Outliers Vocab Ch.4-7

AP Eng III Outliers Ch.4-7 Vocab

Vocab

Chapter 4

Vocab + Sentence

Inquisitive

Given to examination or investigation; inclined to ask questions

Sentence: “And these kids had a whole different style than I was used to. I couldn't get a word in edgewise at class. They were very inquisitive”.

Savvy

Having or showing perception, comprehension, or shrewdness especially in practical matters

Sentence: “ It's because he possessed the kind of savvy that allowed him to get what he wanted from the world”.

Consequential

Having significant consequences

Sentence: “What a child did was considered by his or her parents as something separate from the adult world and not particularly consequential”.

Submissive

Submitting to others

Sentence: “They would be quiet and submissive, with eyes turned away”.

Chapter 5

Vocab + Sentence

Brevity

Shortness of duration

Sentenced:" "Why? I wrote them a letter on why I was the answer to sliced bread," is how Flom explains it, with characteristic brevity”.

Antecedent

A preceding event, condition, or cause

Sentence: “who took it upon himself to tell me that for a boy of my antecedents" — and you can imagine how Bickel must have paused before repeating that euphemism(phrase) for his immigrant background”.

Credentials

Something that gives a title to credit or confidence

Sentence: “Flom's credentials were no better. He says he felt "uncomfortable" when he went for his interviews down town, and of course he did:’

WASP

An acronym; White Anglo-Saxon Protestant. White people historically seen with wealth, political power, and social influence with Protestant background

Sentence: “WASP-y white-shoe legal establishment in New York, has a scene in his book The Scarlet Letters”

Purported

Stating to be true; alleged

Sentence: “"And therefore we purported not to know about it. I remember once we had an issue involving a proxy fight, and one of my senior corporate partners said”

Imperious

Unpleasantly proud & expecting to be obeyed

Sentence: “He was learning manufacturing. He was learning how to negotiate with imperious Yankees”

Chapter 6

Vocab + Sentence

Confederate

United in an allied league

Sentence: “ As they walked down the hallway with their questionnaire, a man—a confederate of the experimenters—walked past them and pulled out a drawer in one of the filing cabinets.

Chapter 7

Vocab + Sentence

Nonchalant

Having an air of easy unconcern or indifference

Sentence: “According to another of the controllers who handled 052 that night, Klotz spoke "in a very nonchalant manner —There was no urgency in the voice."

Mitigate

To become less harsh or hostile

Sentence: “We mitigate when we're being polite, or when we're ashamed or embarrassed”

Inedible

Cannot be removed, washed away, or erased

Sentence: “ But he didn't assume that legacies are an indelible part of who we are”.