vocabulary for achievement third course lessons 11 and 12
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acme | the highest point of achievement |
| adept | very skillful |
| aptitude | natural ability; talent |
| astute | having shrewd judgement;observant, clever, and cunning |
| finesse | to achieve a goal or a handle a situation with subtle skill |
| painstaking | marked by or requiring great care; demanding extended or extreme effort, or diligence |
| precocious | showing unusually early development or maturity |
| prodigy | a person, often young, with exceptional talens or powers |
| resourceful | effective and imaginative in solving problems; practical |
| virtuoso | a very skilled musician or other type of artist; an expert or master artist |
| idiosyncrasy | an unusual habit of one particular person |
| innocuous | harmless; not likely to offend anyone |
| obtrusive | unpleasantly noticeable; bold |
| orthodox | doing or believing what is commonly accepted or customary |
| prevalent | widely or commonly existing or practiced |
| prosaic | dull; ordinary; lacking in imagination and spirit |
| quaint | charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned way |
| rarity | something that is very infrequent or scarce |
| singular | being the only one of a kind; unique |
| trite | overused and therefore lacking in intrest |
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