May 05-11

Cards (19)

  • Elicit
    To draw out information or a response.
  • Nuance
    A subtle difference in meaning or expression.
  • Paramount
    Of the greatest importance
  • Juxtapose

    To place things side by side in order to compare or contrast them.
  • Implication
    Something suggested or hinted at, rather than stated directly.
  • Tenacity
    The quality of persistence; determined effort
  • Concise
    Brief and to the point; using few words
  • Disseminate
    To spread information or knowledge
  • Paradigm
    A typical example or pattern of something
  • Enigma
    A mystery or puzzle that is difficult or impossible to understand
  • Hegemony
    Leadership or dominance, especially by a country or group.
  • Holistic
    Considering the whole of something as a complete system rather than its individual parts.
  • Dissonance
    A lack of agreement or harmony between ideas, sounds, or feelings.
  • Prescient
    Having or showing an ability to predict future events or trends. Prophetic, visionary and perspicacious
  • Tenet

    A principle or belief held to be true.
    dogma,doctrine,creed
  • Malleable
    Able to be shaped or changed easily.
    flexible, adaptable, ductile, tractable
  • Erudite
    Having or showing great knowledge or learning.
    well-educated, knowledgeable
  • Iconoclast
    A person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions.
    heretic, rebel, critic, dissenter
  • Imbroglio
    A complex, confusing, and often funny situation.
    tangle, chaos, mess, muddle