Vocab 3

Candor - Honesty and straightforwardness

Prudence - Careful good judgment that avoids risks

Superficial - Concerned only with the obvious or surface details

Detractors - People who criticize or speak against someone or something

Dogmatic - Stubbornly sticking to beliefs without considering others' opinions

Vacillating - Wavering between different opinions or actions

Banal - Boringly ordinary or predictable

Disingenuous - Not sincere or honest

Quintessential - Representing the most perfect or typical example of something

Censure - To express strong disapproval or criticism

Ensconce - To settle securely or snugly

Circumscribe - To limit or restrict within bounds

Castigate - To criticize or reprimand severely

Unprepossessing - Not attractive or appealing at first sight

Uncanny - Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way

Complacent - Self-satisfied and unconcerned, often to a fault

Cynical - Distrustful of others' motives; believing people act only out of selfishness

Counterproductive - Having the opposite effect of what is intended

Implicit - Implied though not directly expressed

Enigmatic - Mysterious or difficult to understand

Supersede - To replace something older or less effective

Docket - A list or schedule of cases or events to be dealt with

Aversion - A strong dislike or opposition to something