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CRTLuckett
english vocabulary
| Vocabulary Term | Define | Sentence example. | synonym | part of speech |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| epoch | a period of time in history or persons life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics: the beginning of a distinctive period in the history of someone or something | jewish reimmigration to palestine marked an epoch in the history of jewry | (blank) | (blank) |
| benificiaries | a person who derives advantage from somethin esp. a trust will, or life insurance policy | My sister and I are the benificiaries if our mother were to die. | (blank) | (blank) |
| miscegeneration | the inter breeding of people considered to be of diffrent racial types | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| phenotypic | the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of it's genotype with the environment | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| euphemistic | using of the nature of euphemism | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| macroeconomics | the part of economics concerned with large scale or general economic factors, such as interest rates and national productivity | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| marginalized | treat (a person, group, or concept) as insignifican or peripheral | I was attempting to marginalize those who disagree | (blank) | (blank) |
| Disparities | A great diffrence | There are eonomic disparities between diffrent regions in the country | (blank) | noun |
| Emancipation | Set free, esp. from legal social, or political restrictions | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| Tantamount | equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| Bleaker | lacking vegitation and exposed to the elements | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| vigorusly | strong, healthy, and full of energy, characterized by or involving physical strenght, effort or energy. | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| Indigenous | originating or occuring naturally in a particular place, native | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| Epochal | Forming or charaterizing an epoch; epoch-making | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| pervades | (esp. of smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of | The smell of stale cabbage pervaded the air | (blank) | (blank) |
| impetus | the force of energy with which a body moves | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| ambiguity | uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| assertive | having or showing a confident or forceful personality | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| Despondency | a state of low spirits caused by lost of hope or courage | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| begrudgingly | {with two obj.} Envy (someone) the possession or enjoyment of somethin 2{trans} give reluctantly or resintfully | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| loath | reluctant, unwilling | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| Impervious | not allowing fluid to pass through | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| Omnipresent | (of god) present everywhere at the same time. widely constantly encountered common or widespread | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| bane | cause of great deastress or annoyance: archaic something, typically oison, that causes death | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| insidious | proceeding in a gradual subtle way, but with harmful effects, treacherous; crafty | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| Dowry | property or memory brought by s bride to her husbsnd upon thier marriage | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| Scuttle | run hurriedly or furtively short quick steps | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| Dumunitive | extremely or usually small | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
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