John Pesavent
Chip Fox
Beka Whitemarsh
Natalie Kraemer

Rebekah Nathan

Rebekah Nathan

Monday, May 10, 2010

Vocabulary Ch. 7 - Natalie

Bimodal (133) - relating to or consisting of a series of observations with two peaks, representing two statistical values that occur with equal frequency and more often than any other value

Placating (134) - to make somebody less angry, upset, or hostile, usually by doing or saying things to please him or her

Officious (pg 134) - characteristic of somebody who is eager to give unwanted help or advice

Superlative (pg 134) - of the highest quality or degree

Anthropological (pg 135) - relating to the study of humankind, especially the study of cultures

Relativist (pg 135) - the belief that concepts such as right and wrong, goodness and badness, or truth and falsehood are not absolute but change from culture to culture and situation to situation
Tacit (pg 135) - understood or implied without being stated openly

Interim (pg 136) - serving as a temporary measure until something more complete and permanent can be established

Appreciable (pg 137) - large or important enough to be noticed

Colloquium (pg 155) - an academic conference or seminar in which a particular topic is discussed, often with guest speakers

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