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MMS Vocabulary 2
Question | Answer |
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Concede | To acknowledge as true or real, often unwillingly |
Deceased | No longer living; dead |
Egress | A path or means of going out; an exit |
Graduation | A degree or stage in a series of gradual changes |
Gradient | A degree to which something inclines; slope |
Predecessor | Someone or something that comes before another in time especially in office or position; forerunner |
Regress | To go back; return to a previous condition |
Secession | The act of withdrawing formally from membership in an organization, association or union |
Transgress | To go beyond or over a limit or boundary. To act in violation of, as a law |
Unprecedented | Not having occurred before; without precedent; a novel |
Analogous | Similar in certain qualities, circumstances, or uses. Similar in function but not in origin and structure. Similarities in things that are different |
Antithesis | Direct contrast or opposition. Sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases or grammatical structures |
Comparable | Having similar or equivalent traits; worthy or capable of comparison |
Deviate | To differ or move away from a specified course or prescribed mode of behavior, diverge |
Differentiate | To serve as a distinction between. To understand perceive or show the differences in or between. To make distinctions;discriminate |
Disparity | The condition or fact of being unequal in age, rank, or degree; difference |
Heterogeneous | Consisting of dissimilar elements or parts; miscellaneous; varied |
Homogenous | Consisting of elements of a similar or related nature. Uniform in structure or composition |
Nuance | A subtle or slight degree of difference as in meaning, color, or tone; a delicate shading; graduation |
Tantamount | Equivalent in significance, effect, or value |