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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |