vocab #7

Virtuoso

A tremendously skilled artist

Prudent

exercising good judgment or common sense

Staid

Unemotional; serious

Obfuscate

To render obscure/difficult to understand (usually intentionally)

Apoplectic

Showing extreme anger

Collywobbles

Stomach pain or queasiness

Erudite

Having or showing a great knowledge or learning

Impious

Not showing respect or reverence, especially for a god

Inductive reasoning

Specific observations to broader generalizations (details to theory)

Antithesis

Contrasting ideas using parallel structure

Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds in words in clauses

Diffidently

Hesitant in speaking or acting due to low self confidence

Facetious

Playfully humorous

Brusque

Rudely abrupt

Myopic

Shortsighted; lacking foresight