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supplant
supersede and replace
scrupulous
in a very careful and thorough way.
with great effortto avoid doing wrong.
pragmatist
a person who is guided more by practical considerations than by ideals
polemicist
a person who engages in controversial debate
partisan
A person who strongly supports a party
Jubilation
a feeling of great happiness and triumph.
precocious
(of a child) having developed certain abilities or inclinations at an earlier age than is usual or expected.
Basically being a prodigy kinda
cogitations
the action of thinking deeply about something; contemplation.
nonplussed
(of a person) surprised and confused so much that they are unsure how to react.
infallible
unable to be wrong
ineffable
indescribable, sublime, beyond words
ingenuous
naive
innate
natural
intristic`
inborn/ natural born
unqualified
absolutely, without reservations or conditions.
corollary
a statement or condition that logically results from a proven argument
intristic
inborn
eclectic
deriving ideas, style, or taste from a diverse range of sources.
disparate
essentially dissimilar or different in kind
dearth
small amount
paucity
small amount
profusion
large amount
proffer
make a claimb
bolster
support a claim
ruminate about
think about
ambivalence
question a claim
orinthology
study of birds
entomology
study of insects
anthropology
study of human behaviour and social organization.
reverential
treat someone or something with a lot of respec
Ambivalence
to have mixed or contradictory feelings about
Analogous
Comparable in certain respects, usually to clear up a definition
Arbitrary
based on random choice or whims
brevity
concise and exact use of words in writing or speech
buttress
to increase stregnth or justification
deference
humble submission and respect
denounce
declare evil
impede
to delay or prevent
implicit
implied but not explicitly stated
obscure
not discovered
pervasive
spreading wildly throughout an area or group of people
renounce
formally declare abandonment
repression
repress or restrain a feeling or emotion
tenuous
very weak or slight (adj)
unobtrusive
not conspicuous or drawning attention
verisimilitude
the appearance of being true or real
ex: despite being fiction the movies characters were so developed, critics praised it for it’s versimilitude
supplant
supersede or surpass
adroitly
in a clever or skillful way
ascendency
occupation of a position of dominant power or influence
colligate
be or cause to be juxtaposed or grouped in a syntactic relation.