College-Level Vocabulary

to confirm or make more certain

• corroborate

• disparate

• extrapolate

• laconic

distinctly different

• pragmatic

• pedantic

• disparate

• corroborate

extend a conclusion (especially one based on statistics) to an unknown situation by assuming that existing trends will continue

• extrapolate

• salient

• spurious

• syntax

using very few words

• quintessential

• syntax

• laconic

• spurious

overly concerned with small details or formalism

• salient

• pragmatic

• laconic

• pedantic

dealing with things sensibly and realistically

• pragmatic

• quintessential

• salient

• pedantic

the most perfect or typical example

• laconic

• quintessential

• corroborate

• salient

most noticeable or important

• pedantic

• extrapolate

• salient

• spurious

false or fake

• disparate

• pragmatic

• salient

• spurious

sentence structure

• corroborate

• extrapolate

• syntax

• salient