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| DCQ | defend, challenge, qualify |
| FRQ | Free response question |
| synthesis | the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity. |
| pejorative | expressing criticism or disapproval (formal); having an unpleasant or disparaging connotation. |
| melancholic | pensively sad; feeling or tending to feel a thoughtful or gentle sadness. |
| Hypocritical | falsely claiming high principles |
| Epiplexis | asking questions (often rhetorical) to reproach (criticize) rather than to elicit answers |
| Hypophora | raising questions (often rhetorical) and then answering them |
| Scornful | feeling or expressing great contempt for somebody or something so you are pointing out his/her/its faults |
| Skeptical | tending to disbelieve in the accuracy of an idea or in a scenario presented. |
| Disillusioned | expressing an unwillingness to believe due to a prior negative experience. |
| Insistent | persistent and adamant in making demands or maintaining the belief that he/she is correct while others are incorrect. |
| Speculative | tentative and approximate, even questioning |
| Affix | a bound inflectional or derivational element, as a prefix, infix, or suffix, added to a base or stem to form a fresh stem or a word. |
| Pejorative | Grammatical Forms = –ling |
| Melioration | when a term changes semantic meaning through change to neutral, or positive. (e.g., "punk"). Within some social groups, a particular term is still regarded as being a pejorative, whereas the term is not deemed as such within another social group elsewhere (e.g., "hacker"). |
| Forthright | straightforward, plainspoken, and direct; not at all clandestine. |
| Flippant | superficial, frivolous, and dismissive; not at all serious. |
| Reclaimed Words | Some social groups have attempted to "reclaim" formerly offensive words (pejoratives) applied against them. |
| Colloquialism | an informal word or phrase that is more common in conversation than in formal speech or writing. |
| Slang | words, expressions, and usages that are casual, vivid, racy, or playful replacements for standard ones, are often short-lived, and are usually considered unsuitable for formal contexts. |
