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Acqiesce: (verb) to agree or accept passively without protest

Acqiesce: (verb) to agree or accept passively without protest. from Latin ad- , “to” + quiescere , “to rest”. Adamant: (adjective) stubbornly determined; not swayed by pleas, appeals, or reason. Balk: (verb). To stubbornly or suddenly refuse to do something.

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Acqiesce: (verb) to agree or accept passively without protest

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  1. Acqiesce: (verb)to agree or accept passively without protest from Latin ad-, “to” + quiescere, “to rest”

  2. Adamant: (adjective)stubbornly determined; not swayed by pleas, appeals, or reason

  3. Balk: (verb) To stubbornly or suddenly refuse to do something

  4. Camaderie: (noun)comradeship; lighthearted good will

  5. Cantankerous: (adjective)disagreeable; bad-tempered, likely to quarrel

  6. Compliance: (noun)to complete

  7. Presumptuous: (adjective)excessively bold or forward; going beyond what is proper or right

  8. Propitiate: (verb)To soothe bad feelings; to appease; to regain friendship or good will

  9. Tractable: (adjective)easily managed or controlled

  10. Volition (noun)the power of choosing or deciding; free will

  11. Acuity: (noun)sharpness of vision or perception From Latin acutus, “sharp”

  12. Consummate: (adjective)supremely accomplished or skilled

  13. Cunning: (adjective)1. marked by or tending to use only deception; craft2. executed with or exhibiting ingenuity (noun) 3. Skill in deception 4. Skill or cleverness in execution or performance

  14. Deft (adjective)quick and skilled

  15. Endowment: (noun)1. a natural gift, ability, or quality2. funds or property donated to an institution, individual, or groups as source of income Old French douer; to provide with a dowry

  16. Facile: (adjective)1. easy; done or achieved with little effort or difficulty2. working, acting, or speaking with effortless ease and fluency3. arrived at without sufficient care or effort; superficial From Latin facere, “to do or make”

  17. Inept: (adjective)lacking skill or judgment; incompetent; clumsy From Latin in-, + aptus, “suitable”

  18. Prescient (adjective)having foresight; having knowledge of events before they occur

  19. Proficient: (adjective) able to do something very well; highly skilled; expert From Latin pro-, “forward” + fucere, “to do, make”

  20. Prowess: (noun)superior through strength, skill, courage, or daring

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