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Rebekah Nathan

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Chip Fox Vocab Ch. 6

Monolithic (p.107) - (of an organization or system) large, powerful, and intractably indivisible and uniform

Hedonistic (p.108) - the pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence.

Pedagogical (p.109) - of or relating to teaching

Thwart (p.112) - oppose (a plan, attempt, or ambition) successfully

Encapsulates (p.113) - enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule

Touting (p.116) - attempt to sell (something), typically by pestering people in an aggressive or bold manner

Mantra (p. 127) - a word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation

Recalcitrant (p.128) - having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline

Dissipates (p.128) - disperse or scatter

Wrest (p.130) - forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp

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