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Word of the Day Friday, August 2, 2019

Learn the meaning of "explicit" - stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt - with examples and usage tips.

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Word of the Day Friday, August 2, 2019

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  1. Word of the Day Friday, August 2, 2019 • Explicit—stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt. • Definitions must be explicit to be effective.

  2. Word of the DayMonday, August 5, 2019 • Evaluate—form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess. • A person must evaluate property to find out how much it is worth.

  3. Word of the DayTuesday, August 6, 2019 • Cite—to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority; to mention in support, proof, or confirmation; refer to as an example. • The best way to support your idea in an essay is to cite a work that agrees with your idea.

  4. Word of the DayWednesday, August 7, 2019 • Thorough—complete with regard to every detail; not superficial or partial. • Before writing a research paper, one should do a thorough reading of the material.

  5. Word of the DayThursday, August 8, 2019 • Connotative—signifying or suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning. • If a person is shady, he is considered to be possibly untrustworthy. This is the connotative meaning of shady.

  6. Word of the DayFriday, August 9, 2019 • Figurative—departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical. • It’s raining cats and dogs outside. This is not a literal statement, but a figurative one. It is raining very hard.

  7. Word of the DayMonday, August 12, 2019 • Inference—a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. • If I tell you to grab your coat before you go outside, you should infer that it is cold.

  8. Word of the DayTuesday, August 13, 2019 • Prose—written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. • Any writing that is not poetry or song is typically prose, such as a novel, short story, or essay.

  9. Word of the DayWednesday, August 14, 2019 • Delineate—describe or portray (something) precisely. • In order for rules to be followed, they should be cleared and delineated by the administration.

  10. Word of the DayThursday, August 15, 2019 • Substantive—having a firm basis in reality and therefore important, meaningful, or considerable. • If something is substantive, it exists without the assistance of anything else.

  11. Word of the DayFriday, August 16, 2019 • Implicate— to involve in; to connect with or be related to. • The suspects never stood trial because there was no solid evidence to implicate them in the crimes.

  12. Word of the DayMonday, August 19, 2019 • Argumentation—the interdisciplinary study of how conclusions can be reached through logical reasoning. • The classical approach to argument is a model of argumentation invented by the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle.

  13. Word of the DayTuesday, August 20, 2019 • Textual evidence—evidence or support used to support an argument or position, and is derived from reading and drawing from text • Textual evidence is provided in the form of quotation, paraphrase, descriptions of theory and also description.

  14. Word of the DayWednesday, August 21, 2019 • Rhetoric: writing and/or speaking persuasively. • Politicians use rhetoric in their speeches to convince us to support them.

  15. Word of the DayThursday, August 22, 2019 • Rhetorical question: is a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point. • The question, a rhetorical device, is posed not to elicit a specific answer, but rather to encourage the listener to consider a message or viewpoint.

  16. Word of the DayFriday, August 23, 2019 • Apartheid • This was a name given to the racial discrimination policies in South Africa through most of the 20th century.

  17. Word of the DayMonday, August 26, 2019 • Scarcity–The lack of adequate resources, insufficient or in short supply. • A scarcity of food that was caused by drought.

  18. Word of the DayTuesday, August 27, 2019 • Cold War—A period in the second half of the 20th century that saw intense competition between the United States and the Soviet Union but that never resulted in open warfare between the two major powers. • One aspect of the Cold War was proxy wars between nations supported by either the United States of the Soviet Union.

  19. Word of the DayWednesday, August 28, 2019 • Economics • The study of how individuals, businesses, and nations can best allocate their limited resources.

  20. Word of the DayThursday, August 29, 2019 • Developing Countries—These are countries with low standards of living and a low industrial capacity. • In a developing country the citizens are mostly agricultural workers who want to become more advanced socially and economically.

  21. Word of the DayFriday, August 30, 2019 • Enlightenment • The 18th century intellectual movement beginning in Western Europe that was based on rational thought as the solution to society’s problem and issues • The Enlightenment thinkers John Locke and Thomas Hobbes vehemently disagreed about human nature. September 2nd LABOR DAY

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