Verbal Advantage - Level One
Terms
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- paraphrase
- To restate, put what someone else has expressed into different words.
- ostensible
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Apparent, appearing or seeming to be true, professed or declared as true without being demonstrated or proved.
S: plausible, specious - digress (v.)
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To wander, stray from the point, ramble, deviate, go off in another direction
digression (n.)
ingress, egress - uncanny
- Eerie, strange, weird, mysterious
- candor
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Frankness, openness, sincere expression.
S: straightforwardness, outspokenness, forthrightness, ingenuousness
candid (adj) S: forthright, ingenuous - morose
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Gloomy, moody, glum, grumpy, ill-tempered, depressed
S: sullen, dolorous, lugubrious, saturnine
A: optimistic, jovial, sanguine - adept
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skilled, handy
S: clever, able, deft, expert, dexterous, proficient - saturated
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Soaked, drenched, thoroughly wet, full of moisture
S: stepped permeated, impregnated, imbued, sodden - pragmatic
- practical, having to do with actual practice, concerned with everday affairs as poopsed to theory or speculationi
- congenial
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sympathetic, agreeable, having the same taste, nature, or temperament
S: compatible, kindred, harmonious
A: alien, dissident, incongruous - capricious
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unpredictable, tending to change abruptly for no apparent or logical reason
S: flighty, changeable
A: stable, reliable, unwavering, steadfast, abiding - blatant
- Noisy, disagreeable or offensively loud, boisterous, clamorous
- obligatory
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required, necessary, binding, mandatory
A: optional, voluntary - Adamant
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unyielding, immovable, inflexible, refusing to give in
S: unshakable, unrelenting, implacable - sporadic
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occasional, infrequent, irregular, not constant, happening from time to time, occurring in scattered or random way.
A: constant, incessant, unremitting - vanguard
- the forefront of an action or movement, leading position or persons in a movement.
- concur
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1) to agree, be in accord with, united in decision
2) to act together, combine in having effect
3) to happen together, occur a the same time, coincide - precociousness
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early development or maturity, especially in mental ability
A: retardation - negligible
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unimportant, trifling, of little consequence
S: trivial, insignificant - aloof
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apart, at a distance, removed, withdrawn, not wishing to speak or associate with others
S: unsympathetic, unapproachable, standoffish, indifferent - creed
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belief, professed faith or opinion, especially a system of religious belief.
S: doctrine, dogma, credo - tawdry
- cheap and showy, gaudy, garish, sleazy
- peevish
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irritable, cross, complaining, fretful, ill-humored and impatient, difficult to please, full of complaints
peeve (n.) - arduous
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very difficult, hard to achieve or accomplish, requiring great effort
S: strenuous, laborious, toilsome - personable
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attractive, pleasing in appearance
S: handsome, comely, fair, presentable - resolute
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firmly determined or settle, resolved, having a set opinion or purpose
S: steadfast, unwavering, persevering
A: irresolute, unsteady, vacillating
Resolve (V) - supposition
- an assumption, theory, hypothesis, conjecture
- arbitrary
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1. unreasoned, based on personal feelings or preferences rather than on reason, logic or law,
2. determined or arrived at in arandom or illogical manner
3. exercising unrestrained or absolute power
Arbiter or Arbitrator: a judge or umpire who makes a final decision or resolves a dispute - monotonous
- lacking variety, tediously uniform unvarying and dull, literally, having one continuous sound or tone
- legacy
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something haded down from the past
S: inheritance, bequest - manifold
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numerous and varied consisting of many kinds, containing many elements, features, or characteristics
S: multifarious, multitudinous - pliant
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bending easily, flexible
S: adaptable, workable, pliable, supple - retort
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a quick reply, especially one that is cutting or Witty
S: rejoinder - obstinate
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stubborn, inflexible, unwilling to give in or compromise, not yielding to argument or persuasion.
S: hidebound, intractable, intransigent, adamnet - lacerate
- literally, to tear, cut roughly, rend, mangle. Figuratively, to wound, afflict, cause pain
- omnipotent
- all powerful, almighty, having unlimited power or authority
- unscrupulous
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untrustworthy, dishonorable, deceitful, corrupt, lacking integrity or moral principles
scruple
scrupulous - renaissance
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a revival, renewal of life or vigor
S: rebirth, resurgence - genesis
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a coming into being, beginning
S: origin, birth, creation - warrant
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1). to justify, give good reason for , authorize, sanction
2). to guarantee, promise, give formal assurance of
unwarranted - cantankerous
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difficult ot deal with, disagreeable, argumentative, quick to quarrel or to exhibit ill will.
S: contentious, malicious, irascible - flippant
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disrespectful in a frivolous way, treating something serious in a trivial manner.
S: cheeky, fresh, thoughtless, impertinent
A: solemn, sober, sedate, grave - subjugage
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to conquer, defeat, vanquish, overwhelm completely, bring under rigid control, make submissive, dominate, enslave.
S: defeat, conquer - wry
- twisted, crooked, lopsided, askew, distorted in an odd, amusing way
- urbane
- polished, sophisticated,suave, cosmopolitan
- jargon
- specialized and often pretentious language, speech or writing that is highly technical and difficult ot understand.
- prudent
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cautious, careful, planning wisely, exercising sound judgment in practical matter.
S: discreet, judicious, circumspect - inviolable
- secure, safe from assault, infringement, or destructiono, sacred, untouchable, unassailable, incorruptible
- commodious
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spacious, having plenty of room comfortable convenient.
S: ample, capacious - proximity
- nearness, coseness, the state of being in the vicinity of something