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Eloquent Adj - fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing. - clearly expressing or indicating something. Synonyms: fluent , articulate , expressive , Origin: late Middle English: via Old French

Eloquent Adj - fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing. - clearly expressing or indicating something. Synonyms: fluent, articulate, expressive, fluentarticulateexpressive

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Malevolent adjective having or showing a wish to do evil to others. Synonyms: rancorous, vicious, vindictive rancorousviciousvindictive Origin: early 16th century: from Latin malevolent- ‘wishing evil,’ from male ‘ill’ + volent- ‘wishing’ (from the verb velle ).

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Page 1: Eloquent Adj - fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing. - clearly expressing or indicating something. Synonyms: fluent, articulate, expressive, fluentarticulateexpressive

EloquentAdj - fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.

- clearly expressing or indicating something.

Synonyms: fluent, articulate, expressive,

Origin: late Middle English: via Old French from Latin eloquent- ‘speaking out,’ from the verb eloqui

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Page 3: Eloquent Adj - fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing. - clearly expressing or indicating something. Synonyms: fluent, articulate, expressive, fluentarticulateexpressive

Malevolent• adjective• having or showing a wish to do

evil to others.• Synonyms: rancorous, vicious, vindictive

Origin:early 16th century: from Latin malevolent- ‘wishing evil,’ from male ‘ill’ + volent- ‘wishing’ (from the verb velle ).

Page 5: Eloquent Adj - fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing. - clearly expressing or indicating something. Synonyms: fluent, articulate, expressive, fluentarticulateexpressive

 Renege• verb• to break a rule of play or go back

on one's word • Synonyms: default, break,

backtrack, welsh• Origin: mid 16th century (in the

sense ‘desert (especially a faith or a person)’): from medieval Latin renegare, from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + negare ‘deny.’