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Vocabulary 15

Vocabulary 15 . COUNTERINTUITIVE ( adj ). CONTRARY (CONFLICTING) TO WHAT INTUITION OR COMMON SENSE WOULD SUGGEST. CRITIQUE (n). A DETAILED ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY A LITERARY, PHILOSOPHICAL, OR POLITICAL THEORY. PARADOXICAL ( adj ). SEEMINGLY ABSURD OR

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Vocabulary 15

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  1. Vocabulary 15

  2. COUNTERINTUITIVE (adj) CONTRARY (CONFLICTING) TO WHAT INTUITION OR COMMON SENSE WOULD SUGGEST

  3. CRITIQUE (n) A DETAILED ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY A LITERARY, PHILOSOPHICAL, OR POLITICAL THEORY

  4. PARADOXICAL (adj) SEEMINGLY ABSURD OR SELF-CONTRADICTORY That when we liveno more, we may live ever. -Anne Bradstreet

  5. ANECDOTE (n) A SHORT AND AMUSING OR INTERESTING STORY ABOUT A REAL INCIDENT OR PERSON

  6. ALLEGORY (n) A STORY, POEM, OR PICTURE THAT CAN BE INTERPRETED TO REVEAL A HIDDEN MEANING, TYPICALLY A MORAL LESSON

  7. EXPLICIT (adj) STATED CLEARLY AND IN DETAIL, LEAVING NO ROOM FOR CONFUSION, DOUBT, OR MISUNDERSTANDING

  8. IMPLICIT (adj) CAPABLE OF BEING UNDERSTOOD ALTHOUGH NOT DIRECTLY EXPRESSED OR STATED

  9. JUXTAPOSE (v) TO PLACE SIDE BY SIDE, ESPECIALLY FOR COMPARISON OR CONTRAST

  10. ACCESSIBILITY (n) SOMETHING THAT IS EASILY GAINED OR ACHIEVED

  11. CONTRADICTION (n) A STATEMENT OR PHRASE THAT ASSERTS OR IMPLIES BOTH THE TRUTH AND FALSITY OF SOMETHING

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