Vocabulary RF v.39

Anachronistic Out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

Banter playful, teasing conversation

Calibrate To adjust or mark so that something works accurately

Catalyst something that speeds up or initiates an event or change

Conspicuous easily noticeable or attracting attention

Cultivate to develop or improve by education or training

Disdain the feeling of not liking someone or something and thinking they do not deserve your respect

Empathy the ability to understand and share the feelings of another

Exude to display (an emotion or quality) strongly and openly

Facilitate to make something easier or help bring about an action or process

Glimpse a quick look or brief experience of something

Ideology a system of ideas, often political or cultural

Imperceptible so slight, gradual, or subtle as to be difficult to perceive

Implicit Implied though not directly stated

Incongruous not in harmony with the surroundings or other aspects of something

Innocuous not harmful or offensive

Insinuate to suggest or imply something, often in an indirect or unpleasant way

Intimidating frightening or threatening

Notorious famous or well-known, typically for a bad deed

Perpetuate to cause something to continue indefinitely

Ponder to think carefully or consider deeply about something

Precarious not secure, dangerously likely to fall or collapse

Reluctant Unwilling or hesitant

Revelation a suprising and previously unknown fact that has been discloed

Subjective based on or influenced by personal feelings or opinions

Sustain to support, strengthen or maintain

Tacit understood or implied without being stated openly

Tangible clear and definite

Unpretentious not trying to impress others

Vigilant keeping careful watch for possible danger

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