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Hobson Voc Ch 9/10

Advancing Voc Ch 9/10

QuestionAnswer
bolster to hold up, strengthen, or reinforce; support with a rigid object
depreciate to fall decrease in value or price; to lower the value of
indiscriminate not chosen carefully; not based on careful selection
sedentary marked by much sitting; requiring or taking little exercise
tenet a belief or principle held to be true by an individual or group
terse brief and clear; effectively concise
inquisitive curious; eager to learn
replete plentifully supplied; well-filled
nebulous vague; unclear
relegate to assign to a less important or less satisfying position, place or condition
utopia an ideal or perfect place or state; a place achieving social or political perfection
raucous noisy and disorderly; boisterous
recourse a source of help, security, or strength; something to turn to
bureaucratic insisting on strict rules and routine, often to the point of hindering effectiveness
reiterate to state again or repeatedly
autonomy independence; self-government
mandate a group's expressed wishes; clear signal to act; vote of confidence
ostracize to expel or exclude from a group
ostracize to expel or exclude from a group
tantamount equal in effect or value; the same as
tenacious holding firmly; persistent; stubborn
Created by: ellenhobson
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