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Vocab list #1

Terms in this set (25)

circumspect
adj. careful; prudent; discreet
perspicacious
adj. shrewd; clear-sighted
pragmatic
adj. practical
didactic
adj. instructive
gaffe
n. a clumsy social error; a faux pas
castigate
v. to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize
vituperative
adj. marked by harshly abusive condemnation
incontrovertible
adj. indisputable; not open to question
extrapolate
v. to infer/estimate by extending known information
abstruse
adj. difficult to understand
parity
n. equality, as in amount, status, or value
pedantic
adj. excessively concerned with formal rules and knowledge
substantiate
v. to support with proof or evidence; to verify
obsequious
adj. fawning and servile
conjecture
n. inference; guesswork
eminent
adj. distinguished; prominent
extirpate
v. to destroy
disseminate
v. to scatter wildly, as in sowing seed
precocious
adj. exhibiting unusually early maturity or aptitude
pejorative
adj. disparaging, belittling, insulting
acumen
n. quickness, accuracy; keenness of judgement or insight
reticent
adj. inclined to keep silent; reserved
magnanimous
adj. courageously or generously noble in mind and heart
adroit
adj. dexterous; deft
mendacious
adj. lying; untruthful
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