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Passage 3
08 AP Lang
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English
12th Grade
12/05/2008

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Term
ANTHROPOLOGY
Definition

definition: the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind

 

sentence: Among the facets of human culture explored in anthropology are folklore and mythology

 

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BIOGRAPHICAL
Definition

definition: of or pertaining to a person's life

 

original sentence: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton

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BRASH

Definition

definition: impertinent; hasty; tactless

 

sample sentence: He was a brash young man

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CHEMISE
Definition

definition: A woman's loose, shirtlike undergarment

 

original sentence: The woman worea chemise under her clothes

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EXALTED
Definition

definition: raised or elevated, as in rank or character; of high station; exaggerated or inflated

 

sample sentence: He has an exalted sense of his importance to the project

 

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HEADFOREMOST
Definition

definition: with the head leading; headlong

 

sample sentence:We went headforemost down the stairs

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MAVERICK
Definition

A lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates

 

The polititian was a maverick

 

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METHODOLOGY
Definition

definition:a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences

 

sample sentence: The scientific method is a methodology that most people know o

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PREDOMINATE
Definition

definition
1. To have or gain controlling power or influence; prevail.
2. To be of or have greater quantity or importance; preponderate.

 

Sentences

Good predominates over evil in many literary works

 

French-speaking people predominate in Quebec

 

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RELUCTANT
Definition

1. unwilling; disinclined
2.struggling in opposition

 

They were usually reluctant to socialize.
Foreigners are reluctant to accept our ways

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REMINISCENCE
Definition

definition
1. The act or process of recollecting past experiences or events.
2. An experience or event recollected: "Her mind seemed wholly taken up with reminiscences of past gaiety" (Charlotte Brontë).
3. A narration of past experiences. Often used in the plural.
4. An event that brings to mind a similar, former event

 

Her mind seemed wholly taken up with reminiscences of past gaiety

Term
RHAPSODY
Definition

definition
1. exalted or excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling in speech or writing.
2. a literary work written in an impassioned or exalted style.
3. a state of elated bliss; .
4. Music A usually instrumental composition of irregular form that often incorporates improvisation.
5. An ancient Greek epic poem or portion of one suitable for uninterrupted recitation

 

It is enough to say, without applying this poetical rhapsody to Aouda, that she was a charming woman, in all the European acceptation of the phrase

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SKEPTICISM
Definition

definition: doubt about the truth of something, or the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge

 

sample sentence: The elders' skepticism toward the church's doctrines left the congregation feeling disconcerted

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