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Writing Skills Development
Lessons 26-29
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Undergraduate 2
07/02/2008
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COMMISERATE
 Definition
express, compassion
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EXIGENCY
 Definition
urgency, crisis
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VICARIOUSLY
 Definition
indirectly
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SPORADIC
 Definition
occasional, random
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EMPATHIZE
 Definition
commiserate
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EFFACE
 Definition
erase, expunge
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ANNIHILATE
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destroy, vanquish
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EXPUNGE
 Definition
delete, erase
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EMINENT
 Definition
famous, prominent
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CRUX
 Definition
basis, main point
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OMNIPOTENT
 Definition
all-powerful
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SEDULOUS
 Definition
diligent, persistent
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COALESCE
 Definition
unite, join together
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ECUMENICAL
 Definition
worldwide, universal
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EXCORIATE
 Definition
denounce
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GENRE
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category, type
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EXCERPT
 Definition
selected passage
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ALLUDE
 Definition
refer to, hint
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PARAPHRASE
 Definition
reword, restate
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METAPHOR

 Definition
implied comparison
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SIMILE
 Definition
figure of speech which makes a comparison using as or like
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EPILOGUE
 Definition
closing section
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COMPLY
 Definition
agree to, obey
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FACILITATE
 Definition
simplify, aid
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IMPERATIVE
 Definition
necessary, obligatory
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COPIOUS
 Definition
plentiful, abundant
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CLANDESTINELY
 Definition
secretly, furtively
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SURFEIT
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satiety, excess
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OPTIMUM
 Definition
best, most favorable
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ALTERCATION
 Definition
angry, dispute, quarrel
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