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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Accolade | praise |
| Allusion | indirect reference |
| Ambivalence | uncertainty; having mixed feelings |
| Ambivalent | (adj.) undecided |
| Analogy | comparison |
| Anecdote | short account of something interesting; story |
| Anomalous | odd; not fitting the pattern |
| Apparition | ghost; something that appears |
| Aspersion | negative feeling; damaging remark |
| Belligerence | aggression |
| Clandestine | secret |
| Bombastic | too elaborate; exaggerated |
| Candid | truthful |
| Capricious | changeable; fickle |
| Cherished | cared for; firmly-held |
| Cliche | over-used expression |
| Conception | Idea; view; beginning of pregnancy |
| Convoluted | complicated or long-winded |
| Credence | belief |
| Cryptic | hidden |
| Currency | widespread acceptance; money |
| Decorous | good and correct (used of behavior) |
| Denunciation | act of speaking out against |
| Derailed | thrown off course |
| Derivative | unoriginal |
| Despotic | acting like a tyrant |
| Detritus | rubbish |
| Diaphanous | very thin and transparent |
| Dictum | often-used saying |
| Dilettante | person who dabbles in the arts |
| Disdained | showed contempt for |
| Dispassionate | unbiased; fair |
| Dowager | an elderly woman of elevate social status |
| Dubious | doubtful |
| Euphonious | pleasant sounding |
| Egalitarian | equal; believer in equality |
| Elicit | draw out (used mainly for information or feelings) |
| Elliptical | shaped like an ellipse; indirect |
| Epitomizes | acts as a typical example of |
| Equivocate | speak ambiguously/vaguely |
| Evasiveness | trying to avoid something |
| Explicitly | very clear; nothing hidden |
| Forerunner | Predecessor, one ahead of others |
| Foraging | searching for food |
| Hypothetical | based on guesswork; not proven |
| Iconoclast | person who goes against accepted authority |
| Idiosyncratic | quirky; unique to an individual |
| Imponderable | cannot be understood |
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