sat vocab 2

prudently

in a way that is careful and avoids risks:

The company acted prudently and responsibly.

overtly

in a way that is done or shown publicly or in an obvious way and not secret:

It was an overtly sexual advertising campaign.

inadvertently

cordially

in a way that is friendly, but formal and polite:

"Hello," she said cordially.

I told him, very firmly but cordially, we couldn't do it.

mourning

great sadness felt because someone has died:

Shops were closed as a sign of mourning for the king.

He was in mourning for his wife.

grief

very great sadness, especially at the death of someone:

Her grief at her son's death was terrible.

Newspapers should not intrude on people's private grief.

defiance

behaviour in which you refuse to obey someone or something:

act of defiance The demonstration is a pointless act of defiance against the government.

curtailment

the action of reducing or limiting something, or of stopping something before it is finished:

curtailment of She condemned postwar curtailment of civil liberties.

idiosyncratic

having strange or unusual habits, ways of behaving, or features:

The film, three hours long, is directed in his usual idiosyncratic style.

He follows a very idiosyncratic schedule.

pardon

forgiveness:

He had actively sought a pardon (= official forgiveness) from the president.

elaborate

containing a lot of careful detail or many detailed parts:

You want a plain blouse to go with that skirt - nothing too elaborate.

elaborate

to add more information to or explain something that you have said:

elaborate on The congresswoman said she was resigning, but refused to elaborate on her reasons for doing so.

mẹthodology

a set of methods used in a particular area of study or activity:

The two researchers are using different methodologies.