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Abeyance dormancy, discontinuation ??? Abstinence chastity; avoidance; abnegation ??? Abstruse abstract; complex ??? Adumbrate to suggest partly, to give a hint of things to come, to foreshadow vaguely ??? Alacrity promptness; alertness ??? Ambulatory itenerant; nomadic ??? Apocryphal counterfeit; dubious ??? Arbiter judge; arbitrator ??? Ascetic antisocial; alienated ??? Assiduous active; diligent ??? Capricious arbitrary; effervescent ??? Castigate baste; penalize ??? Chary calculating; discreet ??? Chicanery cheating; dishonesty ??? Chimerical unrealistic; fanciful ??? Circumlocution diffuseness; indirectness ??? Contentious argumentative ??? Belie contradict; disagree ??? Brook bear; edure ??? Debacle catastrophe ??? Deleterious dangerous ??? Descry to glance ??? Desiccate

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candid completely honest, straightforward conjecture inference; guesswork didactic instructive effusive showing excessive emotion; overflowing euphemism a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term extrapolate to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information incoherent lacking cohesion or connection insinuate to imply or communicate stealthily loquacious very talkative lucid easily understood; clear rhetoric the art of using language effectively and persuasively acumen quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgement or insight adroit dexterous; deft ascertain to find out, as through investigation or experimentation astute shrewd; clever circumspect careful; prudent discreet disseminate to scatter widely, as in sowing seed

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Oliver Otis Howard (November 8, 1830 ? October 26, 1909) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was a corps commander noted for suffering two humiliating defeats, at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, but he recovered from the setbacks while posted in the Western Theater, and served there successfully as a corps and army commander. Known as the "Christian general" because he tried to base his policy decisions on his deep religious piety,[1] he was given charge of the Freedmen's Bureau in mid 1865, with the mission of integrating the freed slaves into Southern society and politics during the second phase of the Reconstruction Era. Howard took charge of labor policy, setting up a system that required free

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Adam Wathen Voc #2 Exemplar: A person or thing serving as a typical example or excellent model. Sentence: Adolf Hitler is an exemplar of how one person can hate another. Antonym: Antithesis Synonym: Example Exodus: A mass departure of people. Sentence: Today, I witnessed the exodus of the Christians. Antonym: Immigration Synonym: Emigration Exonerate: Absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing. Sentence: The man who robbed my store should be in jail for a long, long time. I hope he isn?t exonerated. Antonym: Persecute Synonym: Pardon Expatriate: A person who lives outside their native country. Sentence: After I visited the United States, I found an expatriate who was actually born in the same country I was. Antonym: Native Synonym: Migrant Extrude: Thrust or force out.

Unit 2 AP Human Geography Vocab cards

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Age-sex distribution: A model used in population geography that describes the ages and # of males and females within a given population; also called a population pyramid. There are more women in every country than men. Arithmetic Density: The # of ppl living in a given unit area. Also called population. Baby boom: A cohort of individuals born in the US between 1946 and 1964 , which was just after WWII in a time of relative peace and prosperity. These conditions allowed for better education and job opportunities, encouraging high rates of both marriage and fertility. Ms Dish?s parents

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Sculpture in the Round ---- a type of sculpture in which the figures are presented in complete three-dimensional form and are not attached to a flat background (unlike relief). The principal types of sculpture in the round are statues, busts, and sculptural groups. Sculpture in the round can be viewed either from one definite or several vantage points. It can also be seen from all sides, giving the viewer several complementary perspectives.

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Vocab from Scerbies! Bloody shirt: reviving glory moments from the civil war to rally votes for Grant Tweed Ring: Boss Tweed employed bribery, graft, and fraudulent elections to milk NYC of 200 million dollars. Credit Mobilier scandal: members of the Union pacific railroad formed a construction company and hired themselves at inflated prices. Whiskey Ring: robbed the treasury of millions in excise tax revenues, Grant?s private secretary was involved. Horace Greely: former editor of NY tribune Cheap Money: greenbacks Hard/Sound money: gold and sliver Resumption act of 1875: gov further withdrew greenbacks from circulation Crime of 73: congress stopped silver dollar coins which didn?t promote inflation (which westerners wanted)

Biology AP Metabolism Vocab -Campbell

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catabolic pathways- breaking down complex substances to simple substances=> release of energy anabolic pathways- simple=> complex bioenergetics- study of management of energy resources in cells energy- capacity to do work kinetic energy- energy of motion potential energy- energy of position/location chemical energy- potential energy in arrangement of molecules thermodynamics- study of energy transformations first law of thermodynamics- energy can be transformed but energy is conserved 2nd law of thermodynamics- energy transfer creates entropy free energy- portion of energy available to work when temperature is uniform in system exergonic reaction- exotehrmic, spontaneous endergonic reaction- endothermic, nonspontaneous

Unit 2 Vocabulary

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Unit Two: 1775-1825 War for Independence With the Declaration of Independence as its fuel, America entered a war for independence with Great Britain: the Revolutionary War. Throughout the war, America developed its first real feelings of nationalism and ended up being victorious in its fight for freedom. Advantages/Disadvantages for Britain: The British were well equipped, well trained, and well disciplined. They had a strong navy to land troops, transport troops, guard communication and supply lines. Also, they had a large sum of money which could be used to hire foreign mercenaries. However, they were outnumbered by the U.S. Advantages/Disadvantages for U.S.: Many colonists knew how to use firearms. They
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