Vocab 1 Flashcards by Ruby Roy | Brainscape

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acumen

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make good judgements (acute)

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affiliations

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to connect/ join

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beholden

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to owe someone favor

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benign

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not harmful, kind and gentle

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Brazen

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bold, no shame

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Ceded

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to give up

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Coalesce

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to come together

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Contemptuous

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be scornful, disrespectful

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Deftness

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skillful and clever

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Deviously

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skillful use of underhand tactics

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DIscern

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to recognize ( dis-apart + cerene-to see)

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Dispargered

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to be of little worth, to criticize someone

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elicit

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to bring out an emotion

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Eloquence

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fluent or persuasive writing or speaking

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Exposition

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description and explanation of idea or theory

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Flaccid

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soft or loose hanging, without water

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happenstance

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coincidence

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impudence

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rude

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impute

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represent something undesireable

“by imputing the interest rates they potentially introduce a measurement error”

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indifferent

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no particular interest

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laudatory

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express praise

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litigation

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to take legal action

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nascent

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coming into existence

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nettles

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to irritate

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objurgation

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to object severely

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perceptual

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interpret through ones senses

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predecessor

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to come before

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profound

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very great or intense

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prosecuting

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institute or conduct legal proceedings against

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shrewdness

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quality of having or showing good powers of judgement.

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supine

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lying upwards, failing to act or protest

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surmounted

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to overcome

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systamatically

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fixed plan

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transient

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last for a short time

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venality

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openness to bribery and corruption