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1-3; Outliers
Words through Chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tumultuous | Raising a great clatter and commotion, highly agitated |
| Desperation | Feeling, showing, or involving a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with |
| Province | A principal administrative division of certain countries or empires |
| Phenomenon | A fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, esp. one whose cause is in question, a remarkable person or thing |
| Differentiate | Recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different, Identify differences between (two or more things or people) |
| Eligibility | Qualified or entitled to be chosen |
| Defiance | Open resistance; bold disobedience |
| Brilliance | Exceptional clarity and agility of intellect or invention |
| Judaism | The monotheistic religion of the Jews, based on the laws revealed to Moses and recorded in the Torah |
| Immigrate | Come to live permanently in a foreign country |
| Revere | Feel deep respect or admiration for |
| Mitigate | Make less severe, serious, or painful |
| Legacy | Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past, money or property bequeathed to another by will |
| Disparage | Regard or represent as being of little worth |
| Innate | Inborn; natural |
| Deference | Humble submission and respect |
| Incredulous | Expressive of disbelief |
| Refute | Prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false |
| Obscure | Not discovered or known about; uncertain |
| Diligent | Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties |