Word Power Cumulative Quiz 9/29

Ductile

Capable of being hammered thin

Adduce

To offer as an example

Conducive

Leading to a desired result

Deductive

Reaching a conclusion from premises

Inductive

Reasoning from the part to the whole, individual to the universal

Traduce

Expose to shame by means of falsehood

Beneficent

Giving benefits; generous

Discomfit

To put into a state of perplexity or embarrassment

Efficacious

To bring about, to cause

Proficient

Abundancy

Conspicious

Attracting attention, easily noticed

Detract

To take away (from a reputation)

Abject

Cast on in spirit

Apportion

To divide and share out according to a plan

Comport

Behave in a proper manner

Purport

Intend; claim

Proportion

The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to, magnitude, quantity, or degree

Equivocate

Speak equally

Vociferous

Raising the voice

Vox populi

Voice of the people

Auspicious

Showing signs of future success

Aspect

Appearance to the eye of the mind

Circumspect

Careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences

Abstract

Expressing a quality apart from its object, “insufficiently factual”, noun: a summary of points

Perspicacious

Of acute mental vision or discernment

Protracted

Drawn out in time or space (protractor)

Interjection

An exclamation

Trajectory

the path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces.

Judicious

having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgement 

Abjure

Solemnly renounce

Abjudicate

to make a formal judgement or decision about a disputed matter

Conjure

call upon (a spirit or ghost) to appear by means of a magic ritual 

Extrajudicial

done in contravention on of due process of law 

Perjure

lie while under oath

introspection

examining one’s own thoughts and feelings

Intractable

Unable to be handed

Conjecture

A conclusion reached by sunrise or guesswork

Judicial

Related to courts or judges

Judiciary

The system/branch of government made up of courts and judges