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Amy Tan
Term | Definition |
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Evoke | call up, summon |
Keenly | sharply.strong |
Intersection | crossing point |
Wrought | shaped by beating |
Intimacy | closeness |
Transcribed | to change the form of something verbalizing into written form |
Belies | misrepresents |
Converses | speaks with |
Vivid | bright, colorful |
Observation | to watch or notice |
Wince | to shrink back from pain |
Empirical | drawing on experience or observation |
Guise | outward appearance |
Portfolio | the investments held by one person |
Impeccable | perfect |
Benign | harmless |
sympathy | expression of compassion |
Anxious | uneasiness because of fear |
Diagnosis | the process of identifying a condition by medical examination |
Regrettable | Unfortunate |
Sociologist | a person who studies sociology |
Linguist | a person who studies language |
Insular | narrow viewpoint |
Moderately | not extreme |
Percentile | A method used to determined how one test takers score compares to that of another |
Bland | without taste |
Semantic | coming from the different meanings of words |
Associative | showing a form of relationship |
Sociological | related to the study of society |
Wittily | clever expression |
Quandary | confusion |
Nascent | beginning to develop |
essence | the real nature of something |