week 1 vocabulary: cp eng i content-based aligned with prentice hall resources

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Vocabulary: CP Eng I

Content-based aligned with Prentice Hall

Resources.

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20 Weekly Words: abstract comprise contemplate creed define degenerate desolate embody equivalent hallowed

hence illuminate inextricably invoke mobility oppression palpable prejudice promissory segregation

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abstract

(adj.)

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• Considered apart from particular examples or concrete objects; general, as opposed to particular.

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comprise

(v.)

To include and contain.

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contemplate

(v.)

To look at attentively; gaze at.

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creed

(n)

A formal summary of religious beliefs.

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define

(v)

To state the meaning of.

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degenerate

(v)

To become worse or inferior.

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desolate

(adj)

Uninhabited or deserted.

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embody

(v)

To infest with or as with a body.

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equivalent

(adj)

Equal in value, force, and manner.

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hallowed

(adj)

Sacred or holy.

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hence

(adv.)

Therefore or consequently.

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illuminate

(v)

To give light to or light up.

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inextricably

(adv.)

So involved that extrication is impossible.

That cannot be disentangled or undone.

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invoke

(v.)

To call on for aid, protection, etc; to address as in prayer.

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mobility

(n.)

Characterized by freedom of movement.

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oppression

(n.)

The act of subjecting to unjust hardships; tyranny.

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palpable

(adj.)

That that may be touched or felt.

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prejudice

(n.)

A judgment or opinion formed without due examination of the facts.

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promissory

(adj.)

Containing or of the nature of a promise.

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segregation

(n.)

The act or policy of separating a race, social class, etc. from the general mass of society or from a larger group.

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