arrival in large number or people or things
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Immigration (n.)
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The action of coming from another country
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Exotic
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(adj.) Foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual.
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Native (adj.) -
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Known to a specific person or group; familiar
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Endemic (adj.) -
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Native/ Restricted to a certain country or area (usually related to a disease)
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Expedient
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(adj.) Advantageous to one’s interest or purpose (n.) An emergency course of action; a means to an end.
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Opportune (adj.)
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(Of a time) -Well-chosen or particularly favorable or appropriate/ timely
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Stratagem -
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A plan or scheme (esp. one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end)
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Maneuver -
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A carefully planned scheme or action involving deception
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Stopgap -
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A temporary way of dealing with a problem
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Exploit`(v.)
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To use to the greatest possible advantage, often selfishly.(n.) A brilliant or heroic deed.
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Coup (n.) -
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A notable or successful stroke or move
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Tour de Force (n.) -
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An impressive achievement
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Derring-do (n.) -
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An action displaying heroic courage
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Expound(v.)
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To explain in detail
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Elucidate (v.) -
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To make something clear; explain
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Explicate (v.) -
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To analyze
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Delineate (v.) -
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To describe or portray precisely
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Abstract (v.) -
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To make a written summary of
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Fabricate(v.)
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To assemble or construct from separate parts.(v.) To make up with the intention of deceiving.
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Devise (v.) –
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To compose
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Concoct (v.) -
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To make or devise by combining various parts (esp. with food)
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Contrive (v.) -
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To create or bring about
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Facetious
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(adj.) Not meant seriously; playful or humorous.
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Waggish (adj.) -
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Humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner
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Frivolous (adj.) -
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Not having any serious purpose or value; (of a person) carefree
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Droll (adj.) -
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Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement (archaic - a jester)
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Grave (adj.) -
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Serious; giving cause for alarm
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Solemn (adj.) –
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formal and dignified; not cheerful; serious
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Sober (adj.) -
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Not what I’ll be come saturday. Serious, sensible, and solemn
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Earnest (adj.) -
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Serious
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Facsimile(n.)
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An exact copy.(adj.) Reproduced exactly.
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Fallacy(n.)
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Faulty reasoning; an error in logic.(n.) A false or mistaken notion.
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Solecism (n.) -
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A grammatical mistake in speech or writing
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Fathom(n.)
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A unit of length roughly equal to six feet and used primarily in marine depths.(v.) To get to the bottom of or understand.
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Sound (v.) -
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to convey a specific impression
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Plumb (v.) -
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To explore fully or experience
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Probe (v.) -
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To physically examine or explore
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Delve (v.) -
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To research or make painstaking inquiries into something
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Ferret Out (v.)
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- ew. To search tenaciously for something
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Root out (v.) -
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To find and get to the bottom of something or something that may be pernicious
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Divine (v.) -
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To discover
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Fatuous(adj.)
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Unconsciously foolish, stupid, or absurd.
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Inane (adj) –
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Silly or stupid
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Vacuous (adj) –
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Having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence
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Vapid (adj) –
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Stupid
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Nonsensical (adj) –
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Showing foolish behavior
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Laughable (adj) –
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So ludicrous as to be amusing
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Ludicrous (adj) –
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Ridiculous
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Sensible (adj) –
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Having some sense
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Perceptive (adj) –
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Having good insight
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Acute (adj) –
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Showing a perceptive understanding
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Incisive (adj) –
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Intelligently analytical and clear thinking
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Judicious (adj) –
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Having good judgment
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Feasible(adj.)
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Possible; both doable and workable.
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Practicable (adj.) -
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Able to be practiced
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Unworkable (adj.) -
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Not able to function; impractical
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Feign(v.)
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To pretend or give a false appearance of.
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Felicitous(adj.)
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  1. Well chosen or suited to the circumstances.
  2. Pleasing and fortunate.
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Apropos (adj.) –
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Suiting or fitting
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Apposite (adj.) -
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Suitable, well-adapted, or pertinent.
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Fetish(n.)
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An object believed among primitive peoples to have magical powers. An object of unreasonably excessive attention or reverence.
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Charm (n) -
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Something carried or worn on one’s person for supposed magical effect.
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Amulet (n) -
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Something carried or worn on one’s person for supposed magical effect.
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Talisman (n.) -
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An amulet or charm with remarkable influence on human feelings or actions.
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Fixation (n) -
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A severe preoccupation with a subject, issue, or object.
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Preoccupation (n.) -
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The state of being occupied or already indulged in something else, normally mentally.
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Compulsion (n) -
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A strong irresistible impulse.
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An Idée Fixe (n.) -
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An obsession (Literally translated from French as a fixed idea)
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A Hang-up (n.) -
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A preoccupation or fixation.
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Get a Complex About (phrase) -
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To become absorbed in or about something.
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Monomaniac (n.) -
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One with an inordinate or obsessive zeal for a particular thing.
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A Sacred Cow (n.) -
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Something considered exempt from normal criticism or questioning.
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Kowtow (v.) -
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To act in a servile or obeying manner. (Also, to touch one’s forehead to the ground while kneeling in an act of worship.) sincere or insincere
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Tycoon (n.) -
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A business person of great wealth or power.
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Powwow (n.) -
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A meeting or conference.
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Thug (n.) -
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A cruel or vicious outlaw.
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Boomerang (n.) -
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Something that does injury to the originator.
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Taboo (adj.) -
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Improper or unacceptable. Prohibitive
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Loot (n.) -
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Anything taken by dishonesty, force, or stealth.
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Mogul (n.) -
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Rich or powerful artist or entertainer
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Tariff (n.) -
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A bill, cost, or charge on implied goods
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Pariah (n.) -
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An outcast.
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Totem (n.) -
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A natural object or animate being assumed as the emblem of a family or clan.
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Caucus (n.) -
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A group or meeting organized to further a special interest in a cause.
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Juggernaut (n.) -
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A large, overpowering, destructive force.
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Mumbo Jumbo (n.) -
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Senseless or pretentious language.
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Mufti (n.) -
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Civilian clothing.
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Voodoo (n.) -
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A polytheistic religion practiced by the West Indians deriving from African cult worship.
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Nadir (n.) -
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The lowest point; point of greatest despair.
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Oasis (n.) -
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Something serving as refuge; a place of asylum.
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Logic (n.) -
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A particular method of reasoning and argumentation.
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Syllogism (n.) -
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A syllogism) is a kind of logical argument in which one proposition (the conclusion) is inferred from two or more others (the premises) of a certain form.
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Major Premise (n.) -
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A premise containing the major term which is the predicate of a syllogism.
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Minor Premise (n.)
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A premise containing the minor term which is the subject of a syllogism.
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Conclusion (n.) -
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A preposition or inference reached through the premises of a syllogism.
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Induction (n.) -
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A conclusion supported by the major and minor premises, but does not necessarily follow them.

Conclusion made from constant observations
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Deduction (n.) -
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A conclusion that necessarily follows the major and minor premises, such that if both are true

Facts determined by combining existing statements
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Valid (adj.) –
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An argument constructed so that if both premises are jointly asserted, the conclusion must be
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Pathetic Fallacy (n.) -
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The act of endowing inanimate objects or ideas with thoughts, human traits, and feelings.
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Mirth (n.) -
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Gaiety or jollity.
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Seethe (v.) -
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To be in a state of agitation or anger.
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Din (n.) -
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A continued loud or tumultuous clamor.
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Slough (n.) -
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Shed
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Quell (v.) -
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To suppress or extinguish.
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Spurn (v.) -
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Reject with disdain or contempt
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Mete (v.) -
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Distribute evenly or fairly
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Swarthy (adj.) -
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Dark in skin complexion.
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Quench (v.) -
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To put out or extinguish.
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Forbear (v.) -
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To refrain or abstain from.
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Hurdle (n.) -
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A difficult obstacle or problem to be overcome. (v.) - To overcome such an obstacle or problem.
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