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Outliers Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Tumultuous | full of tumult or riotousness; marked by disturbance and uproar |
diligent | constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything |
obscure | not clear, or plain |
refute | to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge. |
incredulous | not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical. |
disparage | to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners. |
innate | existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate musical talent. |
Desperation | the state of being desperate or of having the recklessness of despair. |
deference | respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another. |
Province | an administrative division or unit of a country. |
Phenomenon | a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable: to study the phenomena of nature. |
Differentiate | to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish. or to change |
Eligibility | fit or proper to be chosen; worthy of choice; desirable: |
legacy | Law . a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest. |
Defiance | a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force. |
Brilliance | great brightness; luster: |
Judaism | the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, |
immigrate | to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence. |
revere | to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate: The child revered her mother. |
mitigate | to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate. |