SAT Week 1 Hit Parade
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51 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 completely honest | candid |
| guesswork | conjecture |
| instructive | didactic |
| mild term substituting for harsh term | euphemism |
| infer by using known information | extrapolate |
| lacking cohesion | incoherent |
| imply stealthily | insinuate |
| easily understood | lucid |
| art of using language effectively and persuasively | rhetoric |
| quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight | acumen |
| dexterous | adroit |
| find out through investigation | ascertain |
| shrewd | astute |
| careful | circumspect |
| scatter widely | disseminate |
| deep, extensive learning | erudition |
| application of scientific principles to agriculture ex: animal breeding | husbandry |
| excessively concerned with formal rules | pedantic |
| shrewd | perspicacious |
| practical | pragmatic |
| exhibiting unusually early intellectual maturity | precocious |
| formal proposal | prospectus |
| basic | rudimentary |
| difficult to understand | abstruse |
| emotionally hardened | callous |
| intricate | convoluted |
| puzzle | enigma |
| difficult to understand | inscrutable |
| reserved | reticent |
| unemotional | staid |
| known or understood by few | arcane |
| make or become similar | assimilate |
| independence | autonomy |
| worldly | cosmopolitan |
| something coming from another source | derivative(n) |
| group of attendants | entourage |
| intended for or understood by few | esoteric |
| clumsy social error | gaffe |
| peculiar to individual or group | idiosyncrasy |
| isolated | insular |
| adhering to traditional and established | orthodox |
| one with great power and position to rule | potentate |
| scold | castigate |
| issue official blame | censure |
| condemn openly | denounce |
| preferring seclusion | reclusive |
| retire from | relinquish |
| give up | renounce |
| marked by harshly abusive condemnation | vituperative |
| draw a circle around, restrict | circumscribe |
| touching | contiguous |
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