Competenze Lessicali SAT 1 - lezione 25

a field of study that deals with the ways of thinking, explaining, and reasoning

based on clear reasoning or sound judgment

a person who specializes in or is skilled at symbolic logic and reasoning

the management of supplying labor and materials as needed for an operation or task

a person who doubts or questions the sincerity and motives of others

having a distrustful or negative outlook, often believing that people are motivated by self-interest

a doubtful view toward others' honesty or intentions

the display of extreme arrogance and disrespect toward others

acting proud and looking down on others

the process of something becoming more compact or pressed together

to shorten by removing extra details or unnecessary content

to talk down to someone or act superior

behaving in a way that makes others feel inferior or belittled

the act of treating others as if they are less important

the capability to read and write

focusing on the exact words only, without looking for deeper or implied meanings

well-educated and intelligent people who deal with literature or publishing

written works that are valued as works of art, such as novels, plays and poems

a movement or action of coming or going downward

moving from a higher to a lower place or position