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Age of Responsibility Vocabulary
Vocab from the Age of Responsibility Unit
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English
10th Grade
08/25/2014
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Term
Punitive
 Definition
adjective
1.
serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment:
punitive laws; punitive action.
Term
Tantamount
 Definition
adjective
1.
equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification:
His angry speech was tantamount to a declaration of war.
Term
reprise
 Definition
noun:
  1. a repetition.
  2. a return to the first theme or subject.

verb (used with object), reprised, reprising.

3.
to execute a repetition of; repeat:
They reprised the elaborate dance number in the third act.
Term
rite
 Definition

noun

1.
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
rites of baptism; sacrificial rites.
Term
counterproductive
 Definition

adjective

1. thwarting the achievement of an intended goal; tending to defeat one's purpose:

Term
precedent
 Definition

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any act, decision, or case that serves as a guide or justification for subsequent (later) situations.
Synonyms: example, model, pattern, standard.
Term
rampant
 Definition

adjective

1.
violent in action or spirit; raging; furious:
a rampant leopard.
Term
revelation
 Definition

noun

 

2.
something revealed or disclosed, especially a striking disclosure, as of something not before realized.
Term
cohort
 Definition
6.
a group of persons sharing a characteristic:
for example "the class of 2017."
Term
scope
 Definition
space for movement or activity; opportunity for operation:
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