Vocabulary Week 32 Days 1 and 2. Profound Definition: (of a state‚ quality‚ or emotion) very great or intense Original Sentence: The greatest joke in the world‚ had profound social changes since last year. Part of Speech: Adjective Illustration: Alleviate Definition: make (suffering‚ deficiency‚ or a problem) less severe Original Sentence: The worst illness in the USA‚ people couldn’t prevent pain‚ but only alleviate it. Part of Speech: Verb Illustration: Prodigious Definition:
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His extensive use of vocabulary and figurative language made the novel all the more captivating and alluring. “As he read‚ I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly‚ and then all at once (125).” A simple feeling like love is expressed in such an intricate manner metaphorically. This
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Vocabulary * Plaintiff: party asking the court for relief (the one who brings the lawsuit) * Defendant: party against whom a lawsuit is brought (the one defending the lawsuit) * Appellant: party asking Court of Appeals for relief (the party bringing the appeal)‚ always the party who lost at the district court level * Appellee: party responding to the appellant’s appeal‚ always the party who won at the district court level * Petitioner: party asking the Supreme
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Axia College Material Appendix C Building a Medical Vocabulary Ch. 2 Complete activities A‚ B‚ & C. A. Use the word bank below to build the medical word that corresponds to each definition in problems 1-13. Click the grey box to begin typing. |-ior |later/o- |infer/o- |umbilic/o- | |-al |dors/o- |caud/o- |inguin/o-
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UNIT 5 VOCABULARY REVIEW NAME:______________ ___________________________________________PART A___________________________________________________ •Weapon •Frown upon •Devastation •Courtesy •Booming •Take over •Debut • Numbered •Wake up to 1. If disease is allowed to spread‚ it will cause widespread _________________ 2. I understood my days were _________________at
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Epistemology Vocabulary Epistemology: The branch of philosophy that investigates the nature‚ sources‚ limitations‚ and validity of knowledge. Rationalism: The position that reason alone‚ without the aid of sensory info‚ is capable of arriving at some knowledge‚ at some undeniable truths. Empiricism: the position that knowledge has its origins in and derives all of its content from experience. Idealism: in metaphysics‚ the position that reality is ultimately non matter; in EPISTEMOLOGY‚ the
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Introduction 2 What is "academic writing" 3 The main characteristics of "good academic writing" 3.1. Organisation 3.2 . Task achievement / Relevance to Question (title) 3.3 . Accuracy 3.4 . Range and style 3.5 . Coherence and cohesion 3.6 . Appropriateness and referencing 4 The role that language discourse functions have in "academic writing" 4.1 Description 4.2 Definition 4.3 Narrative 4.4 Cause
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Unit 14 Vocabulary 1. I hate to bicker with you over the cost of a few gallons of gasoline‚ but I have to because I don’t have a dime to spare. 2. The report was not an impartial assessment of the problems we face; it was an intemperate polemic. 3. Although the premier enjoyed all the --- of high office‚ in practice he was merely a figurehead who wielded very little power. 4. Does “artistic freedom” justify the making of a movie that is deliberately vulgar and licentious in the hope of cashing
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The vocabulary words I chose are beleaguered‚ which means to beset with difficulties and aghast defined as being filled with shock or horror. The reason they both apply is because in every example Gladwell has provided from David vs. Goliath to Boeis‚ Frereich‚ and Northern Ireland Protestants; all of the underdogs possessed the ability to cause shock their opponents‚ as well as they all start out with great difficulties that are overcome despite the odds being against them. Gladwell defines the
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The vocabulary words I chose are plummeted which means to fall or drop straight down and persuasive who is someone that is good at making another believe something through reasoning or the use of temptation. Both of these words apply to this chapter and throughout David and Goliath because all underdogs must use persuasion in order to challenge larger powers they are facing and if the strategy or method used by an underdog is not constantly assessed in comparison to the U-curve‚ then ultimately failure
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