Unit 2: Cluster 3

Edge: Level B, Volume 1, Unit 2, Cluster 3

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  1. recitation
    a public instance of repeating something prepared in advance
  2. urban
    relating to a city or densely populated area
  3. holler
    shout out
  4. rant
    a long tirade or complaint expressed with strong emotion
  5. rhetoric
    high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
  6. expression
    the style of communicating beliefs or opinions
  7. transcend
    go beyond the scope or limits of
  8. structure
    the complex composition of knowledge as elements
  9. traditional
    consisting of or derived from a practice of long standing
  10. stereotype
    a conventional or formulaic conception or image
  11. bout
    a contest or fight
  12. emphasis
    special importance or significance
  13. compose
    write music
  14. root
    the place where something begins
  15. bard
    a lyric poet
  16. epic
    a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
  17. sonnet
    a verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
  18. unique
    the single one of its kind
  19. celebrated
    widely known and esteemed
  20. sway
    move back and forth
  21. rhythmically
    in a manner recurring with measured regularity
  22. mission
    a special assignment that is given to a person or group
  23. coordinate
    bring into common action, movement, or condition
  24. debut
    the act of beginning something new
  25. stodgy
    excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
  26. improvisation
    an unplanned expedient
  27. phenomenon
    a remarkable person, thing, or development
  28. cumulative
    increasing by successive addition
  29. sacrifice
    endure the loss of
  30. altar
    a raised structure on which sacrifices to a god are made
  31. raw
    devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment
  32. perfect
    make complete
  33. euphoria
    a feeling of great elation
  34. immortality
    the state of eternal life
  35. hazard
    a source of danger
  36. manic
    affected with or marked by frenzy uncontrolled by reason
  37. magnify
    increase in size, volume or significance
  38. exposed
    with no protection or shield
  39. caress
    touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner
  40. entrepreneur
    someone who organizes a business venture
  41. correlation
    a reciprocal connection between two or more things
  42. neuroscience
    the scientific study of the nervous system and the brain
  43. insight
    a feeling of understanding
  44. perspective
    appearance as determined by distance from the viewer
  45. abstraction
    a general concept formed by common features
  46. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  47. novelty
    originality by virtue of being refreshingly new
  48. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  49. tolerant
    showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
  50. unconventional
    not conforming to standards
  51. excel
    distinguish oneself
  52. decline
    go down
  53. elusive
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
Created on Mon Jul 18 16:09:20 EDT 2016 (updated Wed Aug 03 11:39:30 EDT 2016)

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