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October 31, 2009 By EH
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  1. accent
    special importance or significance
  2. adhere
    stick to firmly
  3. affectation
    a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  4. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  5. analogy
    drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
  6. analytical
    using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)
  7. appeal
    earnest or urgent request
  8. applicability
    relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
  9. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice
  10. articulation
    the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
  11. association
    a formal organization of people or groups of people
  12. avail
    be of use to, be useful to
  13. cadence
    (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  14. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
  15. causal
    involving or constituting a cause; causing
  16. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  17. coarse
    of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
  18. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  19. conciliatory
    making or willing to make concessions
  20. confined
    being in captivity
  21. contemplative
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  22. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
  23. contrary
    exact opposition
  24. debased
    mixed with impurities
  25. decisive
    characterized by decision and firmness
  26. declamation
    recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric
  27. dialect
    the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
  28. discourse
    an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
  29. discretion
    the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies
  30. discrimination
    unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
  31. elegance
    a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
  32. enthusiastic
    having or showing great excitement and interest
  33. familiar
    a friend who is frequently in the company of another
  34. fine
    free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity
  35. flourish
    grow vigorously
  36. gabble
    speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  37. generalization
    the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
  38. grammatically
    in a grammatical manner
  39. habitual
    commonly used or practiced; usual
  40. harsh
    disagreeable to the senses
  41. idiom
    an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
  42. inflection
    the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
  43. informal
    not formal
  44. intelligible
    capable of being apprehended or understood
  45. linguistic
    consisting of or related to language
  46. metaphorical
    expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
  47. misconception
    an incorrect conception
  48. mocking
    abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule
  49. morality
    concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
  50. nicety
    conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
  51. notion
    a general inclusive concept
  52. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight
  53. optimistic
    expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds
  54. oratorical
    characteristic of an orator or oratory
  55. paradox
    (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
  56. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
  57. perceptible
    capable of being perceived by the mind or senses
  58. perspicuity
    clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
  59. pomp
    cheap or pretentious or vain display
  60. pompous
    puffed up with vanity
  61. preceding
    existing or coming before
  62. precision
    the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance
  63. preferable
    more desirable than another
  64. pretension
    the advancing of a claim
  65. pretension
    the advancing of a claim
  66. propriety
    correct or appropriate behavior
  67. purity
    being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
  68. quaint
    attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
  69. random
    lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance
  70. regional
    characteristic of a region
  71. resort
    have recourse to
  72. rubric
    category name
  73. scarcely
    only a very short time before
  74. signification
    the message that is intended or expressed or signified
  75. slipshod
    marked by great carelessness
  76. solemnity
    a trait of dignified seriousness
  77. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  78. style
    how something is done or how it happens
  79. superficial
    of, affecting, or being on or near the surface
  80. tact
    consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense
  81. technical
    of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill
  82. termination
    the act of ending something
  83. thematically
    with regard to thematic content
  84. tone
    (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
  85. unaffected
    undergoing no change when acted upon
  86. universal
    applicable to or common to all members of a group or set
  87. utter
    without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
  88. utterly
    completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
  89. venture
    any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
  90. vulgar
    of or associated with the great masses of people