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Ch. 4
English 005
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Undergraduate 1
09/15/2011

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Term

Quota

 

Quote-a

Definition

n. a art of a total amount; anallotment ; an allowance

2. The number or percentage of people of a specified type allowed in a group

 

The amount of people in the classroom is a quota

Term

Statistics

 

Stat-tis-tics

Definition

n. the science that deals with the study of numerical data

 

To find out the GPA the teachers have to calculate all of the class grades by using statistics

Term

Parasitic

 

Para-si-tic

Definition

adj. pretaining to a parasite(1. an organisim that lives on another species without aiding the host;

 

My roomate has become a parasitic since he's not helping me paying the rent

Term

Sojourn

so-jurn

Definition

n. A temporary stay

v. to stay temporary

 

One of the greatest Sojurn I have been was when I travel to Central America with my mother.

Term

Myriad

 

My-riad

Definition
inumerable
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