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week one sat voc
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completely honest, strightforward | candid Candace's candidness overwhelmed her business colleagues, who were not used to such honesty. |
inference; guesswork | conjecture At this point, kimaya's hypothesis about single cell biorhythms is still conjecture;She doesn't have conclusive evidence. |
instructive | didactic The tapes were entertaining and didactic; they both amused and instructed the children. |
showing excessive emotion; overflowing | effusive Accepting his Oscar for Best Supporting Sound Editor, Ben delivered the most effusive speech in the Academy Awards history; he cried he hugged people , he blew kisses to the audience, and then he cried some more. |
a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term | euphemism YOO fuh miz um "to pass away " is a common euphemism for dying. |
to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information | extrapolate ek STRAP uh layt seeing the wrecked bike and his daughter's skinned knees, Heath extrapolated that she had been in a bike accident |
lacking cohesion or connection | incoherent on ko HEAR unt Maury's sentences were so incoherent that nobody understood a word |
to imply or communicate stealthily | insinuate in SIN yoo ayt Sean insiuated that Grace stole the arsenic, but he never came out and said it. |
very talkative | loquacious low KWAY shus I'm not eloquent, so I'll just come out and say it: Bobby is loquacious and will talk, and talk, and talk. |
easily understood; clear | lucid LOO sid Our teacher provides lucid explanations of even the most difficult concepts so that we can all understand them. |
the art of using language effectively and persuasive | rhetoric RET uh rik Since they are expected to make speeches, most politicians and lawyers are well versed in the art of rhetoric. |