9Th Grade-Chapter 17

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impute

Back 1

v. to assign blame or responsibility for
- to attribute or assign

I impute your success in school to your diligence and responsibility. (positive implication)

I impute your grades on your inability to focus and always wanting to party (negative implication)

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dispute

Back 2

to disagree with; a disagreement or argument

I am going to dispute the grade with the teacher b/c my paper was extremely well written.

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disreputable

Back 3

not respectable; having a bad reputation, shameful

The program "Shameless"is filled with disreputable characters - they are all shameless, and don't have any morals.

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connotation

Back 4

an image or idea associated with a word

The word "raving" does not have a good connotation - when you hear it, you think negatively of what the kids are doing. Other words have better connotation.

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denotation

Back 5

the dictionary definition of a word - the explicit meaning.

The denotation of "prescient" is showing knowledge or events before they happen.

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annotate

Back 6

to explain or discuss through a note

My mother always insists that I annotate as I read as it helps to study for finals.

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irrational

Back 7

not based on reason or logic

Sometimes I think my teachers are irational; they seem to think their class is the only class we have and assign HUGE amounts of HW.

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rationale

Back 8

a reason for doing something; explanation

The rationale for Cristy to play VB club is that she wants her HS team to be better, and thus she puts herself through club. Most girl's rationale is to develop them to play college.

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rationalize

Back 9

justify; give reason for

I always have to rationalize to my mother why I am not studying all of the time when I have so many Bs in my report card.

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conscientious

Back 10

diligent and careful

I need to be more conscientious about my grades so that I can try to get some scholarship somewhere and help my parents. Afterall, school is my only job, so I should be more conscientious about my grades.

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unconscionable

Back 11

not obeying moral laws

My parents think that any kids that steals, lies or cheats are committing unconscionable acts.

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prescient

Back 12

showing knowledge or events before they happen - having forsight - being able to predict

Even the most prescient meterorologist, can't really predict when we should expect earthquakes. That's why I don't want to live in California.