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acquiesce
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to give in, to comply
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I was so desperate that I had to acquiesce to his demands.
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apprehend
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to seize, arrest, take into custody; to understand; become aware of
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Fortunately the police apprehended the man who stole my television.
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astute
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shrewd, perspicacious, perceptive
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One must be astute to do a geometry proof.
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aura
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a distinctive quality about a person, thing, or place
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Those at the inauguration ceremony had the aura of greatness.
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blunder
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to make a mistake as a result of stupidity or carelessness
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His election campaign was wrecked by one blunder after another.
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capricious
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changing suddenly, fickle
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Her capricious moods are difficult to anticipate.
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covert
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secret, concealed
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The spy was engaged in many covert activities; it was his job to keep them secret.
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disparage
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to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner
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His disparaging remarks about me caused the committee to give the job to another person.
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exonerate
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to free from blame, oblogation, or respoinsibility; to exculpate
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I need your testimony to exonerate me from this charge.
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ferocity
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savagery
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A tiger is an animal that has ferocity.
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