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SAT vocab 1-35
35 words
Question | Answer |
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candid | completely honest, straightforward |
conjecture | inference,guesswork |
didactic | instructive |
effusive | showing excessive emotion, overflowing |
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 |
incoherent | lacking cohesion or connection |
insinuate | to inply or communicate stealthily |
loquacius | very talkative |
lucid | easily understood; clear |
rhetoric | the art of using language effectively and persuasively |
acumen | quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight |
adroit | dexterous; deft |
ascertain | to find out, as through investigation or experimentation |
astute | shrewd; clever |
circumspect | careful; prudent; discreet |
disseminate | to scatter widely as in sowing seed |
erudition | deep, extensive learning |
pedantic | excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules |
perspicious | shrewd; clear sighted |
pragmatic | practical |
precocious | exhibiting unusually; early intellectual apititude or maturity |
prolific | very productive; producing great qualities |
prospectus | formal proposal |
rudimentary | basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development |
abstruse | difficult to understand |
callous | emotionally hardened; unfeeling |
convoluted | intricate; complex |
disaffected | having lost faith or loyalty; discontent |
enigma | a puzzle, mystery, or riddle |
inscrutable | difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable |
reticent | inclined to keep silent; reserved |
staid | unemotional; serious |
arcane | known or understood by only a few |
assimilate | to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar |