Princeton Review Hit Parade 2011 - Week 1
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50 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 candid | completely honest, straightforward (c) |
| conjecture | inference; guesswork (c) |
| didactic | instructive (d) |
| euphemism | a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term |
| extrapolate | to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information (e) |
| incoherent | lacking cohesion or connection (i) |
| insinuate | to introduce or communicate stealthily (i) |
| lucid | easily understood; clear (l) |
| rhetoric | the art of using language effective and persuasively (r) |
| acumen | quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight (a) |
| adroit | dexterous; deft (a) |
| ascertain | to find out, as through investigation or experimentation (a) |
| astute | shrewd; clever (a) |
| circumspect | careful; prudent; discreet (c) |
| disseminate | to scatter widely, as in sowing seed (d) |
| erudition | deep, extensive learning (e) |
| husbandry | the application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding (h) |
| pedantic | excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules (p) |
| perspicacious | shrewd; clear-sighted (p) |
| pragmatic | practical (p) |
| precocious | exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity (p) |
| prospectus | formal proposal (p) |
| rudimentary | basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development (r) |
| abstruse | difficult to understand (a) |
| callous | emotionally hardened; unfeeling (c) |
| convoluted | intricate; complex (c) |
| enigma | a puzzle, mystery, or riddle (e) |
| inscrutable | difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable (i) |
| reticent | inclined to keep silence; reserved (r) |
| staid | unemotional; serious (s) |
| arcane | known or understood by only a few (a) |
| assimilate | to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar (a) |
| autonomy | independence; self-determination (a) |
| cosmopolitan | world; widely sophisticated (c) |
| derivative | something that comes from another source (d) |
| entourage | a group of attendants or associates; a retinue (e) |
| esoteric | intended for or understood by only a small group (e) |
| gaffe | a clumsy social error; a faux pas (g) |
| idiosyncrasy | characteristic peculiar to an individual or group (i) |
| insular | isolated; narrow or provincial (i) |
| orthodox | adhering to the traditional and established; especially in religion (o) |
| potentate | one who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch (p) |
| castigate | to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize (c) |
| censure | to issue official blame (c) |
| denounce | to condemn openly (d) |
| reclusive | to retired from; give up or abandon (r) |
| renounce | to give up (a title, for example), especially by formal announcement (r) |
| vituperative | marked by harshly abusive condemnation (v) |
| circumscribe | to draw a circle around; to restrict (c) |
| contiguous | sharing an edge or boundary; touching (c) |
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