Monday, November 4, 2013

VOCABULARY 9 (EXPOS)

ultimate: being or happening at the end of a process; final.
The ultimate showdown happened when the smartest students had a debate against each other.

interactive: (of two people or things) influencing or having an effect on each other; to come into contact
Two year-old are very interactive when they play among each other.

principle: a fundamental source or basis of something.
A principle in physics is that an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted by an outside force.

guidance: advice or information aimed at resolving a problem or difficulty, esp. as given by someone in authority.
I go to the career center to get guidance in my college applications and scholarships.

collaboration: the action of working with someone to produce or create something.
The doctors were collaborating in a case that was difficult to diagnose.

formative: serving to form something, esp. having a profound and lasting influence on a person's development.
In a pregnancy, the first 6-8 weeks are formative.

summative:  additive, cumulative
The grades for this semester are summative to my total GPA.

racism:  poor treatment of or violence against people because of their race; the belief that some races of people are better than others.
Even though people would like to think racism doesn't exist, it still does.

intelligence: the ability to learn or understand things or to deal with new or difficult situations
I wish I had Issac Newton's intelligence.

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