DE ENG 112 Vocab Quiz

To reduce the scope of something while retaining the essential elements

• expand
• enlarge
• extend
• abridge

a person or a thing that is gentle or kind, not harmful, mild

• violent
• cruel
• benign

• harsh

 to agree or give into something

• Surrender
• Acquiesce

• Resist
• Concede

something that is reasonable or believable

• Logical
• Feasible
• Possible
• Plausible

able to be affected or controlled by something, will to go along or do something

• Amenable

• vulnerable
• impermeable
• resistant

to support or solidify a claim

• Provide explanation
• Offer justification
• Present reasoning
• Substantiate

something that is taken from someone

• purchase
• gift
• Appropriate

• borrow

to learn or find something out

• explore
• uncover
• investigate
• Ascertain

being honest, sincere, or open

• ambiguous
• transparent
• Candor

• deceptive

 something that is built in or a part of something

• Inherent

• Extravagant
• Extraneous
• Extrinsic