Lesson11/12 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Adept
Very skillful
Acme
Highest point of achievement
Aptitude
Natural ability and talent
Astute
Having shrewd judgment observant,clever, and cunning
Finesse
To achieve a goal or handle a situation with subtle skill
Painstalking
Mark or requiring great care demanding extended or extreme effort
Precocious
Showing unusually early development or maturity
Prodigy
A often young person with exceptional talents or powers
Resourceful
Effective and imaginative in solving a problem
Virtuoso
A very skilled Musician or other type of artist an expert or master artist
Idiosyncratsy
An unusual habit
Innocuous
Harmless not likely to offend anyone
Obtrusive
Unpleasantly noticeable bold
Orthodox
Doing and blieving what is commonly accepted
Prevalent
Widely or commonly existing or practiced
Prosaic
Dull ordinary lacking in imagination and spirit
Quaint
Charming odd especially in an old fashioned way
Rarity
Something that is very infrequent or scarce
Singular
Being only one of a kind unique
Trite
Overused and therefore lacking in interset