Collection 1: Marita's Bargain

As you read Malcolm Gladwell's "Marita's Bargain," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 12's Collection 1: Marita's Bargain, The Secret to Raising Smart Kids, A Walk to the Jetty, Ile
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  1. motley
    consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  2. cognitive
    relating to or involving the mental process of knowing
  3. acquire
    gain through experience
  4. cultivation
    training and education to develop one's mind or manners
  5. inviolate
    treated as if holy and kept free from violation or criticism
  6. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
  7. cumulative
    increasing by successive addition
  8. advantage
    the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
  9. superiority
    the quality of being better than someone or something
  10. incentive
    a positive motivational influence
  11. methodical
    characterized by orderliness
  12. counterintuitive
    contrary to what common sense would suggest
  13. transform
    change or alter in appearance or nature
  14. typical
    exhibiting the qualities that identify a group or kind
  15. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
Created on Mon Jun 30 00:27:13 EDT 2014 (updated Wed Jul 02 09:34:46 EDT 2014)

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