Unit 1 Words

Ms. Simmons (United States of America)
These are the 50 words from Unit 1 that you will be tested on.
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  1. oppose
    be against
  2. obnoxious
    causing disapproval or protest
  3. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  4. oppressive
    weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
  5. obstruction
    any structure that makes progress difficult
  6. opponent
    someone who offers resistance
  7. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  8. obtrude
    push to thrust outward
  9. obvious
    easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
  10. obligation
    the state of being bound to do or pay something
  11. distort
    twist and press out of shape
  12. disrupt
    make a break in
  13. digression
    a message that departs from the main subject
  14. diversity
    noticeable variety
  15. divulge
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
  16. disintegrate
    break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
  17. diffuse
    spread out; not concentrated in one place
  18. dissect
    cut open or cut apart
  19. distend
    cause to expand as if by internal pressure
  20. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  21. atrophy
    a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
  22. abysmal
    exceptionally bad or displeasing
  23. amnesty
    a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
  24. atypical
    not representative of a group, class, or type
  25. anonymous
    having no known name or identity or known source
  26. apathetic
    showing little or no emotion or animation
  27. immoral
    deliberately violating principles of right and wrong
  28. amorphous
    having no definite form or distinct shape
  29. anarchy
    a state of lawlessness and disorder
  30. anemic
    relating to or having a deficiency of red blood cells
  31. paramedic
    a person trained to give emergency medical treatment
  32. paraphrase
    express the same message in different words
  33. paraphernalia
    equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles
  34. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  35. parasite
    an animal or plant that lives in or on a host
  36. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  37. paralyze
    cause to be immobile
  38. paranoia
    a mental disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
  39. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  40. hedonist
    someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
  41. chronology
    an arrangement of events in time
  42. etymology
    a history of a word
  43. populism
    political doctrine that supports the rights of common people
  44. activist
    a reformer who works to achieve social or political change
  45. fatalistic
    accepting that everything that happens is inevitable
  46. plagiarism
    taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
  47. theology
    the rational and systematic study of religion
  48. cardiologist
    a specialist in the structure and function of the heart
  49. optimist
    a person disposed to take a favorable view of things
  50. parable
    a short moral story
Created on Tue Nov 05 06:56:00 EST 2013 (updated Thu Nov 07 09:47:53 EST 2013)

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