| Term | Definition |
|---|
| didactic | instructive |
| extrapolate | to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information |
| lucid | easily understood; clear |
| rhetoric | the art of using language effectively and persuasively |
| adroit | dexterous; deft |
| circumspect | careful; prudent |
| pragmatic | practical |
| precocious | exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity |
| abtruse | difficult to understand |
| inscrutable | difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable |
| autonomy | independence; self-determination |
| cosmopolitan | worldly; widely sophisticated |
| esoteric | intended for or understood by a small group |
| idiosyncrasy | characteristic peculial to an individual or gorup |
| castigate | to scold |
| circumscribe | to draw a circle around; to restrict |
| conciliatory | appeasing; soothing |
| indict | to officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime |
| remiss | lax in attending to duty; negligent |
| scrupulous | principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exciting |
| vindicate | to free from blame |
| altruism | unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness |
| eminent | distinguished; prominent |
| magnanimous | courageously or generously noble in mind and heart |
| defunct | no longer existing or functioning |
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