TTT 2

Acquiesce

(v.) to accept without protest

Advocate

to support; to be in favor of

Assess

to determine the importance, size, or value

Augment

to make larger, increase

Conciliate

to placate, appease, or pacify

Deter

to discourage; to keep someone from doing something out of fear of consequences

Engender

to cause or exist or to develop or to assume

Anecdote

a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

Atrophy

to waste away

Brevity

briefness; short duration

Dearth

(n.) a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine

Gravity

dignity or sobriety of bearing; importance, significance,

Contempt

the act of despising

Portend

(v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of

Emit

to give off

Contrive

to plan cleverly; to devise

Coalesce

come together and form one mass or whole

Cerebral

pertaining to the brain

Conformist

person who complies with accepted rules and customs

Caliber

a degree or grade of excellence or worth