All 3 Uses
acute
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Like Water for Chocolate
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- ...her senses were more acute,
Chpt 8 *acute = perceptive (working very well)
- John's diagnosis was an acute congestion of the stomach.
Chpt 12 *acute = very bad
- But the weeping was just the first symptom of a strange intoxication—an acute attack of pain and frustration—that seized the guests and scattered them across the patio and the grounds and in the bathrooms, all of them wailing over lost love.†
Chpt 2
Definitions:
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(1)
(acute as in: acute pain) sharp (severe or strong) -- usually negative
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(2)
(acute as in: acute sense of smell) sharp (highly perceptive in some area or mentally sharp)
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(3)
(acute angle as in: an acute angle) ending in a narrow point or angle; or describing an angle measuring less than 90 degrees
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)