Q4 Contemporary Novels Vocabulary

having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage

• astute

• clairvoyant

• competent

• enterprising

having or exhibiting an ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact

• indifferent

• clairvoyant

• competent

• enterprising

having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully

• indifferent

• insubordinate

• competent

• enterprising

having or showing initiative and resourcefulness

• indifferent

• insubordinate

• proficient

• enterprising

having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned

• indifferent

• insubordinate

• proficient

• ruthless

defiant of authority; disobedient to orders

• savory

• insubordinate

• proficient

• ruthless

competent or skilled in doing or using something

• savory

• surreptitious

• proficient

• ruthless

having or showing no pity or compassion for others

• savory

• surreptitious

• tactile

• ruthless

(of food) belonging to the category that is salty or spicy rather than sweet

• savory

• surreptitious

• tactile

• unintelligible

kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of

• astute

• surreptitious

• tactile

• unintelligible