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to admit as true; to yield, submit
supeona
a legal order directing one to appear in court and/or to produce certain evidence
elucidate
to make clear
solicitor
lawyer in the lower court of law
litigant
a person involved in a lawsuit
convened
come or bring together for a meeting or activity; assemble
amiably
in a friendly manner
corroborating
supporting with evidence or authority
refuse
garbage, trash
deigned
to grant or agree condescendingly to do something; stoop
acrimonious
angry and bitter, usually in tone
dogged
persistent, stubbornly determined, refusing to give up
tenet
belief, doctrine
complacent
Self-satisfied, smug; overly content (and therefore lazy or neglectful)
pantomime
A performance using gestures and body movements without words
mollified
appease the anger or anxiety of (someone)
chiffarobe
dresser
browbeating
to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully
articulate
able to speak clearly and expressively
volition
a conscious choice or decision
unmitigated
not softened or lessened
temerity
rashness, boldness
cynical
believing that people act only out of selfish motives
Rhetoric
the art of using language effectively and persuasively
Rhetorical Devices
literary techniques used to heighten the effectiveness of the message: alliteration, allusion, anaphora, metaphor, parallelism and simile
Anaphora
the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
Parallelism
Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other
Rhetorical Appeals
ethos, pathos, logos
Ethos
the ethical appeal, to convince an audience of the speaker's credibility or character as trustworthy
Logos
the logical appeal; the use of facts, data and statistics to support your claim.
Pathos
the emotional appeal; to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions
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