savant noun. ` Synonym: academic, bookworm, egghead, intellectual, expert, master, pundit, philosopher, wise person ` His success meant that life is 24/7 welcoming strangers from all walks of life and from all corners of the earth but he emerged as a business savant.
(English)
a person of profound or extensive learning; learned scholar
eidetic adjective. Greek in origin. ` Unfortunately, I have an eidetic memory. I recall every last detail from the night of the accident. ` Synonymous to to the word photograpic.
(English)
-marked by or involving extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall especially of visual image; -pertaining to, or constituting visual imagery vividly experienced andreadily reproducible with great accuracy and in great detail.
ad hominem adjective Latin origin ` He tried to make his case by arguing ad hominem.
(English)
attacking an opponent's character rather than answering his argument; appealing to one's prejudices, emotions, or special interests rather than to one's intellect or reason.
land verb (used without ob-ject) The plane landed safely. ` present tense - landing past tense - landed future tense - will land ` This word has many forms. ` This landed property is his. (adjective) He bought a land on which he'll build a house. (noun) His behavior will land him in jail. (verb used with ob-ject)
(English)
to bring or set on land, to come to land or shore, to hit or strike the ground,
