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1st semester MCL vocab
Final Review
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English
12th Grade
01/22/2013

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Sojourner
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(n) A temporary resident.
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Acrid
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(adj) A sharp or biting taste or smell.
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Depilatory
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(adj) capable of removing hair
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Insemenator
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(n) One who impregnates a female; a technician who introduces prepared semen into the genital tract of breeding animals.
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Delineate
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(v) to represent pictorally
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Maelstrom
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(n) A large, powerful, or violent whirlpool.
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Prodigal
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(adj) wastefully or recklessly extravagant.
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Agoraphobic
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(n) The fear of crowds, public places, or open areas.
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Rollick
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(v) To move or act carefree.
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Tractable
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(adj) Easily managed or controlled; docile.
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Inexorable
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(adj) Unyielding, unalterable, not to be persuaded, moved or affected by prayers or entreaties.
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Culture
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(n)Behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group
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Multicultural
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(adj) Representing several different cultures or cultural elements.
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Race
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(n) A category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical traits
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Ethnicity
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(n) Ethnic traits, background, allegiance, or association (race, religion, language, tribe, nationality, etc.)
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Nationality
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(n) The status of belonging to a nation whether by birth or naturalization.
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Customs
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(n) A group pattern of habitual activity usually transmitted from one generation to another.
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Morals
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(adj) Principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong.
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Ethics
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(n) The rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group.
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Bias
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(n) A particular tendency, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question.
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Objectivity
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(n) Not being influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice.
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Prejudice
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(n) An unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
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Descrimination
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(n) Making a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing because of a group, class, or category.
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Xenophobia
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(n) An unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange.
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Forage
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(v) To wander or go in search of provisions.
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Interminable
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(adj) Incapable of being terminated
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Barrage
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(n) An overwhelming quantity or explosion, as of words, blows, or citicisms
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Cursory
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(adj) Going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty
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Inquisitive
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(adj) Curious or inquiring
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Knell
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(n) The sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially for a death or funeral.
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Turgid
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(adj) Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated
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Relent
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(v) To soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
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Emanate
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(v) To flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin.
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Thrash
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(v) To toss about
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Horde
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(n) A large group, multitude, number.
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Vigilante
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(n) A person who takes the law into his/her own hands, as by avenging crime.
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