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2nd Semster Words
2nd Semester Social Studies Words (Daily Vocab)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chattel | Any article of personal property. |
| Chronology | The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events. |
| Circumnavigate | To sail quite around. |
| Clemency | Mercy. |
| Comestible | Fit to be eaten. |
| Comical | Funny. |
| Commemorate | To serve as a remembrance of. |
| Commentary | A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work. |
| Commingle | To blend. |
| Cartridge | A charge for a firearm, or for blasting. |
| Caste | The division of society on artificial grounds. |
| Caucus | A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates. |
| Diplomatic | Characterized by special tact in negotiations. |
| Dispensation | That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power. |
| Diverse | Capable of various forms. |
| Docile | Easy to manage. |
| Dowry | The property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage. |
| Dragoon | In the British army, a cavalryman. |
| Excruciate | To inflict severe pain or agony upon. |
| Excursion | A journey. |
| Excusable | Justifiable. |
| Exasperate | To excite great anger in. |
| Constituency | The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body. |
| Conscientious | Governed by moral standard. |
| Conscious | Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks. |
| Conscript | To force into military service. |
| Consecrate | To set apart as sacred. |
| Consecutive | Following in uninterrupted succession. |
| Consensus | A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons. |