Vocab 6: Knowledge And Skill

Question 1

Acumen

Answer 1

The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions

Question 2

Adept

Answer 2

Very skilled or proficient at something

Question 3

Adroit

Answer 3

Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind

Question 4

Anthropology

Answer 4

The study of human beings

Question 5

Boorish
Boorishness

Answer 5

Rough and bad mannered; coarse

Question 6

Cerebral

Answer 6

Intellectual

Question 7

Churlish

Answer 7

Rude in a mean spirited and surly way

Question 8

Conscientious

Answer 8

Doing work or duty well and thoroughly

Question 9

Cosmopolitan

Answer 9

Including or containing people from many different countries

Question 10

Credulity
Credulous

Answer 10

A tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true

Question 11

Didactic

Answer 11

Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive

Question 12

Discern
Discerning

Answer 12

Perceive or recognize something

Question 13

Epiphany

Answer 13

Sudden realization

Question 14

Erudite
Erudition

Answer 14

Having or showing great knowledge or learning

Question 15

Esoteric

Answer 15

Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people

Question 16

Fastidious

Answer 16

Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

Question 17

Finesse

Answer 17

Intricate and refined delicacy

Question 18

Flummox

Answer 18

Perplex someone greatly, bewilder, confuse

Question 19

Folly

Answer 19

Lack of good sense, foolishness

Question 20

Foolhardy

Answer 20

Recklessly bold

Question 21

Grandiose

Answer 21

Excessively grand or ambitious

Question 22

Inane

Answer 22

Silly, stupid

Question 23

Ineptitude

Answer 23

Lack of skill or ability

Question 24

Lithe

Answer 24

Thin, supple, and graceful

Question 25

Neophyte

Answer 25

A person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief

Question 26

Oversight

Answer 26

An unintentional failure to notice or do something

Question 27

Painstaking

Answer 27

Done with or employing great care and thoroughness

Question 28

Pedant
Pedantic
Pedantry

Answer 28

A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning

Question 29

Precocious

Answer 29

Having an early development of a certain abilities

Question 30

Provincial

Answer 30

The regions outside the capital city in the country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded

Question 31

Punctilious

Answer 31

Showing great attention to detail and correct behavior

Question 32

Pundit

Answer 32

An expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called on to give opinions about it to the public

Question 33

Quixotic

Answer 33

Unrealistic and impractical

Question 34

Sage

Answer 34

Wise

Question 35

Scrupulous

Answer 35

Diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details

Question 36

Shrewd

Answer 36

Having a showing sharp powers of judgement; astute

Question 37

Slipshod

Answer 37

Lack of care, thought, or organization

Question 38

Stupefy
Stupefaction

Answer 38

Make unable to think or feel probably, astonish and shock

Question 39

Susceptible

Answer 39

Likely to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing

Question 40

Tractable

Answer 40

Easy to control or influence (of a person)

Question 41

Uncanny

Answer 41

Strange or mysterious in an unsettling way

Question 42

Uncouth

Answer 42

Lacking good manners, refinement, or grace

Question 43

Unfathomable

Answer 43

Incapable of being fully explored or understood

Question 44

Ungainly

Answer 44

Awkward, clumsy

Question 45

Urbane

Answer 45

Courteous and refined in manner

Question 46

Venerable

Answer 46

Accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character

Question 47

Virtuoso
Virtuosity

Answer 47

A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit

Question 48

Wry

Answer 48

Using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor