Unit 3: Novel Study: Outliers, Introduction–Chapter 2

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  1. initial
    occurring at the beginning
  2. command
    make someone do something
  3. obscure
    make undecipherable or imperceptible by concealing
  4. skepticism
    doubt about the truth of something
  5. tumultuous
    characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  6. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  7. phenomenon
    a remarkable person, thing, or development
  8. margin
    an amount beyond the minimum necessary
  9. ubiquity
    the state of being everywhere at once
  10. confound
    be confusing or perplexing to
  11. meritocracy
    a social system in which power goes to superior intellects
  12. advent
    arrival that has been awaited
  13. revelation
    communication by a divine or supernatural agency
  14. simultaneously
    at the same instant
  15. disband
    cause to break up or cease to function
  16. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  17. contemporary
    belonging to the present time
  18. generation
    all the people living at the same time or of the same age
  19. paradigm
    the generally accepted perspective of a discipline
Created on Mon Nov 30 12:19:53 EST 2020 (updated Fri Dec 04 09:48:30 EST 2020)

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