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TBT October 2016
Vocabulary Words
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English
9th Grade
10/18/2016

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restrained

Definition

 

 

showing or marked by restraint; not yielding to excess or extremity

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tariff

Definition

 

a government tax on

imports or exports, or a

rate or schedule of such taxes; duty

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heredity

Definition

 

 

the genetic transmission

of traits or tendencies from parent to offspring

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monopoly

Definition

 

complete control over a service or commodity within a given market, so that competition is eliminated

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bias

Definition

 

 

a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially on that which is preconceived or unreasoned

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suffrage

Definition

 

 

the right to vote in a

political election, or the exercise of this right

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abolish

Definition

 

 

to do away with;

put a stop to; end

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stereotype

Definition

 

 

a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of

a particular type of person or thing; held in common by many people

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integration

Definition


the process of bringing

parts together into a whole

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reliability

Definition

 

the ability to be relied

on or depended on, as for accuracy, honesty, or achievement

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