Tag: softskills

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.

Alimony refers to financial payments made to a former spouse after divorce. Bilk means to cheat, sinewy means muscular, and aid means general assistance.

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

Unction refers to the act of anointing with oil, especially in a religious ceremony. Effete means worn out, imbue means to inspire or permeate, and tout means to promote loudly.

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.

Impale means to pierce through with a pointed object. Intrapolate is not a standard word, tenet means a principle, and poke is too general.