E9H S2 Midterm Vocab Review

discourse

a serious speech or piece of writing on a particular subject; serious conversation or discussion between people; the language used in particular types of speech or writing

discourse

Much of the ________ surrounding politics in the news has been critical of the legislators’ inability to work across party lines and create coalitions to enact new legislation.

inverse

opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or effect

inversely

done in an opposite manner, direction, order, or having the opposite effect

inversely

The amount of patience I have is ______ proportional to how hungry I am at any given moment.

displace

to take the place or position of something or someone

displace

to make a group of people or animals have to leave the place where they normally live; to force something out of its usual place or position

displaced

If it rains during the afternoon tomorrow, the baseball and softball teams will be _______ because their practice fields will be unusable.

displacement

the act of forcing something out of its usual place or position

displaced

way to describe things or beings that have been moved from its usual place or position

infrastructure

the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization

infrastructure

the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation and communication systems, power plants, and schools

infrastructure

The IT team is working to secure the company’s ________ from potential hackers.

infrastructural

relating to the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.

stabilize

to become firm, steady, or unchanging, or to make something firm or steady

stabilized

something that has become firm, steady, or unchanging

stabilization

the characteristic of something that is firm, steady, or unchanging

stabilize

I put training wheels on my nephew’s bike to help _______ him while he’s learning to balance.

apt

appropriate or suitable in the circumstances

apt

having a tendency to do something

aptly

done in a way that is appropriate or suitable in the circumstance

aptness

the characteristic that is appropriate and suitable in the circumstance OR the tendency to do something

apt

I cannot think on my feet so well, but my sister always has a(n) ______ comeback when someone teases her.

modest

having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.

modesty

the attribute of being free from boastfulness or being full of oneself; having or showing regard for the decencies of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

modest

limited or moderate in amount, extent, etc.:

immodest

the attribute of being boastful or being full of oneness; not having or showing regard for decencies or behavior, speech, dress, etc.

immodestly

done in a way that is boastful or full of oneself; done in a way to express a lack of regard for decency or behavior, speech, dress, etc.

modest

While we didn’t make it to the state tournament this year, our team did make a(n) ________ improvement compared to our previous losing record.

immodest

The NFL player was fined for his ___________ touchdown celebration that was deemed to be “taunting” by the game’s officials.

increment

a regular increase in the amount of money someone is paid; the act or process of increasing;

incremental

the process of a regular increase in the amount of money someone is paid; the process of a slow increase over time

incrementally

being done in a way that slowly increases something over time

increments

Rather than receiving all the money at once, my scholarship paid out in annual _______ during each of my four years in college.

stewardship

the job of protecting or taking care of something, like an organization or property

steward

a person or entities act of protecting or taking care of something

steward

“I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees,” said the fuzzy forest _______.

disparity

a difference between two or more things, especially an unfair one

disparate

fundamentally different; entirely unlike

disparity

There is a wide _______ in the salaries of people who work at our company.

inequity

a lack of fairness, or something that is unfair

equity

ensuring fairness or people receive what they need

equitable

the process of ensuring fairness or people receive what they need

equity

The NFL was sued by players who claimed a lack of ______ in the way that disability payments were awarded to players because of their race.

mitigate

to lessen the harmful effects of something

mitigation

the act of lessening the harmful effects of something

mitigate

Many cities have begun planting “green roofs” on buildings to _______ the heat that many buildings absorb on sunny days.

precedent

the way things have always been done

precedent

an official action that can be used to support similar actions in the future

precedent

a similar occurrence that happened previously

unprecedented

something that has not happened before; a change in previous processes

precedent

I asked my guidance counselor if I could take a year off of high school to do an independent study at a chemistry lab, but they said there was no ______ for a request like that in our school’s history.

diffuse

to spread ideas/information among a lot of people; to allow something to spread

diffusion

the act of spreading ideas or information among a lot of people

diffuse

The gauzy curtains helped to _________ the blinding sunlight.

proliferate

to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation

proliferate

to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively

proliferation

the act of increasing the number of something or spreading rapidly; the act of growing in parts

proliferated

After an unexpected fire alarm went off during first hour, gossip _____ throughout the school about who pulled the alarm and why.

proximity

nearness in distance or time

proximate

immediate; nearest

proximity

Residents of my neighborhood went to a city council meeting to argue against a factory being built in close ______ to a wildlife refuge.

enabler

someone who makes it possible for someone else to do something

enable

to make it possible for someone else to do something

enable

Developing good study habits as a freshman will ______ you to be successful in all four years of high school coursework.

narrative

a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious

narrative

the art, technique, or process of telling a story

narrate

the act of telling a story

narrated

Instead of offering a brief explanation for her tardiness, Cecile ________ a lengthy tale to illustrate all the challenges she had encountered that morning.

novel

not like anything known before, and unusual or interesting

novel

Breakfast tacos made of folded waffles? What a(n) ______ idea!

finite

having an end or a limit

finite

“YOLO” is an expression that encourages us to reflect on the _____ nature of human experience.

lithe

archaic

dulcet

pedant

banal

languor

arcane

magnanimous

benign

imperious

paradox

brood

premise

radical

provoke

affluent

plausible

contingency

coalition

concerted

lithe

having a body that moves easily and gracefully

lithely

in a way that moves easily and gracefully

archaic

old and no longer used; old fashioned and needing to be replaced; from ancient times

dulcet

(especially of sound) sweet and soothing (often used ironically)

pedant

someone who pays too much attention to rules or to small unimportant details, especially someone who criticizes other people in an extremely annoying way

pedantic

in a way that is paying too much attention to rules or unimportant details

pedantry

the belief or act that focuses too much attention to rules or unimportant details