SAT WEEK 1
Terms
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- candi
- honest
- conjecture
- inference, guesswork
- didactic
- instructive
- euphemism
- mind term subbing for a harsh one
- extrapolate
- to infer
- incoherent
- lacking connection
- insinuate
- to imply
- lucid
- easily understood, clear
- rhetoric
- the art of using language effectivly
- acumen
- quickness, accuaracy of judgemnt or insight
- adriot
- dexterous, deft
- ascertain
- to find out
- astute
- shrewd, clever
- circumspect
- careful, purdent, discreet
- disseminate
- to scatter widely
- erudition
- deep, extensive learning
- husbandry
- application of sceintific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding
- pedantic
- excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules
- perspicacious
- shrewed, clear sighted
- pragmatic
- practical
- precocious
- exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity
- rospectus
- formal proposal
- rudimentary
- basic; elementary
- abstruse
- difficult to understand
- callous
- emotionally hardened; unfeeling
- convoluted
- intricate, complex
- enigma
- a puzzle, mystery, or riddle
- inscrutable
- difficult to fathom or understand; inpenetrable
- 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
- autonomy
- independance; self determination
- cosmopolitan
- worldly; widely sophisticated
- derivative (n)
- something that comes from another source
- entourage
- a group of attendants or assocaites; a retinue
- esoteric
- intended for or understood by only a small group
- gaffe
- a clumsy social error; a faux pas
- idiosyncrasy
- characteristic peculiar to an individual or group
- insular
- isolated; narrow or provincial
- orthodox
- adering to the traditional and established, especially in religion
- potentate
- one who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch
- castigate
- to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize
- censure
- to issue official blame
- denounce
- to condemn openly
- reclusive
- seeking or preferring seculsion or isolation
- relinquish
- to retire from; give up or abandon
- renounce
- to give up (a title for example), especially by formal announcement
- vituperative
- marked by harshly abusive condemnation
- circumscribe
- to draw a circle around; to restrict
- contiguous
- sharing an edge or boundry; touching