Vocab 17 Flashcards

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Astute

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Having an ability to notice and understand things clearly (keen

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Beseech

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To beg for urgently and anxiously

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3
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Capitulate

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To accept something or agree to do something unwillingly

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4
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Deprecating

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To express disapproval of

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5
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Glean

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To extract information from various sources

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6
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Obfuscate

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To deliberately make unclear or hard to understand

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7
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Pathos

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Appeal to emotion

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8
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Primeval

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Ancient, unique, prehistoric

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9
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Salubrious

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Favorable to or promoting health

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10
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Solicitous

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Anxious or concerned

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