Unit 6: Cluster 2

Edge: Level C, Volume 2, Unit 6, Cluster 2.

Here are links to the other clusters within Unit 6: "Too Young to Drive?" and "Rules of the Road", "Piracy Bites!" and "Doonesbury on Downloading", "Long Walk to Freedom" and "We Hold These Truths"
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  1. impact
    a strong influence
  2. wreak
    cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
  3. havoc
    violent and needless disturbance
  4. intellectual
    involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
  5. underwrite
    protect by insurance
  6. fundamental
    being or involving basic facts or principles
  7. access
    reach or gain entrance to
  8. verify
    check or regulate by conducting a parallel experiment
  9. counterfeit
    not genuine; imitating something superior
  10. savvy
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  11. repercussion
    a remote or indirect consequence of some action
  12. merit
    the quality of being deserving
  13. facilitate
    make easier
  14. inequity
    injustice by virtue of not conforming with standards
  15. plight
    a situation from which extrication is difficult
  16. soar
    rise rapidly
  17. encryption
    the activity of converting data or information into code
  18. stifle
    smother or suppress
  19. innovation
    the act of starting something for the first time
  20. looter
    someone who steals, as during a war or riot
  21. logic
    a system of reasoning
  22. impound
    take temporary possession of by legal authority
Created on Thu Jul 21 14:30:30 EDT 2016 (updated Tue Aug 16 11:27:22 EDT 2016)

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