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1
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Harsh or discordant sound: dissonance; harshness in the sound of words or phrases

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Cacophony

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  1. Passing from one topic to another; ranging over a wide field; digressive; rambling
  2. Utilizing, marked by, or based on analytical reasoning
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Discursive

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Done, made, or gotten by stealth; Acting or marked by stealth

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Surreptitious

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Present at all seasons of the year; continuing to live year to year; persistent, enduring, continuing without interruption

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Perennial

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A procession of riders or carriages, vehicles or ships; a dramatic sequence

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Cavalcade

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Having a circular or winding course; not being forthright or direct in language or action

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Circuitous

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Use of a mild, neutral, or vague term in place of one considered taboo offensive, blunt, or unpleasant

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Euphemism

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Easily accomplished, handled or attained; superficial; readily manifested; ready, fluent

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Facile

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An arbitrary or authoritative command or order; formal or official authorization or sanction

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Fiat

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Lacking proper respect or seriousness

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Flippant

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Connection, link; connected group or series; center, focus

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Nexus

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A confused struggle; hand-to-hand fight among several people

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Melee

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To go back on a promise or commitment

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Renege

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Difficult to manage; stubborn, willful; inconvenient, troublesome

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Untoward

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Marked by, causing, or expressing grief or sorrow

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Dolorous

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Ill-humored; churlish in manner or mood; sullen and gruff;

Menacing or threatening in appearance, as of weather conditions; ominous

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Surly

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A predisposition to choose or like; an established preference

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Predilection

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Not capable of being stormed or taken by assault; unconquerable; impregnable fortress; difficult or impossible to overcome

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Impregnable

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Only slightly relevant to the matter in hand

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Tangential

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To surround with an army so as to prevent escape; to hem in, bottle up

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Beleaguer

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Secret, occult; having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning, mysterious; serving to conceal

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Cryptic

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In agreement, congruous

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Congruent

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To gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort

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Ingratiate

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Lacking nutritive value, devoid of significance interest, dull; juvenile

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Jejune

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Inspiring honor or intense fear; inspiring disgust or4 distaste

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Grisly

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Conduct or language inciting resistance to or rebellion against lawful authority

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Sedition

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To solemnly pronounce an ecclesiastical ban or curse upon

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Anathematize

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Flagrantly wicked or impious; evil

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Nefarious

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An opinion, principal, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true

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Tenet

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Insolent or rude in speech or behavior; Characterized by temporary or capricious ill-humor

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Petulant

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One skilled in or having a taste for fine arts; one who excels in the technique of an art (musical performer); a person who has great skill at some endeavor

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Virtuoso

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Showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit; showing or suggestion nobility of feeling and generosity of mind

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Magnanimous

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Arousing fear or alarm; formidable; Illustrious eminent; worthy of respect or honor

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Redoubtable

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A simple descriptive work, either in poetry or prose, dealing with simple, rustic life; pastoral scenes; a narrative poem treating an epic, romantic, or tragic theme; a lighthearted carefree episode or experience; a romantic interlude

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Idyll

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A characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing; a disparaging or abusive word or phrase

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Epithet

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Not allowing entrance or passage; impenetrable; not capable of being damaged or harmed; not capable of being affected or disturbed

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impervious

37
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Sidetracks the issues by attacking the person

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Abusive Ad Hominem

38
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Attempts to discredit an argument based on a person’s hypocrisy

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Tu Quo Que

39
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Convinces by arguing an idea’s popularity

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Ad Populum

40
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A weakened misrepresentation of an opponent’s view

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Straw Man

41
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Uses bad reputations to discredit

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Guilt by Association

42
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The use of the claim as its own justification

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Begging the Question

43
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Draws a conclusion that doesn’t follow from the premises

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Non Sequitor

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Argues that a lack of evidence is itself evidence

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Appeal to Ignorance

45
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Submits testimony from an irrelevant or dubious source as evidence

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Appeal to Authority

46
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Reducing possibilities to only two

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Bifurcation

47
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Turns a coincidence or a correlation into a cause

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False Cause

48
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Concludes too much from too little

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Hasty Generalization

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Misapplies a true principle to a situation that is exceptional

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Sweeping Generalization

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Presents an irrelevancy to distract from the original issue

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Red Herring

51
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The prediction of catastrophe based on a series of links started by one particular act

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Slippery Slope

52
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Calls someone a name that implies a quality or fact that is not proved

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Question-Begging Epithet

53
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Changes the meaning of a word or phrase in mid-discussion

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Equivocation

54
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Manipulates agreement by way of emotion instead of cogent reason

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Appeal to Emotions

55
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Colors the language according to the arguers’ perspective

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Special Pleading

56
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Exploits grammatical ambiguity with the syntax to lead to a false or questionable conclusion

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Amphiboly

57
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Asks a question that assumes and so corners its respondent

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Complex Question

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