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College English Vocab 9-2024

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adherentsomeone who follows a leader, a party, or a profession
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
incoherentunclear or difficult to understand; loosely organized or inconsistent
inherentpart of something by nature or habit
centrifugalmoving outward from a center or central focus
refugeshelter or protection from danger or distress; a place that provides shelter or protection
fuguea musical form in whixh a theme is echoed and imitated by voices or instruments that enter one after another and interweave as the piece proceeds
subterfugea trick designed to help conceal, escape, or evade
microcosmsomethng that is seen as a small version of something much larger
cosmologya theory that descriv=bes the nature of the universe
cosmopolitanhaving international sophistication and experience
cosmosthe universe, especially when it is viewed as orderly and systematic
conscientiousgoverned by morality; scrupulous
nesciencelack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance
prescienthaving or showing advance knowledge of what is going to happen
unconscionablenot guided by any moral sense; unscrupulous
adjunctsomething joined or added to another ting of which it is not a part
disjunctiona break, separatin, or sharp difference between two things
juncturean important point in a process or activity; a place where things join; junction
conjunctbound together; joined united
bipartiteBeing in two parts; chared by two
impartialfair and not biased; treating and affecting all equally
participlea word that is formed from a verb but used as an adjective
partisana person who is strongly devoted to a particular cause or group
missiona task that someone us given to do,especially a military task; a task that someone considers important duty
missionarya person undertaking a mission, especially a religious missionary
emissarysomeone sent out to represent another; an agent
transmissionthe act or process of sending someone from one point to antoher, especially sending electrical signals toa radio, TV, acomputer etc.; the gears by which the power is passed froman engice to the axle in a motor vehicle
compelto drive or urge with force
expelto drive or force out; to fforce to leave, usually by an official actin
impelto urge or drive forward by strong moral force
repelto keep something out or away; to drive back
arachnida member of the class sof Arachnida, which includes animals with 4 pairs of legs and no antennae such as spiders, scorpians, mites and ticks
calliopea musical instrument similar to an organ in which whistles are sounded by steam or compressed air
dryada wood nymph
faunaanimal life; especially the animals which live naturally in a given area
floraplant life; especialy the flowering plants that live naturally in a specific area
herculeanextremely strong; extremely extensive, intense, or difficult
Pandora's boxa source of many troubles
Scylla and Charybdistwo equly dangerous alternatives


Deutschlehrerin
Marion Central School
Webster, NY

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