NDA english vocab list

100 terms sophomore, 200 by senior

evoke

to bring or recall to the conscious mind

deduce

to arrive at a conclusion through reasoning through reasoning

advocate

to publicly recommend or support

adhere

to believe in and follow the practices of

tenuous

very slight or weak

consensus

a general agreement

bolster

to support or strengthen; prop up.

validate

to check or prove the validity or accuracy of something

erratic

irregular in pattern or movement

obstruct

to block or deliberately make something difficult

nuanced

characterized by slight degrees of meaning or expression

repression

to restraint, prevention, or inhibition of a feeling, quality, etc.

curtail

to reduce in extent or quantity

prominent

important; famous

provoke

to stimulate or give rise to a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one, in someone.

buttress

to increase in strength of or justification for; to reinforce.

subtle

so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe

subsumed

induced or absorbed into something else

substantiate

to provide evidence to support or prove the truth of

repudiate

to refuse to accept or be associated with.