Chapter 11-13 Flashcards
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Acuity
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Sharpness of vision or perception
2
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Consummate
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Superior or perfect in every respect
To bring to completion or fulfillment
3
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Cunning
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Marked by or tending to use sly deception
4
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Deft
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Quick and skillful
5
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Endowment
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A natural gift
6
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Facile
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Easy
7
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Inept
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Lacking skill or judgement
8
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Prescient
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Having foresight
9
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Proficient
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Able to do something very well
10
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Prowess
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Superior strength
11
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Beseech
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To request earnestly; to implore or beg
12
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Cajole
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To urge with gentle, repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery.
13
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Elicit
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To bring out or call forth
14
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Exigency
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The state or quality of requiring much effort or immediate action
15
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Imperious
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Arrogantly bossy; overbearing