Vocabulary for Academic and Professional Contexts: Proficient, Facsimile, Doctrine, Restitution, and More

Proficient

(skilled; highly knowledgeable; syn: able; ant: unskilled)

Factotum

(assistant who does a variety of jobs)

Facsimile

(copy or imitation; syn: duplicate; ant: original)

Facile

(too simplistic or easy; syn: shallow; ant: complicated)

Expound

(to explain or discuss in detail; syn: clarify)

Proponent

(one who argues in favor of; supporter; syn: advocate; ant: critic)

Infrastructure

(basic framework of a building or system)

Construe

(to interpret or analyze something; syn: understand)

Constructive

(having a positive effect; syn: useful; ant: harmful)

Destitute

(having no money; poor; syn: penniless; ant: prosperous)

Restitution

(payment for an injury; compensation; syn: repayment)

Stature

(level of achievement or authority; standing; syn: rank)

Gratuitous

(unnecessary or unwanted)

Ingratiate

(to gain another's favor by flattery)

Ingrate

(one who is not properly thankful)

Doctrine

(a set of beliefs taught or held)

Indoctrinate

(to teach a certain point of view; syn: influence)

Docile

(easily taught; obedient; syn: obedient; ant: defiant)

Temper

(to decrease the strength of; syn: soften)

Temperance

(restraint or moderation; syn: self-control; ant: indulgence)

Placebo

(fake treatment; positive mental effect only)

Placid

(calm, undisturbed; syn: peaceful; ant: agitated)

Complacent

(too comfortable; self-satisfied; syn: unconcerned)