implied
not explicitly stated
implied by or inferred from actions or statements
SYN - silent, understood
"a tacit agreement"
"he talked about the tacit dimension - meaning a dimension of learning and action that went on underneath the conscious level in a silent understood way."
"He had felt that if he presented all of the presmises the students would see the tacit conclusion."
"This wasn't something that he could be quoted on saying, but it was tacit in almost every speech he gave on the subject!"
Friday, September 26, 2008
SALACIOUS
lustful, lascivious, bawdy
characterized by lust
SYN - lubricious, lustful, prurient
"a salacious rooster of a little man."
suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
SYN - lewd, obscene, raunchy
ANT - misery
"Salacious limericks."
"She was disgusted by his salacious proposals at first, but eventually she gave in."
"Women weren't supposed to be so openly salacious."
"He had considered his salacious behavior as just another part of what it was to be a free uninhibited human."
characterized by lust
SYN - lubricious, lustful, prurient
"a salacious rooster of a little man."
suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
SYN - lewd, obscene, raunchy
ANT - misery
"Salacious limericks."
"She was disgusted by his salacious proposals at first, but eventually she gave in."
"Women weren't supposed to be so openly salacious."
"He had considered his salacious behavior as just another part of what it was to be a free uninhibited human."
SAGACIOUS
having sound judgment
perceptive, wise
like a sage
/acutely insightful and wise
SYN - perspicacious, sapient
"observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions."
skillful in statecraft or management
ANT - foolish
"an astute and sagacious statesmen."
" She had always admired how sagacious he was, but now she was seeing that most of it was just rhetoric."
"He knew that all he had to do was say stuff that she didn't really understand or was completely ambiguous and she would think of him as sagacious."
"He held this quality of being sagacious as the most important quality he had."
"A more sagacious response would have been to show that he was above any insult or denigrating remark that she could send towards him."
perceptive, wise
like a sage
/acutely insightful and wise
SYN - perspicacious, sapient
"observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions."
skillful in statecraft or management
ANT - foolish
"an astute and sagacious statesmen."
" She had always admired how sagacious he was, but now she was seeing that most of it was just rhetoric."
"He knew that all he had to do was say stuff that she didn't really understand or was completely ambiguous and she would think of him as sagacious."
"He held this quality of being sagacious as the most important quality he had."
"A more sagacious response would have been to show that he was above any insult or denigrating remark that she could send towards him."
RUMINATE
chew over and over
chew the cuds
"cows ruminate"
reflect deeply on a subject
SYN - chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, speculate, think over
"He had really ruminated enough on the subject and had decided to leave it behind him and focus on the future."
"She had learned everything she could from the experience and so decided she no longer needed to ruminate about it."
"It had really bothered him that she refused to see the value or even the compulsion to ruminate about their relationship for even a split second before moving on."
chew the cuds
"cows ruminate"
reflect deeply on a subject
SYN - chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, speculate, think over
"He had really ruminated enough on the subject and had decided to leave it behind him and focus on the future."
"She had learned everything she could from the experience and so decided she no longer needed to ruminate about it."
"It had really bothered him that she refused to see the value or even the compulsion to ruminate about their relationship for even a split second before moving on."
RUFFIAN
bully
scoundrel
a cruel and brutal fellow
SYN -bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, tough, yob, yobo
"She had run into him before and she remembered him being a no good ruffian."
"The boy had learned how cruel the world was as a child where he had to make it past several different ruffians on his way to school."
"She had been so attracted to him because he was strong and powerful - it didn't matter that he was a ruffian who disrespected everybody."
scoundrel
a cruel and brutal fellow
SYN -bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, tough, yob, yobo
"She had run into him before and she remembered him being a no good ruffian."
"The boy had learned how cruel the world was as a child where he had to make it past several different ruffians on his way to school."
"She had been so attracted to him because he was strong and powerful - it didn't matter that he was a ruffian who disrespected everybody."
RHETORIC
the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
/using language effectively to please or persuade
high flown style
SYN - grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness
loud and confused and empty talk
SYN - empty, talk , empty words, hot air palaver
"mere rhetoric"
study of the technique and rules for using language effectively especially in public speaking
"All he had heard so far was a bunch of rhetoric, he wanted to know something solid, a real plan that they could quote."
"He was able to dazzle the crowd with his rhetoric, improving his image well not sacrificing his ideas."
"She was a master of rhetoric and as such was able to easily convince anyone to do anything for her."
/using language effectively to please or persuade
high flown style
SYN - grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness
loud and confused and empty talk
SYN - empty, talk , empty words, hot air palaver
"mere rhetoric"
study of the technique and rules for using language effectively especially in public speaking
"All he had heard so far was a bunch of rhetoric, he wanted to know something solid, a real plan that they could quote."
"He was able to dazzle the crowd with his rhetoric, improving his image well not sacrificing his ideas."
"She was a master of rhetoric and as such was able to easily convince anyone to do anything for her."
REVERENT
marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
"maintained a reverent silence."
"He knew that he was supposed to be reverent towards the leader, but he firmly believed the noble soul only has reverence for itself."
"He had finally gotten over her when he stopped being reverent towards her - she was nothing special."
"Although she had done nothing spectacular to deserve this sort of reverent attitude from him, she got it and with it she was given the weight of his feelings."
feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
"maintained a reverent silence."
"He knew that he was supposed to be reverent towards the leader, but he firmly believed the noble soul only has reverence for itself."
"He had finally gotten over her when he stopped being reverent towards her - she was nothing special."
"Although she had done nothing spectacular to deserve this sort of reverent attitude from him, she got it and with it she was given the weight of his feelings."
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