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Hit Parade Wk 1
SAT Prep Princeton Review Vocabulary - Hit Parade Week 1
TERM | DEFINITION |
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candid (adj.) | completely honest, straightforward |
conjecture (n.) | inference; guesswork |
didactic (adj.) | instructive (especially excessively) |
effusive (adj.) | showing excessive emotion, overflowing |
euphemism (n.) | a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term |
extrapolate (v.) | to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information |
incoherent (adj.) | lacking cohesion or connection |
insinuate (v.) | to imply or communicate stealthily |
loquacious (adj.) | very talkative |
lucid (adj.) | easily understood; clear |
rhetoric (n.) | the art of using language effectively and persuasively |
acumen (n.) | quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight |
adroit (adj.) | dexterous; deft |
ascertain (v.) | to find out, as through investigation or experimentation |
astute (adj.) | shrewd; clever |
circumspect (adj.) | careful; prudent; discreet |
disseminate (v.) | to scatter widely, as in sowing seed |
erudition (n.) | deep, extensive learning |
pedantic (adj.) | excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules |
perspicacious (adj.) | shrewd; clear-sighted |
pragmatic (adj.) | practical |
precocious (adj.) | exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity |
prolific (adj.) | very productive; producing great qualities |
prospectus (n.) | formal proposal |
rudimentary (adj.) | basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development |
abstruse (adj.) | difficult to understand |
callous (adj.) | emotionally hardened; unfeeling |
convoluted (adj.) | intricate; complex |
disaffected (adj.) | having lost faith or loyalty; discontent |
enigma (n.) | a puzzle, mystery, or riddle |
inscrutable (adj.) | difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable |
reticent (adj.) | inclined to keep silent; reserved |
staid (adj.) | unemotional; serious |
arcane (adj.) | known or understood by only a few |
assimilate (v.) | to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar |
autonomy (n.) | independence; self-determination |
cosmopolitan (adj.) | worldly; widely sophisticated |
derivative (n.) | something that comes from another source |
esoteric (adj.) | intended for or understood by only a small group |
gaffe (n.) | a clumsy social error; a faux pas |
idiosyncrasy (n.) | characteristic peculiar to an individual or group |
insular (adj.) | isolated; narrow or provincial |
orthodox (adj.) | adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion |
potentate (n.) | one who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch |
castigate (v.) | to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize |
censure (v.) | to issue official blame |
denounce (v.) | to condemn openly |
reclusive (adj.) | seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation |
relinquish (v.) | to retire from; give up or abandon |
renounce (v.) | to give up (a title, for example), especially by formal announcement |
vituperative (adj.) | marked by harshly abusive condemnation |
circumscribe (v.) | to draw a circle around; to restrict |
contiguous (adj.) | sharing an edge or boundary; touching |