SAT Prep Cards

Prospectus

formal proposal

astute

shrewd; clever

insinuate

to imply or communicate stealthily

circumspect

careful; prudent; discreet

adroit

dexterous; deft

disseminate

to scatter widely. as in sowing seed

inscrutable

difficult to fgathom or understand; impenetrable

convoluted

intricate; complex

Husbandry

a mild, indirect, of vague term substititing for a harsh, blunt or offensive term

conjecture

inference; guess work

Lucid

easily understood; clear

Pedantic

excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules

Staid

Unemotional; serious

enigma

a puzzle, mystery or puzzle

Extrapoiate

to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information

candid

Completly honest, straight forward

acumen

quickness, accuracy, and keeness of judgement or insight

Prospectus

exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitiude or maturity

abtruse

difficult to understand

incoherent

lacking cohension or connection

Callous

emotionally hardened; unfeeling

rhetoric

the art of using language effectively and persuasively

perspicacious

shrewd;clear-sighted

Rudementary

basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development

ascertain

to find out, as though investigation or experimentation

Reticent

inclined to keep silent; reserved

Didactic

instructive

erudition

deep, extensive learning