Words Of the Week #2: Duc, Ced

quiz 10/7/24

Ced/cess

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cede

to surrender or yield.

connotations: legal, academic

recession

the act of withdrawing, an extended moderate decline in general business activity

connotations: business

concede

to acknowledge, often reluctantly

connotations: debate, legal

precedent

an act or example that may be used as a model for later instances

connotations: legal, historical

accession

something acquired or added

connotations: royalty

duc

to lead

conductive

contributing or leading to a particular result

connotations: scientific

deduction

a process of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the stated premises

connotations: scientific, logical, objective

inductive

arising from the process of deriving general principles from specific instances or facts

connotations: scientific, logical, objective

traduce

to slander

connotations: formal, academic

induce

to persuade or move to action; to influence

connotations: tempting