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REA 0002
Vocabulary Chapters 9 and 10
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bolster
• You can bolster your grade by doing some extra credit.
• To support• To hold up • Strengthen or reinforce• Support with a rigid object
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depreciate
• The value of your car will depreciate the moment you drive it off the lot.
• To become less valuable• To fall or decrease in value or price• To lower the value of
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indiscriminate
• I made too many indiscriminate choices when I went shopping last week.
• Not selective• Not chosen carefully • Not based on careful selection
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inquisitive
• Inquisitive students do much better than those who are less curious.
• Questioning• Curious• Eager to learn
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nebulous
• The student gave me a nebulous reason about his absence.
• Indefinite• Vague• unclear
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relegate
• When you had family dinners, did your parents relegate the younger children to eat in the kitchen.
• To send• To assign to a less important or less
satisfying position, place or condition
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replete
• The Thanksgiving table was replete with all my favorite foods.
• Filled• Plentifully supplied• Well filled
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sedentary
• My job is very sedentary. I do not get much exercise.
• Involving much sitting• Marked by much sitting• Requiring or taking little exercise
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tenet
• One tenet of the Christian religion is to do unto others as you want them to do to you.
• A principle• A belief or principle held to be true
by an individual or group
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terse
• This is an example of a terse sentence.
• Short• Brief and clear• Effectively concise
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autonomy
• We all want autonomy. But we cannot always do just what we want.
• Freedom from control• Independence• Self-government
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bureaucratic
• MCC is an example of a bureaucratic system.
• Over-regulated• Insisting on strict rules and routine
often to the point of hindering effectiveness
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mandate
• George W. Bush felt he had a mandate from the people when he won the election.
• An authorization• A group’s expressed wishes• Clear Signal to act• Voter’s wish
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ostracize
• We did not want to ostracize John from the class. But, his behavior required it.
• To reject • To expel or exclude from a group
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raucous
• The class became raucous when the teacher announced the surprise test.
• Disorderly• Noisy and disorderly• boisterous
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recourse
• I had no recourse but to sue him for my injuries.
• A way to get help• A source of help, security or
strength• Something to turn to
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reiterate
• Let me reiterate. The test will be on Friday.
• To repeat• To state again or repeatedly
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tantamount
• Buying coffee at Starbucks is tantamount to robbery.
• Just like • Equal in effect or value• The same as
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tenacious
• The hero had a tenacious grasp on the side of the mountain.
• grasping strongly• Holding firm• Persistent• stubborn
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utopia
• It might be nice to live in utopia.
• A paradise• An ideal or perfect place or state• A place achieving social or political
perfection