Reading for Results (10th edition)

Word List - Chapter 2:
Word Power

The following vocabulary words are defined in the chapter. Print this list. Each time you locate a definition, add the definition to this list. Study the list at odd moments until the words are part of your vocabulary.

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Vocabulary Word Definition

acquisition

 

acrid

 

acronyms

 

adhere

 

adherents

 

advocate

 

allusion

 

ambiguous

 

ambivalent

 

anecdotes

 

antidote

 

attributed

 

audacity

 

automaticity

 

barren

 

belligerent

 

bigamy

 

bilateral

 

bizarrely

 

blurted

 

bravado

 

candor

 

charismatic

 

chronic

 

chronological

 

circuitous

 

circumvent

 

clichés

 

cogent

 

cognition

 

coherent

 

commenced

 

compelling

 

compensation

 

component

 

comprehensive

 

connotations

 

consent

 

conventional

 

correlation

 

credentials

 

credible

 

credulous

 

crude

 

delusions

 

denotations

 

dermatitis

 

dictum

 

disassociate

 

disclaimer

 

disfigured

 

disputing

 

disreputable

 

dissect

 

dissidents

 

domicile

 

eccentric

 

emaciated

 

embodiment

 

ensuing

 

equivalent

 

evokes

 

exonerated

 

explicit

 

exploitation

 

extract

 

extraneous

 

extricate

 

fiction

 

fictitious

 

fluctuations

 

frivolous

 

generated

 

genesis

 

gregarious

 

gridlock

 

guffawed

 

hedonistic

 

hurled

 

hypothesis

 

immobile

 

immobilized

 

implacable

 

implications

 

incarceration

 

inclination

 

incompatible

 

innovations

 

inherently

 

intervening

 

intrinsic

 

irrational

 

justification

 

lexicographer

 

longevity

 

loquacious

 

lore

 

lucrative

 

maligning

 

metaphor

 

mnemonic devices

 

mobile

 

modified

 

monotheism

 

multiplicity

 

multitudes

 

omniscient

 

omnivorous

 

paternity

 

perceptive

 

perforated

 

permeable

 

placated

 

plight

 

polygamy

 

polytheism

 

populous

 

preceding

 

predatory

 

predominantly

 

preliminary

 

prelude

 

pre-owned

 

proponents

 

proximity

 

pseudonyms

 

punitive

 

radical

 

recklessness

 

reconversion

 

rectified

 

redeem

 

repellent

 

reverberation

 

revitalized

 

satirical

 

scavenging

 

simile

 

socialized

 

stereotyping

 

stigma

 

stimulation

 

subdue

 

submersing

 

subordinate

 

subsequent

 

supercilious

 

superfluous

 

synchronized

 

synonym

 

systematically

 

tantalizing

 

terminated

 

trounced

 

upheaval

 

validity

 

vitiated

 

vocal

 

volatile

 

vulnerable

 

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