Chapter 2

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  1. sophisticate
    a person who is cultured and has worldly experience
  2. imperative
    requiring attention or action
  3. deliberate
    carefully thought out in advance
  4. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  5. integrate
    make into a whole or make part of a whole
  6. pervasiveness
    the quality of filling or spreading throughout
  7. ideological
    relating to the characteristic thinking of a group
  8. relevant
    having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
  9. ambition
    a strong drive for success
  10. short-change
    give back less money than is due to someone who has overpaid
  11. Henson
    United States puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990)
  12. incendiarism
    malicious burning to destroy property
  13. accustomed
    commonly used or practiced; usual
  14. nationalism
    the doctrine that your country's interests are superior
  15. superiority
    the quality of being better than someone or something
  16. ethnocentrism
    belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group
  17. relativism
    the doctrine that judgment is based on situational context
Created on Tue Jun 07 11:48:16 EDT 2011 (updated Tue Jun 07 16:25:56 EDT 2011)

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