sat words I've encountered during practice

dearth

Scarcity, shortage, lack

impediment

Obstacle, problem

concurring

Agree, to be on the same mind

concede

To admit something is true and right usually after denying it first

waning

Gradual decrease in size

disputing

Arguing against

prevalent

Abundant

stewardship

To care for, preserve

nimble

Smooth and creative

virtuosic

Masterclass, high skilled

attested

Stated

qualms

Doubts

refuting

Proving wrong

inextricably

Tightly bound together

tenuous

Very weak, unsupported, doubtful

dwelling

House, home, residence

itinerant

Not setting on one place, wandering

hailed

Originated from

slight

Thin, delicate

acclaim

Praise, approval

derisive

Mocking, critical

imputes

Assigns, attributes fault to someone

inadvertently

Accidentally

augmenting

Increasing, enhancing

contention

Disagreement

construe

Interpret

juxtapose

Compare side by side

testimony

Evidence

lofty

Noble, high-level

conducive

Making a certain outcome likely or possible

substantiated

Proven with evidence

empirical

Based on data

conscientious

Thorough, careful

toil

Hard work, labour

foliage

Plant leaves

disparate

Fundamentally different

delineates

Outlines, describes precisely

ingenuity

Creativeness, inventiveness

conjuring

Summoning, creating

homespun

Simple

repudiated

Rejected, disowned

aggregate

Taken all together, total combined