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Represented accurately or precisely.

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Delineate

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Break down into components or essential features.

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Analyze

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Estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of.

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Evaluate

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Show to be right by providing justification or proof.

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Justify

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The manner in which something is expressed in words.

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Diction

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Having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit.

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Connotative

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Having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming.

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Denotative

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Short account of an incident (especially a biographical one).

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Anecdote

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An account of the author’s personal experiences.

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Memoir

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A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation.

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Bias

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Represented accurately or precisely.

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Delineate

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Break down into components or essential features.

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Analyze

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Estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of.

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Evaluate

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Show to be right by providing justification or proof.

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Justify

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The manner in which something is expressed in words.

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Diction

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Having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit.

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Connotative

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Having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming.

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Denotative

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Short account of an incident (especially a biographical one).

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Anecdote

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An account of the author’s personal experiences.

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Memoir

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A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation.

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Bias

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Lack of emotion or interest.

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Detachment

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A communication that belittles somebody or something.

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Disparagement

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A medical dressing spread on a cloth and applied to the skin.

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Poultice

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Be dishonest with.

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Cozen

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Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing.
Ceaseless
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Turn aside; turn away from.
Divert
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Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch.
Monotonous
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A trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil.
Amulet
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In fear or dread of possible evil or harm.
Apprehensive
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Having rugged physical strength.
Stalwart
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Taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance.
Strenuous
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Resist or confront with resistance.
Defy
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Utter or proclaim insistently and nosily.
Clamor
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Not clearly understood or expressed.
Obscure
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Optical illusion in which hot air distorts distant objects.
Mirage
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Marked by the exercise of common sense in practical matters.
Judicious
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Recklessly wasteful.
Extravagant
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Brief and to the point.
Curt
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Brief and to the point.
Adhere
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Marked by keen caution and watchful prudence.
Wary
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The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things.
Apathy
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Add details to clarify a idea.
Expound
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Vigorous or animated.
Vivacious
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Fix firmly.
Ensconce
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Crush as if by stepping on.
Tread
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A friend who is frequently in the company of another.
Comrade
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Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness.
Hoarse
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Moving quickly and lightly.
Nimble
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Playful leap or hop.
Caper
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Information about recent and important events.
Tidings
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Hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire.
Thwart
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The passionate activity of expressing grief.
Lamentation
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A person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea.
Advocate
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Clearly revealed to the mind or the sense of judgment.
Manifest
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Acts as an executive officer.
Preside
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Harsh criticism or disapproval.
Censure
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A fixed portion that is allotted
Ration
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Comes to terms.
Reconcile
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Get by special effort.
Procure
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With little to no preparation or forethought.
Impromptu
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Said or done without having been planned in advance.
Spontaneous
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Habitually reserved and uncommunicative.
Taciturn
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Showing a brooding I’ll humor.
Morose
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Standing above others in quality or position.
Eminent
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Surrender under agreed conditions.
Capitulate
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Informed about something secret or not generally not known.
Privy
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Bestow a quality on.
Impart
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Spread or diffuse through.
Pervade
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Guilt as a confederate in crime or offense.
Complicity
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Avoiding waste.
Frugal

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