Vocab 1 Flashcards by Ruby Roy

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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

objurgation

to object severely

perceptual

interpret through ones senses

predecessor

to come before

profound

very great or intense

prosecuting

institute or conduct legal proceedings against

shrewdness

quality of having or showing good powers of judgement.

supine

lying upwards, failing to act or protest

surmounted

to overcome

systamatically

fixed plan

transient

last for a short time

venality

openness to bribery and corruption