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21 Cards in this Set
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Denotation |
Exact dictionary definition |
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Connotation |
Idea or feeling a word give off (gay=lame) voc |
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Vocational |
Job skills-education leading to employment |
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Compulsory |
Required by law or rule |
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Segregate |
To set apart from the rest or from each other |
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Philanthropy |
Desire to promote the well fare of others |
Charity |
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Nonsectarian |
Not involving in a specific religious sect or political group |
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Conformity |
Compliance with standards rules or laws |
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Individualism |
The habit or principle of independent and self-reliant |
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Collectivism |
The practice or principal of giving a group priority over each idvidual in it |
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Transgression |
Violation of law |
Crime |
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Alienate |
To cause to be withdrawn or hostile |
Separate |
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Ambivalent |
Having mixed feelings about someone or something |
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Correlation |
Connection between 2 things |
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Dissent |
To hold or express opinions that are different than common opinions |
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Metacognition |
Understanding of ones own thought process- thinking about thinking |
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Claim |
Assertion of the truth |
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Text |
Piece of writing |
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Gist |
Main idea or point of a sentence or phrase |
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Paraphrase |
Putting a passage into your own words |
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Argument |
A reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others |
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