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Erudite-Empirical
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English
11th Grade
07/29/2010

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Term
erudite
Definition

–adjective

characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly: 

an erudite professor; an erudite commentary.

Term
recondite
Definition

-adjective

1 : hidden from sight : concealed

2 : difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend; deep 3 : of, relating to, or dealing with something little known or obscure

Term
pedagogue
Definition
-noun
slave who escorted children to school
Term
pedant
Definition
-noun
1 obsolete; a male schoolteacher
2 a : one who makes a show of knowledge
b : one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge
c : a formalist or precisionist in teaching
Term
didactic
Definition

-adjective

1 a : designed or intended to teach

b : intended to convey instruction and information as well as pleasure and entertainment
2 : making moral observations

Term
docent
Definition
-noun
1 : a college or university teacher or lecturer
2 : a person who leads guided tours especially through a museum or art gallery
Term
tyro
Definition

-noun

: a beginner in learning : Novice

Term
savvy
Definition

-verb

understand

-noun

practical know-how (political savvy)

-adjective

having or showing perception, comprehension, or shrewdness especially in practical matters

Term
edify
Definition

-verb

1 archaic a : build b : establish
2 : to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : upliftalso : enlighten, inform

Term
empirical
Definition

-adjective

1 : originating in or based on observation or experience (empirical data)
2 : relying on experience or observation alone often without due regard for system and theory (an empirical basis for the theory)
3 : capable of being verified or disproved by observation or experiment (empirical laws)
4 : of or relating to empiricism

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