Verbal Advantage: Level 1

Paraphrase

To restate, put what someone else has expressed into different words.

Ostensible

Apparent, appearing or seeming to be true, professed or declared as true without being demonstrated or proved.

Digress

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

Uncanny

Eerie, strange, weird, mysterious.

Candor

Frankness, openness, sincere expression.

Morose

Gloomy, moody, glum, grumpy, ill-tempered, depressed.

Adept

Skilled.

Saturated

Soaked, thoroughly wet, full of moisture

Pragmatic

Practical, having to do with actual practice, concerned with everyday affairs as opposed to theory or speculation.

Congenial

Sympathetic, agreeable, compatible, kindered, harmonious, having the same taste, nature, or temperament.

Capricious

Unpredictable, tending to change abruptly for no apparent or logical reason.

Blatant

Noisy, disagreeably or offensively loud, boisterous, clamorous.

Obligatory

Required, necessary, binding, mandatory.

Negligible

Unimportant, trifling, of little consequence.

Sporadic

Occasional, infrequent, irregular, not constant, happening from time to time, occurring in a scattered or random way.

Vanguard

The forefront of an action or movement, the leading position or persons in a movement.

Concur

To agree, be in accord with, unite in opinion.

Precociousness

Early development or maturity, especially in mental ability.

Adamant

Unyielding, immovable, inflexible, refusing to give in, unshakeable, unrelenting, implacable.

Aloof

Apart, at a distance, removed, withdrawn, not wishing to speak or associate with others.

Creed

Belief, professed faith or opinion, especially a system of religious belief.

Tawdry

Cheap and showy, gaudy, garish, sleazy.

Peevish

Irritable, cross, complaining, fretful, ill-humored and impatient, difficult to please.

Arduous

Very difficult, hard to achieve or accomplish, requiring great effort.

Personable

Attractive, pleasing in appearance, handsome, comely, fair, presentable.

Resolute

Firmly determined or settled, resolved, having a set opinion or purpose, steadfast, unwavering, persevering.

Supposition

An assumption, theory, hypothesis.

Arbitrary

Unreasoned, based on personal feelings or preferences rather than on reason, logic, or law.

Monotonous

Lacking variety, tediously uniform, unvarying and dull.

Legacy

Something handed down from the past, an inheritance.