SAT vocabulary

Incisive

Intelligently analytical and clear-thinking; piercing.

Example

"The journalist's incisive questions cut through the political rhetoric, exposing the truth of the matter."

From Latin 'incidere' meaning 'to cut into', from 'in-' 'into' + 'caedere' 'to cut'.

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