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Candid |
completely honest, straightforward |
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Conjecture |
inference, guesswork |
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Didactic |
instructive |
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Euphemism |
a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term |
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Extrapolate |
to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information |
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Insinuate |
to introduce or communicate stealthily |
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Incoherent |
lacking cohesion or connection |
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Lucid |
clear |
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Rhetoric |
the art of using language effectively and persuasively |
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Acumen |
quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight |
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Adroit |
skillful and adept during pressing conditions; deft and dexeterous |
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Ascertain |
to find out, as through investigation or experimentation |
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Astute |
shrewd, clever |
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Circumspect |
careful, prudent, discreet |
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Disseminate |
to scatter widely, as in sowing seeds |
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Erudition |
deep, extensive learning |
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Husbandry |
the application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding |
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Pedantic |
excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules |
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Perspicacious |
shrewd; clear-sighted; showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters |
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Pragmatic |
practical |
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Precocious |
exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity |
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Prospectus |
formal proposal |
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Rudimentary |
basic; elementary; early stages of development |
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Abstruse |
Difficult to understand |
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Callous |
emotionally hardened; unfeeling |
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Convoluted |
Intricate; complex |
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Enigma |
puzzle, mystery, or riddle |
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Inscrutable |
difficult to fathom or understand; inpenetrable |
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Reticent |
inclined to keep silent; reserved |
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Staid |
unemotional; serious |
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Arcane |
known or understood only by a few |
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Assimilate |
to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar |
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Autonomy |
independence; self-determination |
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Cosmopolitan |
world; widely sophisticated |
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Derivative |
something that comes from another source |
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Entourage |
a group of attendants or associates; a retinue |
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Esoteric |
intended for or understood by only a small group |
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Gaffe |
a clumsy social error; faux pas |
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Idiosyncrasy |
characteristic peculiar to an individual or group |
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Insular |
isolated; narrow or provincial |
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Orthodox |
adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion |
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Potentate |
one who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch |
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Castigate |
to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize |
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Censure |
to issue official blame |
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Denounce |
to condemn openly |
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Reclusive |
seeking or preferring isolation |
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Relinquish |
to retire from; give up or abandon |
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Renounce |
to give up (a title for ex.) especially by formal announcement |
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Vituperative |
marked by harshly abusive condemnation |
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Circumscribe |
to draw a circle around; to restrict |
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Contiguous |
Sharing an edge or boundary; touching |
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Situational Irony |
Completely unexpected of what was supposed to happen |
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Verbal Irony |
Sarcasm; ex. dad asks whether or not the laptop is dead when the screen is blank. Say DUH!! |
