Reading for Results (10th edition)

Word List - Chapter 7:
Beyond the Paragraph: Reading Longer Selections

The following vocabulary words are defined in the chapter. Print this list. Each time you locate a definition, add the definition to this list. Study the list at odd moments until the words are part of your vocabulary.

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Vocabulary Word Definition

abolitionist

 

abstract

 

altruistic

 

ambiguous

 

appellate

 

aspirations

 

authoritarian

 

barbaric

 

bioethics

 

casebook

 

concrete

 

consensus

 

credence

 

dubbed

 

electoral

 

executive order

 

exorbitant

 

extroverted

 

felony

 

fodder

 

gestation

 

incarnate

 

integrated

 

invigorating

 

judicial

 

kangaroo court

 

litigation

 

misdemeanor

 

munificent

 

neural

 

physiology

 

plaintiffs

 

predisposition

 

prodigy

 

specifications

 

sumptuous

 

tycoons

 

variables

 

verify

 

vis-à-vis

 

wake

 

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