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outlier chapter 3 vocab
Question | Answer |
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Tumultuous | raising a great clatter and commotion |
Desperation | the state of being desperate or of having the recklessness of despair |
Province | an administrative division or unit of a country |
Phenomenon | a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable |
Differentiate | to form or mark differently from other such things |
Eligibility | fit or proper to be chosen, worthy of choice |
Defiance | a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force |
Brilliance | great brightness |
Judaism | the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the Talmud |
immigrate | to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence |
revere | to regard with respect tinged with awe |
mitigate | to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain |
legacy | anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor |
disparage | to speak of or treat slightingly |
innate | existing in one from birth |
deference | respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another |
incredulous | indicating or showing unbelief |
refute | to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge |
obscure | not clear to the understanding |
diligent | constant in effort to accomplish something |