PR Vocab 1
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tutun_chutun on December 22, 2008
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51 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 candid | completely honest; straightforward |
| conjecture | inference; guesswork |
| didactic | instructive |
| euphemism | vague term substituted for a more harsh term |
| extrapolate | to infer |
| incoherent | lacking cohesion |
| insinuate | to imply |
| lucid | easily understood; clear |
| rhetoric | the art of using language effectively and persuasively |
| acumen | quickness; accuracy; and keenness of judgemt or insight |
| adroit | deft |
| ascertain | to find out |
| astute | clever |
| circumspect | careful; prudent |
| disseminate | to scatter widely |
| erudition | deep, extensive learning |
| husbandry | the application of scientific principles to agriculture |
| pedantic | excessively concerned with book learning |
| perspicacious | clear-sighted |
| pragmatic | practical |
| precocious | exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude |
| prospectus | formal proposal |
| rudimentary | basic; elementary |
| abstruse | difficult to understand |
| callous | unfeeling |
| convoluted | complex |
| enigma | a puzzle; a mystery; a riddle |
| inscrutable | difficult to fathom or understand |
| reticent | inclined to keep silent |
| staid | unemotional |
| arcane | known or understood by only a few |
| assimilate | to absorb or become absorbed; to make similar |
| autonomy | independence |
| cosmopolitan | worldly; widely sophisticated |
| derivative | something that comes from another source |
| entourage | a group of attendants or associates |
| esoteric | intented for or understood by only a small group |
| gaffe | a clumsy social error |
| idiosyncrasy | characteristic peculiar to an individual or group |
| insular | isolated |
| orthodox | adhering to the traditional or established |
| potentate | monarch |
| castigate | to scold or harshly criticize |
| censure | to issue official blame |
| denounce | to condemn openly |
| reclusive | to seek or prefer isolation or seclusion |
| relinquish | to retire from; give up or abandon |
| renounce | to give especially by formal announcement |
| vituperative | marked by condemnation |
| circumscribe | to draw a circle around; to restrict |
| contiguous | sharing an edge or boundary; touching |
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