Outliers (2.9 Marita's Bargain)

Kelly Cook (United States of America)
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  1. squat
    be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
  2. bleak
    unpleasantly cold and damp
  3. borough
    one of the administrative divisions of a large city
  4. despair
    abandon hope; lose heart
  5. protocol
    code of correct conduct
  6. desirable
    worth having or seeking or achieving
  7. motley
    consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  8. dingy
    thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
  9. privileged
    blessed with special advantages
  10. reform
    make changes for improvement to remove abuse and injustices
  11. haphazard
    dependent upon or characterized by chance
  12. comprehensive
    broad in scope
  13. productive
    capable of bringing forth, especially abundantly
  14. citizen
    a native or naturalized member of a state
  15. Horace Mann
    United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859)
  16. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  17. infrequently
    not many times
  18. respite
    a pause for relaxation
  19. confinement
    the state of being enclosed
  20. bewildered
    extremely confused and uncertain what to do
  21. prolonged
    relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
  22. cognitive
    relating to or involving the mental process of knowing
  23. analytical
    using or skilled in using reasoning
  24. fallow
    left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
  25. analogy
    drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity
  26. inviolate
    treated as if holy and kept free from violation or criticism
  27. class
    a group of people sharing similar wealth and status
  28. sociologist
    a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society
  29. modest
    marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
  30. phenomenon
    a remarkable person, thing, or development
  31. provoke
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  32. disadvantaged
    marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
  33. inherent
    in the nature of something though not readily apparent
  34. troop
    march in a procession
  35. discipline
    training to improve strength or self-control
  36. grit
    fortitude and determination
  37. methodical
    characterized by orderliness
  38. extended
    relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
  39. digest
    arrange and integrate in the mind
  40. counterintuitive
    contrary to what common sense would suggest
  41. retention
    the power of remembering past experience
  42. remedial
    tending or intended to rectify or improve
  43. sentimental
    marked by tender, romantic, or nostalgic emotion
  44. parochial
    narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
  45. lollygag
    loaf about and waste time; dawdle
  46. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  47. seize
    take hold of; grab
  48. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  49. flowering
    a developmental process
Created on Sun Jan 12 22:24:56 EST 2014 (updated Sun Jan 12 22:56:42 EST 2014)

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