Unit 4: Part 1 Vocabulary

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  1. defend
    argue or speak in justification of
  2. determine
    shape or influence; give direction to
  3. differentiate
    mark as distinct
  4. discriminate
    recognize or perceive the difference
  5. unique
    the single one of its kind
  6. accept
    react favorably to; consider right and proper
  7. assimilate
    become like one's environment
  8. background
    information that is essential to understanding a situation
  9. conformity
    compliance with accepted standards, rules, or norms
  10. culture
    the attitudes characteristic of a particular social group
  11. difference
    the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
  12. individuality
    the distinct personality of someone
  13. similarity
    the quality of being alike
  14. understanding
    the condition of someone who knows and comprehends
  15. values
    beliefs of a group in which they have emotional investment
  16. incognito
    with your identity concealed
    In deepest incognito, first by express train, then along back roads, Pyotr Pavlovich Posudin was hastening toward the little town of N, to which he had been summoned by an anonymous letter.
  17. anonymous
    having no known name or identity or known source
    In deepest incognito, first by express train, then along back roads, Pyotr Pavlovich Posudin was hastening toward the little town of N, to which he had been summoned by an anonymous letter.
  18. trundle
    move slowly or heavily
    [Enter the DRIVER, a peasant, who climbs onto the cart, so that he is sitting with his back to us, and the cart begins to trundle slowly away from us.]
  19. discreet
    marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
    [The TRAVELER discreetly pushes the traveling bag out of the DRIVER’S sight.]
  20. cunning
    marked by skill in deception
    TRAVELER. But at least he’s good at his job, you say?
    DRIVER. Oh, he’s a blessing from heaven, I’ll grant him that.
    TRAVELER. Very cunning—you were saying.
    DRIVER. Oh, he creeps around all right.
  21. telegraph
    apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire
    What, you thought we wouldn’t know him? Why, we’ve got the electric telegraph these days!
Created on Thu Oct 15 17:36:14 EDT 2020 (updated Mon Oct 19 09:50:13 EDT 2020)

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