Week 6 Vocab

Grade

a gradient or slope

Dynamic

positive in attitude and full of energy and new ideas

Interval

an intervening time or space

Extract

to get something from someone, often unwillingly

Finite

having limits or bounds

Inhibit

hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process)

Subsidiary

a company controlled by a holding or parent company

Ideology

a system of ideas and ideals

Commodity

a useful or valuable item

Hierarchical

arranged in order of rank

Tension

a strained political or social state or relationship

Appreciate

to rise in value or price

Vehicle

a thing used to express, embody, or fulfill something

Abandon

complete lack of inhibition or restraint

Exploit

a line of people or things in front of one another

Write two definitions for each of the following words (include the part of speech in your definition):

**Classical**

relating to ancient greek or latin literature/culture, respected for a long time

Write two definitions for each of the following words (include the part of speech in your definition):

**Recovery**

return to a healthy state, regaining possession or control of something stolen or lost

Write two definitions for each of the following words (include the part of speech in your definition):

**Submit**

suggest/argue, to present

Write two definitions for each of the following words (include the part of speech in your definition):

**Advocate**

publicly recommend or support, plead on someone else’s behalf

Write two definitions for each of the following words (include the part of speech in your definition):

**Reduce**

to make smaller, to simplify a problem or subject

Which word best completes the following sentence? \n *“Tim and I have been friends for thirty years, and he’s never let me down. I trust him _____ .”*

Ideologically

dynamically

implicitly

ultimately

implicitly

Which word best completes the following sentence? \n *“Existing research indicates that a single can of soda produces no negative effects on health. What we need now is a _________, so that we can better measure the long-term effects of soda consumption.”*

double-blind experiment

longitudinal study

cross-cultural study

cost-benefit analysis

longitudinal study

Which of the following definitions best corresponds to the way that “radicals” is used in the following sentence? \n *“The young radicals were determined to replace the fledgling democracy with a religious dictatorship, and they were willing to use force if necessary.”*

different from what is traditional or ordinary

having extreme political or social views

of or relating to the orgins

having extreme political or social views