Verbal Advantage Level 1 Basic Words 1-10

Front 1

paraphrase

Back 1

to restate (in different words)

Hint 1

to put what someone else has expressed into different wordsparaphrase (n) = restatement of a text or passage

Front 2

ostensible

Back 2

apparent
appearing or seeming to be true (but not necessarily proved)
professed or declared as true without being demonstrated or proved

Front 3

digress

Back 3

to wander
to stray from the point
to ramble, deviate, go off in another direction

Hint 3

lit. to go apart, walk away
archaic: to physically wander away or turn aside
digression (n)

Front 4

uncanny

Back 4

eerie
strange (in an unnatural or unearthly way OR in a remarkable or marvelous way, beyond what is normal or expected)
weird
mysterious

Hint 4

"an uncanny experience/resemblance/ability"

Front 5

candor

Back 5

frankness
openness
sincere expression

Hint 5

candid (adj) = frank, open, sincere
the candid person expresses his thoughs frankly and openly, without hesitation.

Front 6

morose

Back 6

gloomy
moody
glum
grumpy
ill-tempered
depressed (and silent because you are feeling bitter or resentful)
suggests bitterness or misanthropy

Hint 6

moroseness (n) = ill-tempered, bitter gloominess

Front 7

adept

Back 7

skilled (handy, clever, able, expert)
dexterous
proficient

Hint 7

He was adept at managing his investments, and they always turned a handsome profit.
adept (n) = a highly skilled person, an expert
from the Latin adeptus = an alchemist who has learned how to do the impossible - change base metals into gold

Front 8

saturated

Back 8

soaked
thoroughly wet
full of moisture

Hint 8

to saturate (v) = to soak or wet thoroughly, literally (my french fries are saturated with oil) or figuratively (the company saturated the media with ads for its new products)

Front 9

pragmatic

Back 9

practical
having to do with actual practice
concerned with practical, everyday affairs (as opposed to theory or speculation)

Hint 9

from the Latin pragmaticus = skilled in business or law (lawyers are concerned with evidence and proof, businesspeople with facts and figures - both have littel time for idle speculation or harebrained schemes, both must be pragmatic)

Front 10

congenial

Back 10

sympathetic
agreeable
compatible
kindred
harmonious
having the same taste, nature or temperament

Hint 10

Congenial persons have similar or sympathetic tastes, interests, or personalities. Congenial things agree, go well together.