Sat Vocab Set 1

Front 1

candid

Back 1

completely honest, straightforward

Hint 1

Candace's candidness overwhelmed her business colleagues, who were just not used to such honesty.

Front 2

conjecture

Back 2

inference; guesswork

Hint 2

At this point, Kim's hypothesis about single-cell biorhythms is still conjecture; She doens't have conclusive evidence.

Front 3

didactic

Back 3

instructive

Hint 3

The tapes were entertaining and didactic; they both amused and instructed children.

Front 4

effusive

Back 4

showing excessive emotion; overflowing

Hint 4

Accepting his Oscar for Best Supporting Sound Editor, Ben delivered the most effusive speech in Academy Awards history; he cried, he hugged people, he blew kisses to the audience, and then he cried some more.

Front 5

euphemism

Back 5

a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term

Hint 5

"To pass away" is a common euphemeism for dying.

Front 6

extrapolate

Back 6

to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information

Hint 6

Seeing the wrecked bike and his daughter's skinned knees, Heath extrapolated that she had had a biking accident.

Front 7

incoherent

Back 7

lacking cohesion or connection

Hint 7

Maury's senences were so incoherent that nobody understood a word.

Front 8

insinuate

Back 8

to imply or communicate stealthily

Hint 8

Sean insinuated that Grace stole the arsenic, but he never came out and said it.

Front 9

locquacious

Back 9

very talkative

Hint 9

I'm not eloquent, so I'll just come out and say it: Bobby is locquacious and will talk, and talk, and talk.

Front 10

lucid

Back 10

easily understood; clear

Hint 10

Our teacher provides lucid explanations of even the most difficult concepts so that we can all understand them.

Front 11

rhetoric

Back 11

the art of using language effectively and persuasively

Hint 11

Since they are expected to make speeches, most politicians and lawyers are well-versed in the art of rhetoric.