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Unit 1 and 2 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Disparate | Fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind |
| Discordant | Not in agreement of harmony |
| Pluralism | A social organization in which diversity is tolerated |
| Interwoven | Linked, laced, or locked closely together |
| Coalesce | Fuse or cause to come together |
| Naturalization | The proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship |
| Faction | A dissenting clique |
| Assimilation | The process of absorbing one cultural group into another |
| Anticipate | Be excited or anxious about |
| Infatuated | Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness |
| Enthralled | Filled with wonder and delight |
| Devoted | Zealous in allegiance or affection |
| Elation | A feeling of joy and pride |
| Impulse | An instinctive motive |
| Deftly | In an agile manner |
| Relent | Give in, as to influence or pressure |
| Concession | a point that is yielded |
| Compose | Produce a literary work |
| Inscribe | Carve, cut or etch into a material or surface |
| Proximity | The property of being close together |
| Plundered | To steal goods from a place or person, typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder |
| Fugitive | Someone who is running away or escaping |
| Avenge | To seek revenge |
| Sprawling | Spreading out carelessly |
| Ministrel | A musician, singer, or poet |
| Refract | To bend light so that it looks like it is broken |
| Imperceptible | Impossible to perceive |
| Mausoleum | A large artistic tomb |
| Inclined | willing to do |
| Nectar | Drink of the gods |
| Drone | A low, humming noise |
| Proclivity | A tendency to choose or do something regularly |
| Condemn | To express strong disapproval of |
| Cacophony | A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds |
| Feign | To pretend |
| Censor | To remove offensive material from |
| Teeming | Be full of or swarming with |
| Suffuse | To fill up from within; to spread throughout |
| Juggernaut | A terrible destructive or irresistible force |
| Ricochet | To bounce off |