enigma
[uh-nig-muh]
noun
1. a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation
2. a person of puzzling or contradictory character
3. a saying, question, picture, etc., containing a hidden meaning; riddle
Synonym
problem
enigma
[uh-nig-muh]
noun
1. a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation
2. a person of puzzling or contradictory character
3. a saying, question, picture, etc., containing a hidden meaning; riddle
Synonym
problem
enigma
[uh-nig-muh]
noun
1. a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation
2. a person of puzzling or contradictory character
3. a saying, question, picture, etc., containing a hidden meaning; riddle
Synonym
problem
callous
[kal-uhs]
adjective
1. made hard; hardened
2. insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic
3. having a callus; indurated, as parts of the skin exposed to friction
verb (used with or without object)
4. to make or become hard or callous
Synonyms
hard, inured, insensible, obtuse
Antonyms
soft, sensitive
abstruse
[ab-stroos]
adjective
1. hard to understand; recondite; esoteric
2. Obsolete; secret; hidden
Synonyms
incomprehensible, unfathomable, arcane
Antonyms
clear, uncomplicated, simple; obvious
rudimentary
[roo-duh-men-tuh-ree or roo-duh-men-tree]
adjective
1. pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary
2. of the nature of a rudiment; undeveloped or vestigial.
3. primitive
Synonyms
fundamental, initial, elementary, embryonic
Antonyms
advanced, mature
prospectus
[pruh-spek-tuhs]
noun
1. a document describing the major features of a proposed literary work, project, business venture, etc., in enough detail so that prospective investors, participants, or buyers may evaluate it:
Don’t buy the new stock offering until you read the prospectus carefully.
2. a brochure or other document describing the major features, attractions, or services of a place, institution, or business to prospective patrons, clients, owners, or members.
precocious
[pri-koh-shuhs]
adjective
1. unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development.
a precocious child.
2. prematurely developed, as the mind, faculties, etc.
3. of or relating to premature development.
4. Botany. flowering, fruiting, or ripening early, as plants or fruit.
bearing blossoms before leaves, as plants. appearing before leaves, as flowers.
precocious
[pri-koh-shuhs]
adjective
unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development
pragmatic
[prag-mat-ik]
adjective
of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations
perspicacious
[pur-spi-key-shuhs]
adjective
having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning
Synonyms
perceptive, acute, shrewd, penetrating
erudition
[er-yoo-dish-uh n]
noun
knowledge acquired by study, research, etc.; learning; scholarship
Synonym
learning
disseminate
[dih-sem-uh-neyt]
verb
to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse