Currents in Literature - Ch 9
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nbacigalupi on March 16, 2011
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Vocabulary from Currents in Literature Chapter 9
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 compassion | a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering |
| complexity | difficulty; intricacy |
| developmental | having to do with growth and progress |
| empathy | Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives |
| ethnicity | a group of people who share a common culture, religion, race or nationality. |
| inherent | Existing as a natural part |
| onerous | troubling; burdensome |
| prolific | abundantly fruitful, marked by great productivity |
| specious | having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false |
| tenet | an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true |
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