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perspicuity
The quality of being clearly expressed or easily understood. Or the ability to perceive or understand keenly.
consummate
Supremely accomplished or skilled. Or complete or perfect in every respect.
deft
Skillful; adroit.
endowment
A natural gift or quality. Or funds or property donated to an institution, individual, or group as a source of income.
facile
Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy. Or working, acting, or speaking effortlessly; fluent. Or arrived at without due care, effort, or examination; superficial.
incompetent
Not capable; not properly or well qualified. Or not adequate for the purpose; not sufficient.
inept
Awkward or clumsy. Or not suitable to the circumstances or occasion; inappropriate. Or lacking in judgment, sense, or reason; foolish.
proficient
Performing in a given art, skill, or branch of learning with expert correctness and facility; adept.
propensity
An innate inclination; tendency.
auspices
Protection or support, patronage. Or a portent, omen, or augury, especially when based on the action of birds.
auspicious
Attended by favorable circumstances.
circumspect
Heedful of circumstances or consequences; prudent.
despicable
Deserving of scorn or contempt; vile.
introspective
Self-examining, thinking about one's own thoughts and feelings.
prospective
Likely to become or be. Or likely to happen; expected.
specious
Having the ring of truth but actually false.
specter
A phantom; apparition. Or a threatening or haunting possibility.
spectrum
A broad sequence or range of related qualities, ideas, or activities. Or a range of values of a quantity or set of related quantities.
acuity
Acuteness of perception; keenness.
cunning
Skill or adeptness in performance; dexterity. Or skill in deception; guile.
beseech
To address an earnest or urgent request to; implore. Or to request earnestly; beg for.
blandishment
The act of coaxing by flattery or wheedling.
cajole
To coax gently and persistently; wheedle.
elicit
To bring out; evoke. Or to call forth.
enjoin
To direct with authority and emphasis; command. Or to prohibit or forbid.
exigent
Requiring immediate attention or remedy; urgent. Or requiring or demanding a great deal.
imperious
Arrogantly domineering or overbearing.
injunction
A command, directive, or order. Or a court order enjoining or prohibiting a party from a specific course of action.
mendicant
A beggar. Or depending upon alms for a living; practicing begging.
query
A question; inquiry. Or a doubt in the mind. Or to express doubt or uncertainty about; question. Or to put a question to.
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