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Hit Parade Week 1
Question | Answer |
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conjecture | inference, guesswork |
didactic | instructive |
effusive | showing excessive emotion; overflowing |
insinuate | to introduce or communicate stealthily |
loquacious | very talkative |
acumen | quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight |
circumspect | careful; prudent; discreet |
pedantic | excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules |
perspicacious | shrewd; clear-sighted |
precocious | exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity |
prolific | very productive; producing great quantities |
abstruse | difficult to understand |
disaffected | having lost faith or loyalty; discontent |
reticent | inclined to keep silent; reserved |
staid | unemotional; serious |
arcane | known or understood by few |
esoteric | intended for or understood by only a small group |
insular | isolated; narrow or provincial |
potentate | one who has thed power and position to rule over others; monarch |
castigate | scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize |
censure | issue official blame |
denounce | condemn openly |
reclusive | seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation |
renounce | give up (a title, etc...), especially by formal announcement |
vituperative | marked by harshly abusive condemnation |
circumscribe | to draw a circle around; to restrict |
contiguous | sharing an edge or boundary; touching |