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  1. interpret
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
  2. evaluate
    estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
  3. cardiovascular
    of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels
  4. product
    an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
  5. simplify
    make easier or reduce in complexity or extent
  6. verbatim
    using exactly the same words
  7. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  8. interest
    a sense of concern with and curiosity about something
  9. difference
    the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
  10. ratio
    relation with respect to comparative quantity or magnitude
  11. revenue
    the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
  12. integer
    any natural number or its negative, or zero
  13. plagiarism
    taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
  14. interrogative
    relating to sentences that ask a question
  15. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
  16. fraction
    a small part or item forming a piece of a whole
  17. comparative
    involving the examination of similarities and differences
  18. enhance
    increase
  19. obliterate
    remove completely from recognition or memory
  20. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  21. dictator
    a ruler who is unconstrained by law
  22. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  23. exasperate
    make furious
  24. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  25. fabricate
    put together out of artificial or natural components
  26. masculine
    associated with men and not with women
  27. feminine
    associated with women and not with men
  28. conspicuous
    obvious to the eye or mind
  29. extraneous
    not belonging to that in which it is contained
  30. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  31. superficial
    of, affecting, or being on or near the surface
  32. quagmire
    a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  33. inference
    a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
  34. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  35. intonation
    the act of singing in a monotonous tone
  36. contemporary
    occurring in the same period of time
  37. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  38. meander
    move or cause to move in a winding or curving course
  39. lacerate
    cut or tear irregularly
  40. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  41. cerebral
    of or relating to the brain
  42. queue
    a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
  43. sum
    a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
  44. raze
    tear down so as to make flat with the ground
  45. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  46. boisterous
    marked by exuberance and high spirits
  47. fiction
    a literary work based on the imagination
  48. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  49. chronic
    long-lasting or characterized by long suffering
  50. myriad
    a large indefinite number
  51. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  52. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  53. abstract
    existing only in the mind
  54. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
  55. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  56. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  57. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  58. abstract
    existing only in the mind
  59. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
  60. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  61. constant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  62. variable
    something that is likely to change
  63. resource
    aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed
  64. urban
    relating to a city or densely populated area
  65. rural
    living in or characteristic of farming or country life
  66. scrutinize
    examine carefully for accuracy
  67. compromise
    an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
  68. terrorism
    the use of violence against civilians for ideological goals
  69. abolish
    do away with
  70. confidentiality
    discretion in keeping secret information
  71. integrity
    an undivided or unbroken completeness with nothing wanting
  72. responsibility
    the social force that binds you to a course of action
  73. empathy
    understanding and entering into another's feelings
  74. ethics
    motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
  75. tangent
    a line that touches a curve at only one point
  76. artifact
    a man-made object
  77. copyright
    the exclusive right to sell a work
  78. cooperation
    the practice of working together on a common enterprise
  79. confiscation
    seizure by the government
  80. privilege
    a special advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all
  81. horizontal
    parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line
  82. scientific method
    a systematic way of investigating to test a hypothesis
  83. demonstrate
    give an exhibition of to an interested audience
  84. diagram
    a drawing intended to explain how something works
  85. implement
    a piece of equipment or a tool used for a specific purpose
  86. organize
    arrange by systematic planning and united effort
  87. intermediate
    lying between two extremes in time, space, or state
  88. intensity
    high level or degree
  89. analyze
    break down into components or essential features
  90. conclusion
    a position or opinion reached after consideration
  91. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  92. capitalism
    an economic system based on private ownership of assets
  93. reflect
    throw or bend back from a surface
  94. sequence
    a following of one thing after another in time
  95. quotient
    the number obtained by division
Created on Wed Feb 01 11:16:13 EST 2012 (updated Tue Jul 10 14:46:34 EDT 2012)

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