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ASVAB Word Knowledge 6.5 Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. Which of these words is closest in meaning to accede?
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[ mumbles ] All right.
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Which of these words is closest in meaning to accede?
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Disagree, dissociate, agree, acknowledge.
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[ dog barks ]
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[ mumbles ] All right.
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When you accede to something,
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you say yes to it, like acceding to
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not text in class, no matter how tempting it is.
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So let's start with A - disagree.
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Disagreeing means saying no to something,
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like when you don't have milk and they say, "got milk?"
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Yeah, well, kinda like that.
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So disagreeing is the opposite of acceding,
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so we can cross this one off right away.
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Next up is B - disassociate.
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To dissociate
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means to separate from something,
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like your best friend when he suddenly decides that
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fedoras are going to get him girls.
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[ chuckles ] Gotta let him find his way.
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Separating yourself from the human embodiment of
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the friend zone is definitely not the same as saying yes
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to something, so B is a no-go.
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So then there's D - acknowledge,
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which means to admit that something is true or real,
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like acknowledging that you saw your mom
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at Victoria's Secret. Oh, goodness.
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You don't wanna go there.
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Acknowledge and accede can be similar,
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since they both involve saying yes,
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but with acknowledge, you're just saying yes
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to the, um,
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reality of something.
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No matter how grim it might be.
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With accede, you're often saying yes
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to something more solid, like a rule or a request.
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Which leaves us with just C - agree.
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To agree, a.k.a.
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to say yes to something,
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like agreeing to be your friend's wingman
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until he decides he's a pick-up artist in training.
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Agree, accede,
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they both mean to say yes.
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So the correct answer is C - agree.
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And, remember, what happens in Vegas
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stays in the darkest depths of your mind forever.
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And then leaks down to your soul.
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