College-Level Vocabulary, set 1

• Corroborate: (verb) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify
• Disparate: (adjective) fundamentally different; entirely unlike
• Extrapolate: (verb) to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information
• Laconic: (adjective) brief and to the point
• Pedantic: (adjective) tending to show off one's learning
• Pragmatic: (adjective) practical, as opposed to idealistic
• Quintessential: (adjective) representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class
• Salient: (adjective) prominent, standing out, conspicuous
• Spurious: (adjective) not genuine; false
• Syntax: (noun) a system or orderly arrangement. In linguistics, this refers to the rules that organize sentences.