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exalt
- verb- to raise in rank, character, or statue; to elevate
- verb- to glorify, to praise, or to honor
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exhort
verb- to urge by strong, often stirring argument, advice, or appeal
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garrulous
adj- wordy and rambling
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gist
noun- the central idea; the essence
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histrionic
adj- excessively dramatic or emotional; affected
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laconic
adj- terse or concise
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peremptory
- adj- putting an end to all debate or action; not allowing contradiction or refusal
- adj- offensively self-assured; dictatorial
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polemic
- noun- a controversial argument, especially about an opinion or doctrine
- adj- relating to a controversy or argument
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vivacious
adj- full of animation and spirit; lively
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vociferous
adj- marked by noisy, forceful, or intense outcries
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bedlam
noun- a place of noisy uproar and confusion
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bowdlerize
- verb- to censor prudishly
- verb- to modify or abridge, as by shortening, simplifying, or skewing content
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chauvinism
- noun- a prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own gender, group, or kind
- noun- fanatical patriotism; the glorification of one's country
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draconian
adj- exceedingly harsh; very severe
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martinet
- noun- a rigid military disciplinarian
- noun- one who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules
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maudlin
adj- effusively or tearfully sentimental; overly emotional
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mesmerize
- verb- to spellbind; to enthrall
- verb- to hypnotize
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silhouette
- noun- a drawing consisting of the outline of something ( a human profile ) filled in with a solid color
- noun- an outline that appears dark against a light background
- verb- to cause to be seen as a silhouette; to outline
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stentorian
adj- extremely loud
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titanic
adj- a family of mythological giants
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axiomatic
adj- self-evident; based on a universally accepted principle or rule
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definitive
- adj- precisely described, defined, or characterized; explicit
- adj- conclusive; decisive; providing a final settlement
- adj- authoritative and complete
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dialectic
noun- the practice of arriving at the truth by the exchange of opposing logical arguments
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empirical
adj- relying on or derived from observation or experiment
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presuppose
- verb- to believe or assume in advance; to presume; to take for granted
- verb- to require or involve necessarily as a preexisting condition
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rationalize
- verb- to devise self-satisfying but incorrect reasons for behavior
- verb- to make rational or to interpret from a logical, reasonable standpoint
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rebuttal
noun- opposing evidence or arguments or the presentation of those arguments; a refutation
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repudiate
verb- to reject the truth, the authority, or the validity of
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tenuous
adj- having little strength or substance; flimsy
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verifiable
adj- able to be proved true by presentation of evidence or testimony
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