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behave or speak in a confident and forceful manner
What is assert?
100
biased, one-sided
What is partisan?
100
contradict, deny, disprove
What is substantiate?
100
When she is angry, she only gives ________ responses.
What is terse?
100
Many directors of horror movies really cross the line just to ________ a sense of terror in the audience.
What is evoke?
200
make (guilt or an offense) seem less serious or more forgivable
What is extenuating?
200
concise, brief, curtness
What is brevity?
200
prevent, dissuade, discourage
What is incite?
200
The network will not air any programs that ____________ violence or hate.
What is incite?
200
Antonym: harmoniousness
What is cacophony?
300
to read carefully
What is peruse?
300
communication, conversation, discussion
What is discourse?
300
lengthy, long-winded, verbose
What is terse?
300
Because of his ____________ views, he is unwilling to look at other options.
What is partisan?
300
Definition: to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine
What is attest?
400
the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect
What is malapropism?
400
model, prototype
What is paradigm?
400
lengthy, wordy
What is pithy?
400
Everyone in Spanish could not stop laughing after Jose's ____________ of a vocabulary word.
What is malapropism?
400
synonym: inform
What is apprise?
500
(of a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused
What is hackneyed?
500
identical, alike, equivalent
What is tantamount?
500
compliment, confirm, support
What is impugn?
500
The two countries have been trying to work out a peace treaty through friendly ____________.
What is discourse?
500
Definition: a wrong or inaccurate use of a name or term
What is misnomer?