Upper Echelon Vocab...

Meticulous

• Extremely careful about small details

• Detail-oriented; precise

Astute

• Clever and quick to understand a situation or what it means

• Deep understanding + quick to get the meaning (why vs. what)

Complacent

• Too comfortable or satisfied to keep improving or put in effort

• Too comfortable

Disingenuous

• Not completely sincere or honest about what you really think or believe

• Insincere or misleading (hiding true intentions)

Ambiguous

• Unclear because of more than one interpretation or meaning

• Multiple possible meanings so things are unclear (vague - not enough info)

Pragmatic

• Practical and realistic; focused on what actually works

• Realistic and not relying on theory

Condescending

• Talking down to or belittling someone as though you’re superior to them

• Talking down (not necessarily rude)

Candid

• Honest and direct about what you genuinely think/feel

• Straightforward (to the point but not rude)

Aloof

Emotionally distant or detached; not very interested in interacting with others.

Androgynous (adj.)

• Having both masculine and feminine characteristics, especially in appearance.

• Syn: gender-neutral appearance

Caricature (noun)

• An exaggerated portrayal of someone's appearance or personality.

• Syn: exaggeration; parody

Subliminally (Adv.)

• In a way that affects someone without their conscious awareness.

• Syn: subconsciously; unnoticed

Perversely (adv.)

• In a way that goes against what is expected or reasonable, sometimes deliberately.

• Syn: contrary to expectations; doing the opposite on purpose

Languorous (adj.) - lang-gu-rus

• Slow, relaxed, & dreamy, often with little energy.

• Syn: languid; unhurried