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Vocab Test 2
2017-18 School Year Mrs. Nawrocki
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Emanate | Verb: To give out (breath or odor); proceed or issue forth, as from a source |
| Bowdlerize | Verb: Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate |
| Subvert | Verb: To undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution) ; to morally corrupt or destroy completely |
| Embody | Verb: Represent, as of a character on stage |
| Refute | Verb: To overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof |
| Urbane | Adj.: Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; sophisticated |
| Disseminate | Verb: Spread information knowledge, opinions widely |
| Indoctrinate | Verb: Teach a person a set of beliefs (doctrine) rather than being able to think independently or know right from wrong |
| Espouse | Verb: Take up the cause, ideology, practice, or method of someone and use it as one's own |
| Scrutinize | Verb: To look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail |
| Dissemble | Verb: To hide under a false appearance to deceive |
| Nebulous | Adj.: Lacking definite form or limits |
| Claim | Assert or affirm strongly, state to be true or existing |
| Counterclaim | A claim set up in opposition to another |
| Challenged | Used to describe books that a person or group have attempted to have removed from a library or school curriculum |
| Censor | The practice of officially examining books, movies, etc. and suppressing unacceptable parts |
| Banned | Used to describe books to which free access is not permitted |
| Monologue | A long utterance by one person |
| Forum | Assembly, meeting place, television, program, etc. for the discussion of questions of public interests |
| Propoganda | The dissemination of influence to control large groups of people |
| Euphemisms | Substituting bland or positive words for harsh or blunt ideas in order to pacify an audience |
| Paradox | A statement that contradicts itself |
| Doublethink | The act of simultaneously accepting two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct |
| Cognitive dissonance | Contradictory beliefs that cause conflict in one's mind |
| Existentialism | The study of human existence, philosophy with an emphasis on the individual |
| Sub | Under (Prefix) |
| Vert | To turn (Suffix) |
| Mono | One |
| Urbanus | City |
| Sembl | To seem |
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