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| (v) to take hold of | to control and steer the direction of one's ideas or feelings |
| (v. pt) (adj) motivated | moved to act |
| eager (adj) | enthusiastic |
| sponges (n.pl) | literally ocean creatures, figuratively, young students who soak up knowledge |
| predominate (v) | to take over, to push aside others |
| severe (adj) | referring to mental or physical injury and the extreme nature of the injury |
| cognitive (adj) | having to do with brain functions and thinking |
| spontaneity (n) | the quality of being flexible, open-minded, energetic, and curious about new things |
| insists (v) | states as truth, ignoring other opinions or explanations |
| ambitious (adj) | describing goals or plans that are very large, grand, and represent a great effort or amount of work to complete |
| instituted (v.pt) (inf: to institute) | To start something, in a government or school setting, as a result of a policy change |
| glaze (v) | become covered with a glassy or glossy coating or outer layer. |
| avid (adj) | having a strong interest, craving, or devotion to something (reading, subject, hobby) |
| proceeds (v) | continues on to the next level, advances |
| in favor of (prepositional phrase) | instead of |
| notion (n) | a vague thought or general idea |
| maneuver (v) | to develop strategies of moving through a game or situation so as to get the rewards and avoid the traps |
| jeopardize (v) | to endanger |
| sublimation (n) | the mental process of hiding or pushing down our ideas or identity for the purpose of concealing it from others; done for social acceptance |
| syndrome (n) | a genetically inherited disorder |
| to produce a crop (v phrase) | to harvest the edible or usable parts of a field of plants. |
| flourish (v) | to grow and bloom in one's environment; to develop fully as a result of nurturance |
| conformity (n) | the human behavior in which a person changes something about their true selves in order to fit in with peers |
| depth of inquiry (noun phrase) | the level of digging a thinker is willing to do in order to do the hard mental work of answering difficult questions |
| ridicule (n) | repeated public scolding or humiliation by peers, family, or authority figures |
| collective isolation (n) | a form of self-protection where one forms a barrier between the self and surrounding people. The person is with others physically, but does not interact |
| solitary isolation (n) | A self-decided removal from the company of other people for the purpose of avoiding ridicule |
| socioeconomic (adj) | having to do with both the social and economic influences on a person or group |
| compelling (adj - gerund) | important and worth paying attention to or acting on |
| astray (adverb) | off of or away from the right path or direction |
| unsympathetic (adj) | showing no feeling, sharing no common feelings with a person or group |
| exacerbate (v) | to make sharper or more intense (used only with negative object nouns, like pain or loneliness) |
| inattentive (adj) | neglectful, numb to the presence or feelings of others |
| collude (v) | to secretely scheme or plan |
| prophesy (n) | a prediction of what will happen |
| astonishingly (adj) | surprisingly |
| bleak (adj) | hopeless |
| disengaged (adj; v. pt) | bored, uninterested, removed from the situation or conversation |
| mobilize (v) | to move people to take action |
| compounded (v pt) | made even more difficult or complex |
| alienation (n) | the feeling of being forced into loneliness directly or indirectly because of one's difference from the majority |
| competent (adj) | qualified, able to perform tasks |
| encountered (v. pt) | accidently faced, met up with, or discovered without searching |
| affect (v) | to have an influence on |
| effect (n) | the result of an action, decision, etc... |
| confirm (v) | to prove a theory |
| accordingly (adverb) | because of this; it follows that |
| attainable (adj) | usually refers to a goal and means that the goal is possible to achieve |
| subtly (adverb) | done in a manner that is hard to notice or measure |
| nurturing (adj; gerund: verb-ing) | supportive and encouraging the growth of someone or something |
| competence (n) | the proven ability to do something fairly well in multiple situations |
| intellectual capacity (noun phrase) | the potential of an individual to learn and grasp complex ideas |
| estrangement (n) | forced isolation, usually because of a conflict or characteristic that makes one want to separate and view the "other" as a stranger |
| undercut (v) | to sabotage, to make it more difficult |
| debilitating (gerund) | weakening |
| designation (n) | a name or label placed on one by someone higher |
| the Bronx (proper noun) | a working class neighborhood in New York |
| maintain (v) | to continue at the same level |
| content (adj) | satisfied with a situation or oneself |
| warmth (n) | emotionally supportive |
| scarce (adj) | in short supply; not enough of |
| collaborate (v) | to engage with others on a task in which each person plays a role in the final outcome |
| orientation (n) | a perspective or way of viewing a situation based on previous experience and beliefs |
| authentic (adj) | real, natural, in the form it should be; not artificial |
| at stake (idiom) | describes the state of something that is at risk of damage, loss, or destruction |
| kosher (adj) | socially acceptable within an environment or group |
| confide (v) | to trust someone enough to tell them a secret |
| suck up (idiom) | to be artificially nice to someone with authority over us for the purpose of getting extra rewards or less work from them |
| vying (verb pressent progressive) | competing against others for scarce spots on a team or scarce resources |
| chronicles (v) | tells of the era, life, or period of.... |
| criteria (n. pl) | qualities one judges something upon |
| assessment (n) | a judgment or evaluation based on criteria |
| subjective (adj) | not limited to the facts, open to interpretation |
| of substance (adj phrase) | meaningful, real, important |
| institutionalized (adj) | put in place by a large organization as a policy that everyone must follow |
| tracking (noun) | the system of creating levels of class progressions and assigning students to them (eg: basic, gifted, honors, eld, ap, remedial) |
| experiential learning | a form of getting skills and knowledge dominated by action, by performing tasks in real situations and learning as one interacts with the situation |
| delve (v) | to dive deep into (usually an idea, activity, task) |
| intact (adj) | whole, unbroken. Can refer to a physical object or to someone's belief about something |
| proactive (adj) | having the ability to consider possible events and choose to do something rather than to wait for circumstances to force one to make a decision |
| cynicism (n) | a view of the world that is dominated by a negative, hopeless, discouraging mood |
| demoralize (v) | to discourage one down to his or her very core, to destroy hope and faith in a dream and in the self |
| indifference (n) | predominant mood of not caring or feeling for much, if anything |
| breach (n) | an action or statement that breaks a custom or rule |
| inflection (n) | the tone or accent placed on a word or phrase to change its meaning or connotation |
| profound (adj) | describes an idea, event, or feeling that is meaningful to the mind and stirs emotions, making it memorable and instructive |
| liberal arts education (noun phrase) | a college program of general educatuion courses that emphasizes a wide variety of classes and the steady focus on big philosophical questions |
| facets (n. pl) | side of (as in a diamond, or an issue, or a situation) |
| pragmatic (adj) | practical |
| vocations (n. pl) | jobs |
| contentious (adj) | likely to start arguments or make people uncomfortable |
| scrutinize (v) | to study closely for the possible purpose of finding flaws or presenting a thorough evaluation of the what is being observed |
| rural (adj) | brings reader to imagine a small country town |
| compulsory (adj) | required |
| comply (v) | to obey to do whatone is told |
| acquiesce (v) | to give in to something one had resisted |
| reiterate (v)` | to repeat thoroughly, word for word |
