Enhance Your Vocabulary: Important Terms and Concepts from Chapters 9 and 10
This resource focuses on key vocabulary from Chapters 9 and 10, including terms like "bolster," "depreciate," and "tenet." Each word is defined with examples to enhance understanding and usage in academic settings. With explicit definitions and context, this guide helps students bolster their grades through an enriched vocabulary, promoting better writing and communication. Additional terms such as "sedentary," "autonomy," and "utopia" are included to broaden verbal proficiency and critical thinking skills. Mastering these concepts can greatly impact your academic success.
Enhance Your Vocabulary: Important Terms and Concepts from Chapters 9 and 10
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REA 0002 Vocabulary Chapters 9 and 10
bolster • You can bolster your grade by doing some extra credit. • To support • To hold up • Strengthen or reinforce • Support with a rigid object
depreciate • The value of your car will depreciate the moment you drive it off the lot. • To become less valuable • To fall or decrease in value or price • To lower the value of
indiscriminate • I made too many indiscriminate choices when I went shopping last week. • Not selective • Not chosen carefully • Not based on careful selection
inquisitive • Inquisitive students do much better than those who are less curious. • Questioning • Curious • Eager to learn
nebulous • The student gave me a nebulous reason about his absence. • Indefinite • Vague • unclear
relegate • When you had family dinners, did your parents relegate the younger children to eat in the kitchen. • To send • To assign to a less important or less satisfying position, place or condition
replete • The Thanksgiving table was replete with all my favorite foods. • Filled • Plentifully supplied • Well filled
sedentary • My job is very sedentary. I do not get much exercise. • Involving much sitting • Marked by much sitting • Requiring or taking little exercise
tenet • One tenet of the Christian religion is to do unto others as you want them to do to you. • A principle • A belief or principle held to be true by an individual or group
terse • This is an example of a terse sentence. • Short • Brief and clear • Effectively concise
autonomy • We all want autonomy. But we cannot always do just what we want. • Freedom from control • Independence • Self-government
bureaucratic • MCC is an example of a bureaucratic system. • Over-regulated • Insisting on strict rules and routine often to the point of hindering effectiveness
mandate • George W. Bush felt he had a mandate from the people when he won the election. • An authorization • A group’s expressed wishes • Clear Signal to act • Voter’s wish
ostracize • We did not want to ostracize John from the class. But, his behavior required it. • To reject • To expel or exclude from a group
raucous • The class became raucous when the teacher announced the surprise test. • Disorderly • Noisy and disorderly • boisterous
recourse • I had no recourse but to sue him for my injuries. • A way to get help • A source of help, security or strength • Something to turn to
reiterate • Let me reiterate. The test will be on Friday. • To repeat • To state again or repeatedly
tantamount • Buying coffee at Starbucks is tantamount to robbery. • Just like • Equal in effect or value • The same as
tenacious • The hero had a tenacious grasp on the side of the mountain. • grasping strongly • Holding firm • Persistent • stubborn
utopia • It might be nice to live in utopia. • A paradise • An ideal or perfect place or state • A place achieving social or political perfection
