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11th Grade Vocabulary Words

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anecdote
n.
a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical.
ambiguity
noun
doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention
principle
noun
a fundamental, primary, or general law or truth from which others are derived
euphemism
noun
the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt
pressure
noun
the exertion of force upon a surface by an object or fluid in contact with it
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active
noun
in writing, a form or construction in the active voice, when the subject is doing the acting
allegory
noun
a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms
annotated
adjective
supplied with or containing explanatory notes and textual comments
bibliography
noun
a list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer
buoyancy
noun
the power to float or rise in a fluid, the upward pressure exerted by the fluid in which a body is immersed
bureaucracy
noun
government by many bureaus, administrators, and petty officials
censorship
noun
the act of examining published material for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political or military grounds
circuit
noun
a circular journey or one beginning and ending at the same place
civil liberty
noun
the freedom of a citizen to exercise customary rights, as of speech or assembly, without unwarranted or arbitrary interference by the government
conceit
noun
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance or wit
concept
noun
a general notion or idea; conception
conservative
adjective
disposed to preserve existing conditions and institutions, or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change
contemporary
noun
a person belonging to the same time or period with another or others
current
adjective
passing in time; belonging to the time actually passing; prevalent, new and most recent
denotation
noun
a word that names or signifies something specific
diction
noun
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words
displacement
noun
the act of compelling people to leave or relocate
due process
noun
administration of the law, according to which no citizen may be denied legal rights and all laws must conform to accepted legal principles
dynamics
noun
in physics, the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion and equilibrium of systems under the action of forces, usually from outside the system
extended metaphor
noun
a metaphor that is taken up through an entire stanza or entire poem, often by multiple comparisons of unlike objects or ideas
federalism
noun
principle of government pertaining to the union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of separate states
habeas corpus
noun
law a person to be brought before a court for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment
ion
noun
one of the electrically charged particles formed in a gas by electric discharge or the like
isotope
noun
forms of a chemical element having the same number of protons in the nucleus, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus
judicial review
noun
the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official
lethargy
noun
the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic
liberal
adjective
favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs; free from prejudice or bigotry; tolerant
magnitude
noun
size, extent or dimensions, usually pertaining to something large
optimism
noun
a tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome
parody
verb
to imitate for purposes of ridicule or satire
passive
adjective
not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling
permutation
noun
the act of alteration or transformation; the arrangment of numbers or terms in a certain order
pessimism
noun
the tendency to see, anticipate, or emphasize only bad or undesirable outcomes, results, conditions, problems
point of view
noun
a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; an opinion, attitude, or judgment
polynomial
adjective
consisting of or characterized by two or more names or terms
quadrant
noun
in geometry, the area included between such an arc and two radii drawn one to each extremity
resume
noun
a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job
sarcasm
noun
harsh or bitter derision or irony
tolerance
noun
a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion or nationality, differ from one's own
toxin
noun
poison produced by an organism such as bacterial toxins in tetanus or diphtheria and plant and animal toxins such as ricin and snake?venom
transcend
verb
to rise above or go beyond; to outdo or exceed in excellence, elevation or degree
transmit
verb
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; to communicate, such as news; or to spread, such as disease or infection
understate
verb
to represent less strongly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms

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