Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 1-3
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Sammyrodrod on October 11, 2011
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vocabulary quizz from the book of obama: Dreams From My Father
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36 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Prone | having a tendency (to) |
| myth | a traditional story accepted as history |
| adamant | firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible; an extremely hard substance |
| content | happy |
| folly | foolish or senseless behavior |
| bigotry | intolerance toward those who are different |
| skeptical | inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true |
| veracity | devotion to the truth |
| potential | possible, able to happen; something that can develop or become a reality |
| imminent | likely to occur at any moment |
| instinct | a behavior that an organism inherits |
| murky | dim, cloudy, unclear |
| mutual | common to or shared by two or more parties |
| ambiguous | having more than one possible meaning |
| omission | something left out |
| mesmerized | having your attention fixated as though by a spell |
| intently | with strained or eager attention |
| inexhaustable | adj. Full of energy, wild, a resource that will never run out |
| elusive | (adj.) difficult to catch or to hold; hard to explain or understand |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiar trait or odd habit |
| suppression | hold somehing down |
| purge | rinse, clean, or empty something |
| revoke | to make invalid, deactivate |
| heredity | the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next |
| gradual | step-by-step; proceeding by small stages or degrees |
| disdain | intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy |
| arrogance | overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors |
| initial | the first letter of a word (especially a person's name) |
| alter | to change or modify |
| elite | a group that enjoys superior status to others |
| relegate | assign to a lower position |
| betrayal | to be unfaithful to, to reveal without meaning to, to tell in violation of a trust |
| apprehension | anxiety or fear about the future |
| vigorous | strong and active physically or mentally |
| accustom | to make familiar, used to |
| commotion | noisy and disturbing activity |
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