Quizlet Toefl Vocabulary Day 2

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  1. abdicate: (v) give up, such as power
  2. advent: (n) the coming or appearance of something; arrival
  3. agile: (adj) be able to move in a quick and easy way; nimble
  4. albeit: (conj) in spite of the facts, regardless of the fact; although
  5. alluring: (adj) very attractive or tempting; enticing
  6. ambiguous: (adj) of unclear meaning; something that can be understood in more than one way; vague
  7. anticipate: (v) to think about or prepare for something ahead of time; predict
  8. apparent: (adj) to be clear in meaning or open to view, easily understood; visible
  9. appeal: (v) to ask for aid, support, mercy, sympathy, or the like
  10. appealing: (adj) attractive or interesting; alluring
  11. arbitrary: (adj) an action or decision made with little thought, order, or reason; haphazard
  12. assert: (v) to express or defend oneself strongly; to state positively; declare
  13. astonishing: (adj) surprising greatly
  14. astounding: (adj) very surprising; astonishing
  15. astute: (adj) very intelligent, smart, clever; perceptive
  16. authorize: (v) to give permission or power to do something; empower
  17. celebrated: (adj) acclaimed; well-known and popular; renowned
  18. conform: (v) to follow established rules or patterns; adapt
  19. contemporary: (adj,n) Modern, up-to-date, or (n.) a person living at the same time as another person; current
  20. deceptively: (adv) making something appear true or good when it is false or bad; misleadingly
  21. detect: (v) to find out; to observe something; notice
  22. elicit: (v) to get the facts or draw out the truth; extract
  23. entice: (adj) to attract or tempt
  24. extract: (v) To derive or obtain (information, for example) from a source
  25. forbid: (v) to command not to do something; to have a dangerous look, a bad feeling; ban
  26. frail: (adj) weak in health or in body; fragile
  27. intensify: (v) to make stronger in feeling or quality; heighten
  28. intolerable: (adj) difficult or painful to experience; not able to accept different ways of thought or behavior; unbearable
  29. mercy: (n) an act of kindness, compassion, or favor
  30. nimble: (adj) quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile
  31. perceptive: (adj) able to see, understand etc clearly; astute
  32. petition: (v) to make a request; appeal
  33. refine: (v) to make pure; to improve; perfect
  34. relinquish: (v) to give up control; abdicate
  35. renowned: (adj) celebrated; famous
  36. resilient: (adj) strong enough to recover from difficulty or disease; tenacious
  37. tempt: (v) to make it attractive to do something, usually something wrong; entice
  38. tenacious: (adj) persistent; resilient
  39. vague: (adj) not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed
  40. vital: (adj) of great importance; full of life; indispensable