an official reprimand, as by a legislative body of one of its members or the issuing of such a reprimand
What is censure?
100
intended for instruction; instructive
What is didactic?
200
the more mild, indirect or vague expression substitued for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt
What is a euphemism?
200
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine
What is to ascertain?
200
very productive; producing great quatities
What is prolific?
200
to bind or restrain or the actual device used to do such
What is fetter?
200
of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations
What is pragmatic?
300
undue use of exaggeration or display in verbal expression
What is rhetoric?
300
o scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse
What is disseminate?
300
customary or conventional, as a means or method; established
What is orthodox?
300
an opinion or theory that does not at the time of its expression have sufficient evidence for proof or the process of putting forth such an opinion or theory
What is conjecture?
300
to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate
What is to exonerate?
400
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation
What is an enigma?
400
to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb
What is to assimilate?
400
intended for or understood by only a small group
What is esoteric?
400
free from reservation or disguise; straightforward or a snapshot that is unposed
What is candid?
400
free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world
What is cosmopolitan?
500
a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual
What is an idiosyncrasy?
500
to give up; put aside or desist from
What is to relinquish?
500
difficult to understand
What is abstruse?
500
discontented and disloyal, as toward the government or toward authority or the group of individuals who possess this characteristic