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Vocab Ch.4 Words

Vocab words for Ch.4 in English

TermDefinition
Mediate To act as a go between in parties to settle disputes.
Allocate To set apart for a specific purpose.
Locale The scene or setting of a novel, play, or movie.
Audible Capable of being heard.
Regress To move backward.
Reciprocate To give in return.
Magnitude Greatness of size or amount.
Magnate A person of great wealth and power in a particular business or industry.
Magnanimous Generous in forgiving an insult or injury.
Macrocosm The universe as a whole.
Microcosm Anything that is regarded as a world in miniature.
Ambiguous Open to different meanings or interpretations.
Neologism A new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
Novice Beginner.
Demagogue A leader, especially political, who arouses emotions and prejudices of the people.
Pedagogue A teacher.
Ambivalent Uncertain or unable to decide what course to follow.
Amphibious Able to live on both land and water.
Catatonic A syndrome characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor.
Catalyst A substance that causes a reaction in a person that precipitates an event or change.
Brevity Briefness.
Domicile Home or house.
Domestic Pertain to the home.
Nominal Minimal.
Domineering Overbearing, arrogantly control.
Dominion A territory of single ruler-ship or control.
Proximity Nearness.
Vacuous Empty; lacking ideas or intelligence; purposeless, idle.
Accumulate To gather or collect.
Cumulus A heap.
Epitome A representative or perfect example of a class or type.
Skeptical Having doubt.
Acropolis The high fortified area of an ancient Greek city.
Altimeter Instrument for determining elevation.
Enduring Lasting, permanent.
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