Communication Vocabulary

Convoke means to call together or summon (especially an assembly or meeting). Maim means injure, askance means with suspicion or sideways, and placate means appease. Only convoke means 'call together.'

Askance means to look at something with sideways glances, often showing disapproval, suspicion, or doubt. Lateral relates to sides but not the act of looking, while staid means sedate and requite means to repay or make repayment.

Gruff describes someone rough in manner or speech. Chary means cautious, paleont is not a standard word, and detrimental means harmful.

Pan means to criticize harshly, especially in the context of reviews. Flair means natural talent, rude means ill-mannered, and archaic means old-fashioned.

Stigma means a mark of disgrace or shame. Celerity means speed, cabal means a secret political clique, and natty means neatly dressed.

Disingenuous means not naive or genuine; it describes someone who is insincerely pretending to be naive or straightforward. The other options don't match: expensive relates to cost, mores are customs, and carat is a weight measure for gems.

Presumption means an attitude or belief that takes something for granted or goes beyond what is proper or appropriate. Poignant means evoking sadness, disparity means inequality, and imminent means about to happen.

Spurn means to reject with disdain or contempt. Pensive means thoughtful, punitive means punishing, and entreat means to plead earnestly.

Banter means playful, teasing conversation or good-humored joking. Dissolute means lacking moral restraint, panegyric is a formal public speech of praise, and idiosyncrasy is a peculiar behavioral trait.