VERBAL ADVANTAGE LEVEL 1

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  1. paraphrase
    express the same message in different words
  2. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  3. digress
    wander from a direct or straight course
  4. uncanny
    surpassing the ordinary or normal
  5. candor
    the quality of being honest and straightforward
  6. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  7. adept
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  8. saturated
    unable to dissolve still more of a substance
  9. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  10. congenial
    suitable to your needs
  11. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  12. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
  13. obligatory
    required by compulsion or convention
  14. negligible
    so small as to be meaningless; insignificant
  15. adamant
    very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
  16. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  17. vanguard
    the leading units moving at the head of an army
  18. concur
    happen simultaneously
  19. precociousness
    intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules
  20. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  21. creed
    any system of principles or beliefs
  22. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  23. peevish
    easily irritated or annoyed
  24. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  25. personable
    pleasant in manner and appearance
  26. resolute
    firm in purpose or belief
  27. supposition
    the cognitive process of conjecturing
  28. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  29. monotonous
    sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
  30. legacy
    a gift of personal property by will
  31. manifold
    many and varied; having many features or forms
  32. pliant
    capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
  33. retort
    a quick reply to a question or remark
  34. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  35. lacerate
    cut or tear irregularly
  36. omnipotent
    having unlimited power
  37. unscrupulous
    without principles
  38. Renaissance
    period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages
  39. genesis
    a coming into being
  40. warrant
    formal and explicit approval
  41. cantankerous
    stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
  42. flippant
    showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
  43. subjugate
    make subservient; force to submit or subdue
  44. wry
    humorously sarcastic or mocking
  45. urbane
    showing a high degree of refinement
  46. jargon
    technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
  47. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  48. inviolable
    incapable of being transgressed or dishonored
  49. commodious
    large and roomy
  50. proximity
    the property of being close together
Created on Sat Jun 01 02:45:10 EDT 2013 (updated Sat Jun 01 03:03:01 EDT 2013)

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