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Serena R. (United States of America)
These are words that I use during college and in my research papers.
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  1. invalidate
    make no longer acceptable for use
  2. majority
    the main part
  3. Byzantine
    of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
    highly involved or intricate
  4. precedent
    an example that is used to justify similar occurrences
  5. correlation
    a reciprocal connection between two or more things
    the relation between two or more things.
  6. causation
    the act of making something happen
    The act of causing something to happen.
  7. ideology
    an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group
  8. requisite
    necessary for relief or supply
  9. controversial
    marked by or capable of causing disagreement
  10. deportment
    the way a person behaves toward other people
  11. recidivism
    habitual relapse into crime
  12. stratification
    forming or depositing in layers
  13. cognitive process
    the performance of some composite cognitive activity
  14. noesis
    the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
  15. average
    an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual
  16. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  17. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  18. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  19. subjugation
    forced submission to control by others
  20. posit
    take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
  21. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  22. repudiation
    rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
  23. probabilistic
    of or relating to or based on probability
  24. pluralism
    a social organization in which diversity is tolerated
  25. academic
    associated with an educational institution
  26. contention
    the act of competing as for profit or a prize
Created on Thu Sep 25 07:29:52 EDT 2008

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