English Vocabulary
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dialectician
C2
/ˌdaɪəˌlɛkˈtɪʃən/
a person skilled in dialectic or in reaching conclusions through structured reasoning and argument
cognizable
C2
/ˈkɑːɡnɪzəbəl/
capable of being known, perceived, or recognized
propositional
C2
/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃənəl/
relating to propositions, especially statements that can be true or false
analyzable
C2
/ˈænəˌlaɪzəbəl/
capable of being examined systematically or separated into constituent parts
afferent
C2
/ˈæ.fə.ɹənt/
Carrying towards.
flightiness
C2
The tendency to act on sudden whims rather than careful thought.
psychophysical
C2
/ˌsaɪkoʊˈfɪzɪkəl/
relating jointly to mental and physical processes or to the relation between mind and body
unreflective
C2
/ˌʌn.rɪˈflek.tɪv/
not given to careful thought or self-examination; lacking due reflection
pollyannaish
C2
Unreasonably optimistic.
undoubting
C2
/ʌnˈdaʊtɪŋ/
feeling or showing no doubt; completely confident or unquestioning
sophistical
C2
/səˈfɪs.tɪ.kəl/
apparently clever or plausible but actually fallacious or misleading
stultifyingly
C2
In a way that is so dull it numbs the mind.
unsensuous
C2
/ʌnˈsɛnʃuəs/
not apprehended through the senses; lacking sensory imagery or sensuous form
unanalyzed
C2
/ˌʌnˈænəlaɪzd/
not examined systematically or separated into constituent parts
prepossess
C2
/ˌpɹiːpəˈzɛs/
to influence someone's opinion in advance, especially favorably
nescience
C2
/ˈnɛʃəns/
absence of knowledge; ignorance
histrionically
C2
In an overly dramatic or attention-seeking way.
conation
C2
/koʊˈneɪʃən/
the mental faculty or process of willing, striving, or directing effort toward an action
carminative
C2
/kɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪnətɪv/
Relieving the discomfort of gas in the digestive tract, either by reducing its production (by the gut microbiota) or by inducing its expulsion (whether as belches [upper GI action] or as flatus [lower GI action]).
abstractness
C2
/æbˈstɹæk.nəs/
The quality of being abstract.
arcanely
C2
In a mysterious way that few can understand.
eschatology
C2
/ˌɛskəˈtɑːlədʒi/
the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and humankind
grok
C2
/ɡrɒk/
to understand something deeply and intuitively
omakase
C2
/ˌoʊməˈkɑseɪ/
a Japanese dining experience in which the chef chooses the dishes
perspicaciously
C2
/ˌpɜːrspɪˈkeɪʃəsli/
in a manner showing keen mental perception and understanding
mnemic
C2
/ˈniːmɪk/
relating to memory or the persistence of memory traces
behavioristic
C2
/bɪˌheɪvjəˈrɪstɪk/
relating to behaviorism or the study of observable behavior
gaum
C2
/ɡɔm/
in obsolete or regional Northern English, to understand, comprehend, or take notice of
self-transcendence
C2
/ˌself.trænˈsen.dəns/
the experience or process of going beyond one's own immediate interests, needs, or perceived limits and identifying with a larger purpose or whole
imaginability
C2
/ɪˌmædʒənəˈbɪləti/
the quality of being possible to imagine or form a mental representation of
inferable
C2
/ɪnˈfɝəbəl/
capable of being inferred or reached as a conclusion from evidence or premises
conative
C2
/ˈkoʊnətɪv/
psychology and philosophy: relating to desire, volition, striving, or action directed toward a goal
appetition
C2
/ˌæpəˈtɪʃən/
philosophy and psychology: desire directed toward obtaining or pursuing something
ekphore
C2
/ɛkˈfɔr/
in Semon's memory theory, to reactivate or call forth an engram as a memory image
cogitative
C2
/ˈkɑdʒəˌteɪtɪv/
capable of, inclined to, or concerned with thought and reflection