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IBengvocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| assuage | make (unpleasant feelings) less intense |
| abate | (of something perceived as hostile)become less intense or widespread |
| cogent | clear, logical and convincing...a cogent argument is believable because of its clear, forceful or incisive presentation. |
| incisive | intelligently analytical and clear-thinking; accurate and sharply focused |
| salient | most noticeable or important |
| succinct | briefly and clearly expressed. close to concise, but it emphasizes compression and compactness in addition to brevity |
| impervious | not allowing anything to pass through |
| permeate | to spread or seep through to penetrate completely |
| conducive | contributive, helping to bring about. |
| sagacious | wise, discerning |
| cognizant | aware; conscious |
| acute | sharp, shrewd |
| urbane | poised, sophisticated, refined |
| adroit | skillful, dexterous, clever, shrewd, socially at ease |
| replete | completely filled; abounding |
| myriad | a huge, indefinitely large number |
| copious | abundant, pentiful |
| dearth | extreme scarcity or shortage |
| paucity | scarcity but not like dearth |
| plethora | an excess overabundance; judgement implied in suggesting quantity is excessive |
| pervasive | having spread widely present throughout |
| immutable | unchangeable |
| inherent | part of the essential nature of something |
| ubiquitous | a condition of being everywhere at the same time |