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Nuance
A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
Poignant
Keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
Terse
Brief and to the point
Cursory
Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
Pedantic
Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
Vicarious
Experienced at secondhand
Arbitrary
Based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
Inept
Generally incompetent and ineffectual
Acquiesce
Agree or express agreement
Carte blanche
Complete freedom or authority to act
Petulant
Easily irritated or annoyed
Provocative
Serving or tending to excite or stimulate
Dubious
Fought with uncertainty or doubt
Tantamount
Being essentially equal to something
Construe
Make sense of; assign a meaning to
Concede
Give over
Savvy
Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
Overt
Open and observable; not secret or hidden
Qualitative
Involving distinguishing attributes
Quantitative
Expressible as an amount that can be measured
Anachronism
Locating something at a time when it couldn’t have existed
Precarious
Not secure; beset with difficulties
Reverie
Absentminded dreaming while awake
Precedent
An example that is used to justify similar occurrences
Manifest
Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgement
Complacent
Contented to a fault with oneself or one’s actions
Feign
Make believe with the intent to deceive
Facade
A showy misrepresentation to conceal something unpleasant
Profound
Situated at or extending to great depth
Lucid
Transparently clear; easily understandable
Niche
A position well suited to the person who occupies it
Crux
The most important point
Viable
Capable of life or normal growth and development
Rife
Excessively abundant
Myopic
Lacking foresight or scope
Defer
Yield to another’s wish or opinion
Elude
Escape, either physically or mentally
Colloquial
Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
Dichotomy
A classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
Antithesis
Exact opposite