Quiz for Vocab |
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Question 1
| Multiple-choice | |
Insinuate | |
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to suggest or hint slyly |
Skillful and adept under pressing conditions |
watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent |
knowledge acquired by study, research |
| Multiple-choice | |
Circumspect | |
| Select the best answer | |
intended for instruction; instructive |
to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed |
watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent |
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation |
| Multiple-choice | |
Rudimentary | |
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disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved |
overly concerned with minute details or formalisms |
Having or showing shrewdness and discernment |
pertaining to rudiments or first principles |
| Multiple-choice | |
Candid | |
| Select the best answer | |
Characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward |
the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof |
To discover with certainty;learn with certainty or assurance |
the art of influencing the thought and conduct of an audience |
| Multiple-choice | |
Staid | |
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watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent |
complicated; intricately involved |
fixed, settled, or permanent |
to suggest or hint slyly |
| Multiple-choice | |
Prospectus | |
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the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt |
To discover with certainty;learn with certainty or assurance |
the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture; farming. |
a document describing the major features of a proposed literary work, project, business venture |
| Multiple-choice | |
convoluted | |
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complicated; intricately involved |
having keen mental perception and understanding |
fixed, settled, or permanent |
watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent |
| Multiple-choice | |
Incoherent | |
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Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight |
easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible |
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved |
without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence. |
| Multiple-choice | |
Rhetoric | |
| Select the best answer | |
Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight |
easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible |
the art of influencing the thought and conduct of an audience |
Skillful and adept under pressing conditions |
| Multiple-choice | |
Didactic | |
| Select the best answer | |
Skillful and adept under pressing conditions |
to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed |
Having or showing shrewdness and discernment |
intended for instruction; instructive |
