Words for Essay Writing

Peggy C.
More useful words to use for essay writing to impress your teachers.
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  1. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  2. assent
    agree or express agreement
  3. conciliatory
    making or willing to make concessions
  4. manifold
    many and varied; having many features or forms
  5. cessation
    a stopping
  6. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  7. contrive
    make or work out a plan for; devise
  8. surmise
    infer from incomplete evidence
  9. analogy
    drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity
  10. reproach
    express criticism towards
  11. actuate
    put in motion
  12. incongruity
    the quality of disagreeing
  13. incite
    provoke or stir up
  14. antecedent
    a preceding occurrence or cause or event
  15. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  16. unabashed
    not embarrassed
  17. acquiescence
    agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
  18. predisposition
    an inclination to interpret statements in a particular way
Created on Tue Apr 24 20:47:09 EDT 2012 (updated Sat May 05 01:37:33 EDT 2012)

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