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Vocab Wk 2 Quarter 4
Term | Definition |
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Condescending | (adj) having or showing a feeling of superiority |
Consecutive | (adj) following continuously; in unbroken or logical sequence |
Contour | (n) an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something |
Contract | (v) decreased in size, number, or range |
Contradict | (v) be in conflict with |
Correlate | (v) have a mutual relationship or connection (corollary, correlated) |
Corollary | (n) a direct or natural consequence or result |
Critical | (adj) 1. expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments 2. expressing or involving an analysis of the merits and faults of a work of literature, music, or art* |
Cumbersome | (adj) 1. large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use 2. Slow or complicated and therefore inefficient* |
Deficit | (n) the amount by which something is too small |
Demean | (v) cause a severe loss in the dignity of a respect for someone or something |
Depict | (v) show or represent |
Determine | (v) cause (something) to occur in a particular way; be the decisive factor in 2. ascertain or establish exactly, typically as a result of research or calculation* |
Devoid | (adj) entirely lacking or free from |
Differentiate | (v) 1. recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different* 2. (differentiate between) identify differences between (two or more things or people.) |
Diffuse | (adj) spread out over a large area; not concentrated |
Digress | (v) leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing |
Diminish | (v) make or become less |
Discrepancy | (n) a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts |
(Dis)inclined | (adj) willing or positive about an action, belief, or attitude (disinclined: unwilling or negative about something) |