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10 Cards in this Set
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CURB
We're going keep curbing schools, courts, corrections. |
V: restrain
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BURDEN
You won't burden her. |
V: afflict
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INTRINSIC
Creativity and intrinsic interest diminish if task is done for gain |
Adj: belonging to a thing by its very nature
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IRONCLAD
This law is not nearly as ironclad as was once thought |
Adj: Very rigid; inflexible
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SAKE
Something is worth doing for its own sake |
N: cause, interest or benefit.
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UNWITTINGLY
We may unwittingly be squelching interest |
Adv:unintentional
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ERODE
Extrinsic rewards can erode intrinsic interest |
V: Destroy by slow consumption or desintegration
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WAGE
Similar to an hourly wage in the workplace |
N: Money that is pay or received for work or services
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WORTH
We will no longer find that activity worth doing in its own right |
Prep: Good or important enough to justify (what is specified)
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TAUNTS
An elderly man was harassed by the taunts of neighboorhood children |
V. Insulting, to reproach in a sarcastic
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