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10th Grade Vocabulary Words

Tenth-grade reading asks learners to move confidently among literary analysis, argument, source evaluation, laboratory science, mathematics, computing, history, economics, psychology, philosophy, and the arts. This level emphasizes precise academic language, disciplinary meanings, connotation, word relationships, and the ability to interpret unfamiliar vocabulary in demanding context.

This independently authored 800-word beta curriculum is arranged in twenty-three pages of up to thirty-five words. Pages containing words 1–500 include five cloze questions drawn only from that enhanced range; words 501–800 remain fully visible and editable as list pages while expanded practice is developed. Every row includes an editable subject-field label and a conservative word-study note about transparent affixes, compound structure, capitalization, or dictionary base forms. The cited sources calibrate range and difficulty only; all learner-facing definitions, examples, quizzes, and descriptions are original KSSR copy.

Please note: the vocabulary lists for grades 9~11 have been selected to ensure no overlap with the previous grade level. If the words are too specialized or difficult for you, please go back to grade levels 4~8 and review the words on those pages.

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1conceptual frameworknoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: conceptual + framework. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

概念框架The conceptual framework connects neighborhood design, travel choices, and air quality.
2operational definitionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: operational + definition. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

操作定义The operational definition treats regular exercise as at least 150 minutes of activity per week.
3construct validitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: construct + validity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

建构效度Researchers questioned the survey's construct validity because its stress scale mostly measured tiredness.
4internal validitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: internal + validity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

内部效度Random assignment improved the experiment's internal validity.
5external validitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: external + validity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

外部效度Testing only professional athletes limits the trial's external validity.
6ecological validitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: ecological + validity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

生态效度Observing shoppers in an actual market increased the study's ecological validity.
7concurrent validitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: concurrent + validity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

同时效度The new reading test showed concurrent validity by closely matching an established assessment.
8predictive validitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: predictive + validity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

预测效度Course performance provided evidence of the placement test's predictive validity.
9content validitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: content + validity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

内容效度Including analysis, evidence, and conventions strengthened the exam's content validity.
10interrater reliabilitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: interrater + reliability. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

评价者间的可靠性Training raised interrater reliability among the essay scorers.
11test-retest reliabilitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: test + retest + reliability. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

重测信度Stable scores two weeks apart supported the questionnaire's test-retest reliability.
12sampling framenoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: sampling + frame. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

抽样框The voter registry served as the sampling frame for the telephone survey.
13random samplingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: random + sampling. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

随机抽样Random sampling reduced the risk that researchers would select only convenient participants.
14stratified samplingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: stratified + sampling. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

分层抽样Stratified sampling ensured that every grade level appeared in the school survey.
15cluster samplingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: cluster + sampling. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

整群抽样The team used cluster sampling by choosing eight classrooms and surveying everyone in them.
16systematic samplingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: systematic + sampling. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

系统抽样With systematic sampling, the archivist inspected every twentieth file.
17convenience samplenoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: convenience + sample. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

方便样品Students leaving one cafeteria formed a convenience sample that could not represent the whole city.
18oversamplingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Base-form focus: oversampling is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

过采样Oversampling provided enough rural respondents for a separate comparison.
19response biasnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: response + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

反应偏差A judgmental question introduced response bias into the health survey.
20nonresponse biasnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: nonresponse + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

无反应偏差Low participation by night-shift workers created nonresponse bias.
21social desirability biasnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: social + desirability + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

社会期望偏差Social desirability bias may cause respondents to underreport rude behavior.
22measurement errornoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: measurement + error. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

测量误差A poorly calibrated scale introduced measurement error into every mass reading.
23confidence intervalnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: confidence + interval. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 置信區間 2. 信賴區間The confidence interval placed average growth between 4.2 and 5.1 centimeters.
24confidence levelnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: confidence + level. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

置信水平The researchers selected a 95 percent confidence level.
25null hypothesisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: null + hypothesis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 虛無假說 2. 零假設The null hypothesis states that both fertilizers produce the same average growth.
26alternative hypothesisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: alternative + hypothesis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

另类假设The alternative hypothesis predicts that warmer water speeds the reaction.
27independent samplesnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: independent + samples. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

独立样本The experiment used independent samples from two different schools.
28paired samplesnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: paired + samples. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

配对样本Before-and-after blood pressure readings form paired samples.
29control variablenoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: control + variable. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

控制变量Room temperature was a control variable in the battery test.
30confounding variablenoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: confounding + variable. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

混杂变量Prior training was a confounding variable in the comparison of teaching methods.
31moderating variablenoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: moderating + variable. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

调节变量Age acted as a moderating variable because the treatment benefited younger patients more strongly.
32mediating variablenoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: mediating + variable. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

中介变量Improved sleep was a mediating variable between reduced screen time and better concentration.
33latent variablenoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: latent + variable. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

潜变量The model treats motivation as a latent variable reflected in effort and persistence.
34extraneous variablenoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: extraneous + variable. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

无关变量Background noise was an extraneous variable during the memory task.
35placebo effectnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: placebo + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

安慰劑效應Some participants reported less pain because of the placebo effect.

Designing a Sampling Study

Reading practice for pages 1–3. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

A conceptual framework connects neighborhood design, travel choices, and air quality. Researchers use stratified sampling so every district is represented, then apply random sampling within each district. They compare independent samples of commuters and remote workers. Their alternative hypothesis predicts a difference in average exposure, while the null hypothesis predicts none.

Simplified Chinese translation

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Reading comprehension

1. Why use stratified sampling?

It ensures that every district is represented.

2. Where is random sampling applied?

It is applied within each district.

3. What does the alternative hypothesis predict?

It predicts a difference in average exposure.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. ___ reduced the risk that researchers would select only convenient participants.

Answer: random sampling

2. The ___ predicts that warmer water speeds the reaction.

Answer: alternative hypothesis

3. The ___ connects neighborhood design, travel choices, and air quality.

Answer: conceptual framework

4. ___ ensured that every grade level appeared in the school survey.

Answer: stratified sampling

5. The experiment used ___ from two different schools.

Answer: independent samples

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36observer effectnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: observer + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

观察者效应Workers followed every procedure carefully while the inspector was present, demonstrating an observer effect.
37Hawthorne effectnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: Hawthorne + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

霍桑效应The temporary rise in productivity may reflect the Hawthorne effect.
38double-blind studynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: double + blind + study. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

双盲研究A double-blind study reduced expectation effects during the drug trial.
39longitudinal studynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: longitudinal + study. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

纵向研究The longitudinal study tracked language development from childhood through adolescence.
40cross-sectional studynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: cross + sectional + study. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

横断面研究The cross-sectional study compared sleep habits across four age groups.
41cohort studynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: cohort + study. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

隊列研究A cohort study monitored nurses who began work in the same decade.
42case-control studynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: case + control + study. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

病例对照研究The case-control study examined earlier chemical exposure among patients with a rare illness.
43meta-analysisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: meta + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 元分析 2. 薈萃分析 3. 後設分析The meta-analysis estimated the treatment's overall effect across twenty trials.
44effect sizenoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: effect + size. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

效应大小Although the result was statistically significant, its effect size was small.
45statistical powernoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: statistical + power. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

统计功效A larger sample increased the study's statistical power.
46Type I errornoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: Type + I + error. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

I 类错误A Type I error would falsely identify the harmless additive as dangerous.
47Type II errornoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: Type + II + error. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

II 类错误A very small sample made a Type II error more likely.
48falsifiabilitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ability forms a noun for the capacity to have a quality or perform an action.

可證偽性A scientific claim needs falsifiability so observations could count against it.
49parsimonynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Base-form focus: parsimony is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 節儉 2. 经济The simpler model was favored for its parsimony.
50explanatory modelnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: explanatory + model. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

解释模型The explanatory model links warmer oceans with stronger evaporation and rainfall.
51causal mechanismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: causal + mechanism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

因果机制Cell damage provides a possible causal mechanism linking the toxin to illness.
52causal inferencenoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: causal + inference. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

因果推理Randomized evidence supports stronger causal inference than a simple correlation.
53counterfactualnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Base-form focus: counterfactual is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

反事实的The historian considers the counterfactual of the treaty never being signed.
54necessary conditionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: necessary + condition. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

必要条件Liquid water is a necessary condition for the reaction in this experiment.
55sufficient conditionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: sufficient + condition. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

充分條件Divisibility by four is a sufficient condition for a whole number ending in two zeros to be even.
56validitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

有效性The missing control group weakened the validity of the causal conclusion.
57reliabilitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ability forms a noun for the capacity to have a quality or perform an action.

信度Repeated measurements within one millimeter demonstrated the instrument's reliability.
58calibrationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

1. 校準 2. 校正The laboratory performs calibration of each sensor before fieldwork.
59data integritynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: data + integrity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

数据完整性Access controls and checksums help protect data integrity.
60data normalizationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: data + normalization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

数据标准化Data normalization placed every temperature reading on the same unit scale.
61data cleaningnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: data + cleaning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

数据清理Data cleaning removed duplicate survey responses.
62outlier detectionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: outlier + detection. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

异常值检测Outlier detection revealed a misplaced decimal point.
63missing datanoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: missing + data. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

缺失数据The report explains how missing data from unanswered questions were handled.
64imputationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

归因The analyst used imputation rather than treating every blank response as zero.
65coding schemenoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: coding + scheme. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

编码方案The coding scheme distinguishes supportive, neutral, and critical comments.
66codebooknoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Base-form focus: codebook is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

密码本The codebook explains that a value of nine means “response unavailable.”
67thematic analysisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: thematic + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

专题分析Thematic analysis revealed repeated concerns about safety and cost.
68content analysisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: content + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

内容分析The content analysis compared how often newspapers quoted scientists.
69discourse analysisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: discourse + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 話語分析 2. 語篇分析Discourse analysis examined how official statements described protesters.
70grounded theorynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: grounded + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

扎根理论Through grounded theory, researchers built a model from repeated interview patterns.

Page 2 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 2.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. A ___ reduced expectation effects during the drug trial.

Answer: double-blind study

2. Cell damage provides a possible ___ linking the toxin to illness.

Answer: causal mechanism

3. The analyst used ___ rather than treating every blank response as zero.

Answer: imputation

4. The ___ tracked language development from childhood through adolescence.

Answer: longitudinal study

5. Randomized evidence supports stronger ___ than a simple correlation.

Answer: causal inference

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71ethnographynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Root and suffix focus: -graphy relates to writing, recording, or describing.

人种志The ethnography describes daily cooperation in a coastal fishing village.
72participant observationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: participant + observation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

参与观察Participant observation helped the researcher understand unwritten workshop routines.
73field notenoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: field + note. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

现场笔记Her field note describes who entered the meeting and where each person sat.
74interview protocolnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: interview + protocol. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

访谈协议The interview protocol begins with consent and neutral background questions.
75informed consentnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: informed + consent. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

知情同意Each volunteer signed an informed consent form before the first session.
76anonymitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

匿名The anonymous ballot preserved voter anonymity.
77confidentialitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

保密性The counselor maintained confidentiality by storing records in an encrypted system.
78debriefingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Base-form focus: debriefing is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

汇报During debriefing, participants learned why the task had concealed its true aim.
79institutional review boardnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: institutional + review + board. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

机构审查委员会The institutional review board required clearer language about withdrawal rights.
80preregistrationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

预登记Preregistration made it harder to hide an unsuccessful primary test.
81open datanoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: open + data. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

开放数据The city released traffic counts as open data.
82open sciencenoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: open + science. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

开放科学Open science encouraged the team to share its materials and analysis code.
83reproducible workflownoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: reproducible + workflow. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

可重复的工作流程The notebook created a reproducible workflow from raw measurements to final graph.
84audit trailnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: audit + trail. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

审计追踪The audit trail revealed when the invoice total was edited.
85chain of custodynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: chain + of + custody. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 監管鏈 2. 保管鏈 3. 監護鏈A sealed container and signed log preserved the sample's chain of custody.
86tertiary sourcenoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: tertiary + source. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

第三来源An encyclopedia is a tertiary source useful for initial orientation.
87source triangulationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: source + triangulation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

源三角测量Source triangulation connected the photograph, weather log, and witness testimony.
88lateral readingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: lateral + reading. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

横向阅读Lateral reading showed that the impressive website belonged to a lobbying organization.
89reverse image searchnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: reverse + image + search. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 反向圖像搜索 2. 以圖搜圖A reverse image search found that the supposed storm photograph was ten years old.
90domain authoritynoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: domain + authority. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

域权限A government health agency has stronger domain authority on vaccination statistics than an anonymous meme page.
91editorial oversightnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: editorial + oversight. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

编辑监督Visible correction policies are evidence of editorial oversight.
92financial disclosurenoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: financial + disclosure. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

财务披露The article's financial disclosure notes that the study was funded by the manufacturer.
93retractionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

撤回The journal issued a retraction after discovering fabricated data.
94erratumnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Base-form focus: erratum is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

勘误表The erratum changes the mislabeled unit from meters to centimeters.
95literature gapnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: literature + gap. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

文献差距The review identifies a literature gap concerning rural teenagers.
96methodological limitationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: methodological + limitation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

方法论的局限性The small volunteer sample was a methodological limitation because it did not represent the whole population.
97researcher degrees of freedomnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: researcher + degrees + of + freedom. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

研究者自由度Preregistration limits researcher degrees of freedom that might otherwise favor a desired result.
98peer-review biasnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: peer + review + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

同行评审偏见Anonymous manuscript review can reduce some forms of peer-review bias.
99selective reporting biasnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: selective + reporting + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

选择性报告偏差The registry exposed selective reporting bias because several measured outcomes were missing from the article.
100replication crisisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 research, argument, and source-literacy term

Word study: Term structure: replication + crisis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

复制危机The replication crisis led several journals to require clearer methods and shared data.
101dramaturgynoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: dramaturgy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

演出法The director studied dramaturgy to understand how the play's scenes build political tension.
102tragic flawnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: tragic + flaw. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

悲剧性的缺陷The ruler's pride becomes the tragic flaw that prevents compromise.
103deus ex machinanoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: deus + ex + machina. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

機械降神A sudden inheritance functions as a deus ex machina rather than a prepared solution.
104fourth wallnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: fourth + wall. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

第四面牆The actor breaks the fourth wall by asking viewers to judge the trial.
105peripeteianoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: peripeteia is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

周纹The messenger's news creates peripeteia by turning victory into danger.

Page 3 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 3.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. The anonymous ballot preserved voter ___.

Answer: anonymity

2. A ___ found that the supposed storm photograph was ten years old.

Answer: reverse image search

3. The ruler's pride becomes the ___ that prevents compromise.

Answer: tragic flaw

4. The counselor maintained ___ by storing records in an encrypted system.

Answer: confidentiality

5. A government health agency has stronger ___ on vaccination statistics than an anonymous meme page.

Answer: domain authority

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106dramatic tensionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: dramatic + tension. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

戏剧张力The hidden key maintains dramatic tension while the police search the room.
107subtextnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: subtext is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

潛台詞The polite invitation carries a subtext of warning.
108epistolary novelnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: epistolary + novel. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

书信体小说The epistolary novel lets readers compare three conflicting accounts of the disappearance.
109frame narrativenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: frame + narrative. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

框架叙事A trial transcript forms the frame narrative around the witness's memories.
110archetypal criticismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: archetypal + criticism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

原型批评Archetypal criticism connects the descent into the cave with stories of symbolic rebirth.
111feminist criticismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: feminist + criticism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

女权主义批评Feminist criticism asks why the women in the novel cannot inherit property.
112Marxist criticismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: Marxist + criticism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

马克思主义批判Marxist criticism focuses on who owns the factory and who bears its risks.
113postcolonial criticismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: postcolonial + criticism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

后殖民批评Postcolonial criticism explores why the map uses the colonizer's place names.
114psychoanalytic criticismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: psychoanalytic + criticism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

精神分析批评Psychoanalytic criticism reads the locked room as a sign of repressed memory.
115formalismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

形式主義Formalism draws attention to the poem's repeated circles and interrupted meter.
116structuralismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

結構主義Structuralism examines the tale's repeated opposition between wilderness and home.
117deconstructionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

解構Deconstruction shows how the essay's definition of freedom depends on forms of control.
118metafictionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

元小说The metafiction pauses so the narrator can debate how to end the chapter.
119dystopian fictionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: dystopian + fiction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

反乌托邦小说The dystopian fiction depicts a state that ranks citizens by every conversation.
120zeugmanoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: zeugma is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

泽乌格马“She opened the door and her mind” uses zeugma.
121antanaclasisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: antanaclasis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

安塔纳克拉西斯“If we do not hang together, we shall hang separately” uses antanaclasis.
122hypophoranoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: hypophora is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

菌属The speech uses hypophora: “What must change? Our priorities must change.”
123tricolonnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: tricolon is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

三分号“We listened, we learned, we acted” forms a tricolon.
124ellipsisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: ellipsis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

椭圆“Mara chose tea; Luis, coffee” uses ellipsis by omitting chose in the second clause.
125parenthesisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: parenthesis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

括号The parenthesis “if the records are accurate” limits the historian's claim.
126amplificationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

放大The orator uses amplification by moving from one damaged home to an entire displaced city.
127exigencenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.

紧急情况A contaminated water supply creates the speech's exigence.
128kairosnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: kairos is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

凯罗斯Releasing the proposal before the budget vote demonstrates kairos.
129ethosnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: ethos is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 精神 2. 氣質 3. 思潮The engineer builds ethos by acknowledging limitations in her own design.
130pathosnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: pathos is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

感染力The survivor's testimony supplies pathos without replacing factual evidence.
131logosnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: logos is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

邏各斯Cost data and causal analysis strengthen the report's logos.
132audience positioningnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: audience + positioning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

受众定位The phrase “as responsible neighbors” uses audience positioning.
133rhetorical purposenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: rhetorical + purpose. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

修辞目的The article's rhetorical purpose is to persuade residents to attend the hearing.
134rhetorical strategynoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: rhetorical + strategy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

修辞策略Defining technical terms is a rhetorical strategy for reaching nonspecialists.
135rhetorical choicenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: rhetorical + choice. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

修辞选择Opening with a personal story is a rhetorical choice that humanizes the statistics.
136rhetorical effectnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: rhetorical + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

修辞效果The repeated short clauses create a rhetorical effect of urgency.
137line of reasoningnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: line + of + reasoning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

推理线The second paragraph breaks the line of reasoning by introducing an unrelated example.
138syllogismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

1. 直言三段論 2. 三段論The syllogism concludes that iron expands when heated because iron is a metal and heated metals expand.
139enthymemenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: enthymeme is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

省略推理法“She is a citizen, so she may vote” is an enthymeme that assumes eligible citizens may vote.
140major premisenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: major + premise. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

大前提“All mammals breathe air” is the major premise of the argument.

Reading an Argument Closely

Reading practice for pages 4–6. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

An editorial’s exigence is the urgent school-board vote that prompted it. Its central argument is an enthymeme because the writer leaves the major premise unstated, assuming readers share it. A formalism reading examines structure and diction, while psychoanalytic criticism asks how fear and desire shape the speaker’s reasoning.

Simplified Chinese translation

A reviewed translation is not available for this passage yet.

Reading comprehension

1. What is the editorial's exigence?

An urgent school-board vote is its exigence.

2. Why is the argument an enthymeme?

Its major premise is left unstated.

3. What does psychoanalytic criticism examine?

It examines how fear and desire shape reasoning.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. “She is a citizen, so she may vote” is an ___ that assumes eligible citizens may vote.

Answer: enthymeme

2. ___ reads the locked room as a sign of repressed memory.

Answer: psychoanalytic criticism

3. A contaminated water supply creates the speech's ___.

Answer: exigence

4. “All mammals breathe air” is the ___ of the argument.

Answer: major premise

5. ___ draws attention to the poem's repeated circles and interrupted meter.

Answer: formalism

Page 5: words 141–175

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141minor premisenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: minor + premise. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

小音程“A dolphin is a mammal” serves as the minor premise.
142logical fallacynoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: logical + fallacy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

邏輯謬誤Treating popularity as proof of truth is a logical fallacy.
143ad hominemnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: ad + hominem. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 对人不对事 2. 以人废言Calling the scientist arrogant is an ad hominem response to her evidence.
144straw mannoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: straw + man. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

稻草人The speaker creates a straw man by claiming that any safety rule would ban all travel.
145slippery slopenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: slippery + slope. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

滑坡The slippery slope predicts that one revised deadline will eliminate all standards.
146circular reasoningnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: circular + reasoning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

循环推理“The rule is fair because it is a fair rule” is circular reasoning.
147post hoc fallacynoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: post + hoc + fallacy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

事后谬误Blaming a new logo for falling sales commits the post hoc fallacy.
148appeal to authoritynoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: appeal + to + authority. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

訴諸權威A celebrity's opinion about bridge safety is an appeal to authority.
149bandwagon fallacynoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: bandwagon + fallacy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

跟风谬误The advertisement's bandwagon fallacy says the product must work because millions bought it.
150red herringnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: red + herring. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

煙幕彈The candidate's joke about uniforms is a red herring in a debate about school funding.
151equivocationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

1. 模棱兩可 2. 誤解The argument uses equivocation by moving from a free sample to political freedom.
152standard Englishnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: standard + English. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

标准英语The final report follows standard English while preserving quoted dialect.
153semantic shiftnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: semantic + shift. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

語義變化The movement from “meat” meaning food generally to animal flesh is a semantic shift.
154polysemynoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: polysemy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 一詞多義 2. 多義性The word branch shows polysemy in a tree branch, a bank branch, and a branch of science.
155free morphemenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: free + morpheme. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 自由語素 2. 自由词素Book is a free morpheme in the word notebook.
156bound morphemenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: bound + morpheme. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 粘著語素 2. 黏著詞素 3. 附著詞素The prefix re is a bound morpheme in rewrite.
157derivational morphologynoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: derivational + morphology. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

派生形态学Derivational morphology changes teach into teacher.
158inflectional morphologynoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: inflectional + morphology. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

屈折形态Inflectional morphology adds ed to walk to mark past time.
159anagnorisisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: anagnorisis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

认知不足Oedipus reaches anagnorisis when he understands the truth about his birth.
160stance markernoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: stance + marker. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

立场标记The phrase in my view is a stance marker that openly identifies the writer's perspective.
161hamartianoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: hamartia is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

哈马蒂亚The king's refusal to listen becomes his hamartia.
162dramatic structurenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: dramatic + structure. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

戏剧结构The playwright's dramatic structure delays the confrontation until the final act.
163metadiscoursenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: metadiscourse is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

元话语The phrase as the next section demonstrates is metadiscourse that previews the argument's organization.
164interdiscursivitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

相互话语性A campaign video shows interdiscursivity by combining news reporting, personal testimony, and advertising.
165genre conventionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: genre + convention. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

流派惯例The detective novel follows a genre convention by withholding one crucial clue until the final chapter.
166fragmented narrativenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: fragmented + narrative. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

支离破碎的叙述The fragmented narrative moves among memories, interviews, and newspaper clippings.
167authorial intrusionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: authorial + intrusion. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

作者的侵入The narrator's warning to judge no character too quickly is an authorial intrusion.
168zero focalizationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: zero + focalization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

零聚焦Zero focalization allows the novel to reveal both armies' secret plans.
169internal focalizationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: internal + focalization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

内聚焦Internal focalization limits the scene to what Amara sees and understands.
170external focalizationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: external + focalization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

外焦距External focalization makes the stranger's motives remain uncertain.
171prolepsisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: prolepsis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

預辯法A brief prolepsis shows the abandoned house twenty years after the family leaves.
172analepsisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: analepsis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

回历The survivor's childhood memory appears through analepsis.
173fabulanoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: fabula is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

法布拉Readers reconstruct the fabula by placing the novel's scattered scenes in time order.
174syuzhetnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: syuzhet is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

苏哲特The syuzhet begins with the verdict and reveals the crime afterward.
175defamiliarizationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.

陌生化Describing a clock as a machine that slices time creates defamiliarization.

Page 5 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 5.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. The final report follows ___ while preserving quoted dialect.

Answer: standard English

2. The detective novel follows a ___ by withholding one crucial clue until the final chapter.

Answer: genre convention

3. The movement from “meat” meaning food generally to animal flesh is a ___.

Answer: semantic shift

4. The ___ moves among memories, interviews, and newspaper clippings.

Answer: fragmented narrative

5. “A dolphin is a mammal” serves as the ___.

Answer: minor premise

Page 6: words 176–210

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176objective correlativenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: objective + correlative. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

客观相关性The empty crib and unopened letter form an objective correlative for grief.
177pathetic fallacynoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: pathetic + fallacy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

可悲的谬论Calling the storm clouds angry is a pathetic fallacy.
178blazonnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: blazon is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

纹章描述The sonnet's blazon compares the beloved's eyes, hair, and hands with precious objects.
179sestetnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: sestet is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

塞斯特特The sestet answers the problem introduced in the octave.
180octavenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: octave is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

高八度The octave presents the speaker's conflict before the poem turns.
181tercetnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: tercet is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

三次Each tercet in the poem develops one image of winter.
182pastoralnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: pastoral is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

牧人的The pastoral contrasts the quiet countryside with the pressures of court life.
183mock epicnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: mock + epic. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

模拟史诗The mock epic describes a household argument as if it were a legendary battle.
184quantitative meternoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: quantitative + meter. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

定量计Classical Greek verse often uses quantitative meter.
185accentual-syllabic meternoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: accentual + syllabic + meter. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

重音节律An English sonnet commonly uses accentual-syllabic meter with five stressed beats per line.
186colligationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

联合The verb depend shows colligation with the preposition on.
187deixisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: deixis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

直指Words such as here and tomorrow illustrate deixis.
188anaphoric referencenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: anaphoric + reference. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

照应参考In Maya found the key and she smiled, she creates anaphoric reference to Maya.
189cataphoric referencenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: cataphoric + reference. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

隐喻指称In When he arrived, Luis apologized, he creates cataphoric reference.
190speech actnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: speech + act. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

言语行为The sentence I promise to return is a speech act that creates a commitment.
191cohesive devicenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: cohesive + device. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

銜接手段The transition however is a cohesive device that signals contrast.
192discourse markernoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: discourse + marker. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

话语标记The discourse marker in conclusion tells readers that the argument is ending.
193hedging languagenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: hedging + language. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

对冲语言The phrase the results may suggest is hedging language.
194boosternoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: booster is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

支持The phrase clearly demonstrates functions as a booster in the conclusion.
195passivizationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.

钝化Passivization changes Researchers measured the samples into The samples were measured.
196transitivitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

及物性The essay examines transitivity by asking who acts and who is acted upon in each sentence.
197modalitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

情态The modal verb might expresses uncertain modality.
198epistemic modalitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: epistemic + modality. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

认知模态The phrase must have left uses epistemic modality to signal a strong inference.
199deontic modalitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: deontic + modality. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

义务情态The sentence Students must cite sources uses deontic modality.
200evaluative languagenoun
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Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: evaluative + language. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

评价性语言Calling the policy shortsighted is evaluative language rather than neutral description.
201receptor proteinnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: receptor + protein. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

受体蛋白Insulin attaches to a receptor protein on the cell surface.
202signal transductionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: signal + transduction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

信号转导Signal transduction carries the hormone's message from the membrane to the nucleus.
203second messengernoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: second + messenger. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

第二信使Cyclic AMP acts as a second messenger after adrenaline binds to a cell.
204endocrine glandnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: endocrine + gland. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

內分泌腺The thyroid is an endocrine gland that affects metabolic rate.
205hormone receptornoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: hormone + receptor. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

激素受体Only cells with the matching hormone receptor respond directly to insulin.
206hypothalamusnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: hypothalamus is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 下丘腦 2. 下丘脑The hypothalamus detects changes in blood temperature.
207pituitary glandnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: pituitary + gland. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 腦下垂體 2. 腦垂體 3. 垂體The pituitary gland secretes a hormone that stimulates the thyroid.
208thyroid glandnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: thyroid + gland. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 甲狀腺 2. 甲状腺The thyroid gland requires iodine to make its main hormones.
209adrenal glandnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: adrenal + gland. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 副腎 2. 腎上腺The adrenal gland releases adrenaline during an emergency.
210pancreasnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: pancreas is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

胰脏The pancreas releases insulin after a meal.

Page 6 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 6.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. Calling the storm clouds angry is a ___.

Answer: pathetic fallacy

2. The sentence I promise to return is a ___ that creates a commitment.

Answer: speech act

3. Cyclic AMP acts as a ___ after adrenaline binds to a cell.

Answer: second messenger

4. The sonnet's ___ compares the beloved's eyes, hair, and hands with precious objects.

Answer: blazon

5. The transition however is a ___ that signals contrast.

Answer: cohesive device

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211insulinnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: insulin is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 胰島素 2. 胰岛素Insulin signals muscle cells to absorb glucose.
212glucagonnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: glucagon is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 胰高血糖素 2. 升糖素Glucagon stimulates the liver to release glucose between meals.
213feedback inhibitionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: feedback + inhibition. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

反馈抑制Feedback inhibition prevents a cell from making more amino acid than it needs.
214circadian rhythmnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: circadian + rhythm. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 生理節律 2. 晝夜節律Morning light helps reset a person's circadian rhythm.
215thermoregulationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

體溫調節A lizard uses behavioral thermoregulation by moving between sun and shade.
216osmoregulationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

渗透压调节Freshwater fish perform osmoregulation by removing excess water.
217blood glucose regulationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: blood + glucose + regulation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

血糖调节Insulin and glucagon work together in blood glucose regulation.
218homeostatic imbalancenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: homeostatic + imbalance. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

体内平衡失衡Severe dehydration creates a homeostatic imbalance in water and electrolyte levels.
219organ systemnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: organ + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

器官系統The digestive organ system breaks food into absorbable nutrients.
220epithelial tissuenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: epithelial + tissue. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

上皮组织Epithelial tissue protects the outer surface of the skin.
221connective tissuenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: connective + tissue. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

結締組織Blood is a connective tissue that transports gases and nutrients.
222muscle tissuenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: muscle + tissue. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

肌肉组织Cardiac muscle tissue pumps blood through the heart.
223nervous tissuenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: nervous + tissue. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

神经组织Nervous tissue carries information from the eye to the brain.
224extracellular matrixnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: extracellular + matrix. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

细胞外基质Collagen is a major component of the extracellular matrix in tendons.
225stem-cell differentiationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: stem + cell + differentiation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

干细胞分化Stem-cell differentiation can produce a mature blood cell.
226apoptosisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: apoptosis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

细胞凋亡Apoptosis removes damaged cells without releasing their contents into nearby tissue.
227cell cycle checkpointnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: cell + cycle + checkpoint. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

细胞周期检查点A cell cycle checkpoint can halt division when DNA is damaged.
228tumor suppressor genenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: tumor + suppressor + gene. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

抑癌基因Loss of a tumor suppressor gene may allow abnormal cells to multiply.
229oncogenenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: oncogene is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 癌基因 2. 致癌基因A mutation converted the growth-regulating gene into an oncogene.
230metastasisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: metastasis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 轉移 2. 遠處轉移 3. 遠端轉移Imaging showed metastasis from the lung to the bone.
231angiogenesisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: angiogenesis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

血管生成The tumor promoted angiogenesis to obtain oxygen and nutrients.
232carcinogennoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: carcinogen is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

致癌物質Ultraviolet radiation is a carcinogen that can damage DNA in skin cells.
233mutation ratenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: mutation + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

突变率Radiation exposure increased the mutation rate in the laboratory cells.
234DNA repairnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: DNA + repair. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

DNA修复DNA repair enzymes replaced the incorrectly paired base.
235transcription factornoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: transcription + factor. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

转录因子The transcription factor activates genes needed during heat stress.
236gene silencingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: gene + silencing. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

基因沉默A small RNA molecule caused gene silencing by blocking the message.
237epigeneticsnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: epigenetics is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

表觀遺傳學Epigenetics examines how chemical tags influence gene expression.
238DNA methylationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: DNA + methylation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

DNA甲基化Increased DNA methylation near the promoter reduced transcription.
239histone modificationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: histone + modification. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

组蛋白修饰Histone modification opened the chromosome region for transcription.
240recombinant DNAnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: recombinant + DNA. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

重组DNAThe plasmid contained recombinant DNA with a human insulin gene.
241plasmidnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: plasmid is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

質粒Scientists inserted the gene into a plasmid.
242restriction enzymenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: restriction + enzyme. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

限制性内切酶The restriction enzyme opened the plasmid at one specific site.
243DNA ligasenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: DNA + ligase. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

DNA连接酶DNA ligase sealed the inserted gene into the plasmid.
244gel electrophoresisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: gel + electrophoresis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

凝胶电泳Gel electrophoresis separated the DNA fragments by size.
245polymerase chain reactionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: polymerase + chain + reaction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

聚合酶鏈式反應Polymerase chain reaction amplified the trace DNA from the sample.

Engineering a Living System

Reading practice for pages 7–9. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

In a controlled laboratory model, a plasmid carries recombinant DNA into bacteria. The lesson distinguishes this technique from functions within a complex organism. A tumor suppressor gene helps regulate cell division, thermoregulation maintains a stable temperature, and osmoregulation balances water and dissolved substances.

Simplified Chinese translation

A reviewed translation is not available for this passage yet.

Reading comprehension

1. What carries recombinant DNA into bacteria?

A plasmid carries the recombinant DNA.

2. What does a tumor suppressor gene regulate?

It helps regulate cell division.

3. What balance does osmoregulation maintain?

It balances water and dissolved substances.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. The plasmid contained ___ with a human insulin gene.

Answer: recombinant DNA

2. A lizard uses behavioral ___ by moving between sun and shade.

Answer: thermoregulation

3. Loss of a ___ may allow abnormal cells to multiply.

Answer: tumor suppressor gene

4. Scientists inserted the gene into a ___.

Answer: plasmid

5. Freshwater fish perform ___ by removing excess water.

Answer: osmoregulation

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246DNA sequencingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: DNA + sequencing. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

DNA测序DNA sequencing identified a change in the patient's gene.
247genomenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: genome is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 基因組 2. 基因體The bacterial genome contains one main chromosome and several plasmids.
248proteomenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: proteome is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 蛋白組 2. 蛋白质组The liver proteome changes in response to fasting.
249transcriptomenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: transcriptome is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 轉錄組 2. 转录组The transcriptome revealed which genes became active after infection.
250bioinformaticsnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: bioinformatics is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 生物信息學 2. 生物資訊學Bioinformatics helped compare thousands of DNA sequences.
251genetic markernoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: genetic + marker. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

遗传标记The researchers used a genetic marker to follow the disease-associated region.
252single nucleotide polymorphismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: single + nucleotide + polymorphism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

单核苷酸多态性A single nucleotide polymorphism was associated with slower drug breakdown.
253karyotypenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: karyotype is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

核型The karyotype showed an extra copy of chromosome twenty-one.
254nondisjunctionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

不析取Nondisjunction produced a gamete with an extra chromosome.
255deletion mutationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: deletion + mutation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

缺失突变The deletion mutation removed three bases from the coding sequence.
256insertion mutationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: insertion + mutation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

插入突变The insertion mutation added a repeated segment to the gene.
257frameshift mutationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: frameshift + mutation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

移码突变A one-base deletion caused a frameshift mutation throughout the remaining code.
258point mutationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: point + mutation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

點突變The point mutation replaced one base in the hemoglobin gene.
259innate immunitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: innate + immunity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

先天免疫Skin and inflammation are parts of innate immunity.
260adaptive immunitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: adaptive + immunity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

适应性免疫Adaptive immunity responds more quickly after a second encounter with the same virus.
261antigennoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: antigen is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

抗原A protein on the virus acts as an antigen.
262B cellnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: B + cell. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. B細胞 2. -yA B cell multiplied after recognizing its matching antigen.
263T cellnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: T + cell. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

T細胞A cytotoxic T cell recognized and killed the infected cell.
264memory cellnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: memory + cell. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

记忆细胞A memory cell remained after the infection ended.
265antigen-presenting cellnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: antigen + presenting + cell. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

抗原呈递细胞A dendritic antigen-presenting cell carried viral fragments to a lymph node.
266cytokinenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: cytokine is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

細胞因子The activated immune cell released a cytokine that recruited other cells.
267inflammationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

炎症Inflammation made the injured ankle warm and swollen.
268virulencenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.

毒力The new strain had lower virulence and produced milder illness.
269infectious diseasenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: infectious + disease. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

傳染病Measles is an infectious disease caused by a virus.
270vaccinationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

疫苗接種Vaccination reduced the child's risk of severe infection.
271herd immunitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: herd + immunity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

群體免疫High vaccination coverage strengthened herd immunity in the community.
272autoimmune diseasenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: autoimmune + disease. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

自身免疫性疾病In an autoimmune disease, immune recognition fails to protect healthy tissue.
273immunodeficiencynoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: immunodeficiency is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

免疫缺陷The immunodeficiency left the patient vulnerable to ordinarily mild infections.
274antibiotic resistancenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: antibiotic + resistance. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

抗生素耐药性Incomplete treatment can favor bacteria with antibiotic resistance.
275microbiomenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: microbiome is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

微生物组Diet can alter the intestinal microbiome.
276neuronnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: neuron is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 神經細胞 2. 神經元The neuron carried a signal from the fingertip toward the spinal cord.
277action potentialnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: action + potential. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

動作電位The action potential moved down the axon without gradually fading.
278resting potentialnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: resting + potential. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

静息电位Ion pumps help maintain the neuron's resting potential.
279synapsenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: synapse is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 突觸 2. 突触A neurotransmitter crossed the synapse between the two neurons.
280neurotransmitternoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: neurotransmitter is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 神經傳導物質 2. 神經遞質The neurotransmitter bound to receptors on the next neuron.

Page 8 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 8.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. Ion pumps help maintain the neuron's ___.

Answer: resting potential

2. The ___ showed an extra copy of chromosome twenty-one.

Answer: karyotype

3. The activated immune cell released a ___ that recruited other cells.

Answer: cytokine

4. A neurotransmitter crossed the ___ between the two neurons.

Answer: synapse

5. ___ produced a gamete with an extra chromosome.

Answer: nondisjunction

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281sensory neuronnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: sensory + neuron. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

感觉神经元A sensory neuron reported pressure from the skin.
282motor neuronnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: motor + neuron. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

运动神经元The motor neuron stimulated the hand muscle to contract.
283interneuronnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: interneuron is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

中間神經元An interneuron connected the sensory input to a rapid motor response.
284central nervous systemnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: central + nervous + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

中樞神經系統The central nervous system integrates information from the body.
285peripheral nervous systemnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: peripheral + nervous + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 周圍神經系統 2. 外周神經系統 3. 周邊神經系統The peripheral nervous system carries signals between limbs and spinal cord.
286sympathetic nervous systemnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: sympathetic + nervous + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

交感神經The sympathetic nervous system raised heart rate before the race.
287parasympathetic nervous systemnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: parasympathetic + nervous + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

副交感神经系统The parasympathetic nervous system slowed the heart after the danger passed.
288reflex arcnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: reflex + arc. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

反射弧The reflex arc pulled her hand from the hot pan before conscious thought.
289brain stemnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: brain + stem. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 腦幹 2. 脑干The brain stem helps regulate breathing.
290cerebellumnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Base-form focus: cerebellum is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

小脑The cerebellum helps adjust movements while a person learns to skate.
291cerebral cortexnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: cerebral + cortex. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

大腦皮質The cerebral cortex processes the meaning of spoken words.
292frontal lobenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: frontal + lobe. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

額葉The frontal lobe helps organize a multistep task.
293temporal lobenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: temporal + lobe. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

顳葉The temporal lobe processes patterns in speech.
294parietal lobenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: parietal + lobe. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

頂葉The parietal lobe combines touch information with awareness of hand position.
295occipital lobenoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: occipital + lobe. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

枕叶The occipital lobe analyzes color, shape, and motion from the eyes.
296allosteric regulationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: allosteric + regulation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

变构调节Allosteric regulation slowed the enzyme after the end product accumulated.
297competitive inhibitionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: competitive + inhibition. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

竞争性抑制Competitive inhibition weakened when the researchers increased the substrate concentration.
298noncompetitive inhibitionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: noncompetitive + inhibition. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

非竞争性抑制Noncompetitive inhibition lowered the reaction's maximum rate even with abundant substrate.
299substrate-level phosphorylationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: substrate + level + phosphorylation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

底物水平磷酸化Glycolysis produces some ATP through substrate-level phosphorylation.
300oxidative phosphorylationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 biology, biochemistry, and health-science term

Word study: Term structure: oxidative + phosphorylation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

氧化磷酸化Most aerobic ATP is generated through oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria.
301quantum numbernoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: quantum + number. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

量子数Each quantum number identifies part of an electron's energy state or orbital behavior.
302principal energy levelnoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: principal + energy + level. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

主能级An electron in the third principal energy level is generally farther from the nucleus than one in the first.
303electron configurationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: electron + configuration. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

电子排布The electron configuration of sodium ends with one electron in the third energy level.
304Aufbau principleproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

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奥夫鲍原则The Aufbau principle places electrons in the 1s orbital before the 2s orbital.
305Pauli exclusion principleproper noun
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Word study: Term structure: Pauli + exclusion + principle. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 泡利不相容原理 2. 不相容原理The Pauli exclusion principle allows two oppositely spinning electrons in one orbital.
306Hund's ruleproper noun
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洪特法则Hund's rule places three electrons separately across the three p orbitals.
307valence electronnoun
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Word study: Term structure: valence + electron. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

價電子Sodium has one valence electron.
308electron shieldingnoun
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Word study: Term structure: electron + shielding. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

电子屏蔽Electron shielding makes an outer electron easier to remove.
309effective nuclear chargenoun
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有效核电荷Across a period, increasing effective nuclear charge pulls valence electrons closer.
310atomic radiusnoun
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Word study: Term structure: atomic + radius. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

原子半径Atomic radius generally decreases from left to right across a period.
311ionization energynoun
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Word study: Term structure: ionization + energy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

电离能Helium has a high ionization energy because its electrons are held tightly.
312electron affinitynoun
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电子亲和力Chlorine's electron affinity reflects its strong tendency to gain an electron.
313electronegativitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

1. 電負性 2. 电负性Oxygen has greater electronegativity than hydrogen.
314periodic trendnoun
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周期性趋势The increase in ionization energy across a row is a periodic trend.
315ionic bondnoun
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Word study: Term structure: ionic + bond. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 離子鍵 2. 离子键An ionic bond holds sodium and chloride ions together in salt.

Page 9 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 9.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. The ___ processes the meaning of spoken words.

Answer: cerebral cortex

2. The ___ places electrons in the 1s orbital before the 2s orbital.

Answer: Aufbau principle

3. The ___ helps organize a multistep task.

Answer: frontal lobe

4. The ___ allows two oppositely spinning electrons in one orbital.

Answer: Pauli exclusion principle

5. The ___ processes patterns in speech.

Answer: temporal lobe

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316covalent bondnoun
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Word study: Term structure: covalent + bond. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

共價鍵A covalent bond joins the two hydrogen atoms in H2.
317metallic bondnoun
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金屬鍵A metallic bond helps copper conduct electricity.
318polar covalent bondnoun
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1. 極性共價鍵 2. 極性鍵The oxygen-hydrogen bond in water is a polar covalent bond.
319nonpolar covalent bondnoun
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Word study: Term structure: nonpolar + covalent + bond. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

非极性共价键Two identical chlorine atoms form a nonpolar covalent bond.
320dipolenoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Base-form focus: dipole is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

偶极子The bent water molecule has a net dipole.
321molecular geometrynoun
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分子几何学Water has a bent molecular geometry.
322VSEPR theoryproper noun
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Word study: Term structure: VSEPR + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

VSEPR理论VSEPR theory predicts a tetrahedral arrangement around carbon in methane.
323intermolecular forcenoun
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Word study: Term structure: intermolecular + force. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

分子间力A stronger intermolecular force can raise a liquid's boiling point.
324London dispersion forcenoun
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Word study: Term structure: London + dispersion + force. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

伦敦分散力A London dispersion force acts even between nonpolar atoms.
325dipole-dipole forcenoun
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Word study: Term structure: dipole + dipole + force. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

偶极-偶极力A dipole-dipole force aligns the positive end of one molecule with the negative end of another.
326hydrogen bondnoun
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Word study: Term structure: hydrogen + bond. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

氫鍵A hydrogen bond connects neighboring water molecules.
327vapor pressurenoun
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蒸氣壓Warm water has a higher vapor pressure than cold water.
328boiling point elevationnoun
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Word study: Term structure: boiling + point + elevation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

沸点升高Salt causes a small boiling point elevation in water.
329freezing point depressionnoun
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Word study: Term structure: freezing + point + depression. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

冰点降低Road salt produces freezing point depression that helps melt ice.
330colligative propertynoun
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Word study: Term structure: colligative + property. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

依数性质Freezing point change is a colligative property.
331heat capacitynoun
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Word study: Term structure: heat + capacity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

热容A large lake has a high heat capacity.
332specific heatnoun
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Word study: Term structure: specific + heat. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

比热Water's high specific heat moderates coastal temperatures.
333enthalpynoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Base-form focus: enthalpy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

The negative change in enthalpy indicates that the reaction releases heat.
334exothermic reactionnoun
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Word study: Term structure: exothermic + reaction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

放热反应Combustion is an exothermic reaction.
335endothermic reactionnoun
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Word study: Term structure: endothermic + reaction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

吸热反应The cold pack relies on an endothermic reaction.
336entropynoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Base-form focus: entropy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

Gas expansion usually increases entropy.
337Gibbs free energyproper noun
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Word study: Term structure: Gibbs + free + energy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

吉布斯自由能A negative change in Gibbs free energy indicates a thermodynamically favorable process.
338equilibrium constantnoun
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Word study: Term structure: equilibrium + constant. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

平衡常数A large equilibrium constant favors products.
339Le Chatelier's principleproper noun
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勒夏特列原理Le Chatelier's principle predicts a shift toward products when a reactant is added.
340reaction ratenoun
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Word study: Term structure: reaction + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

反应率Increasing temperature raised the reaction rate.
341rate lawnoun
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Word study: Term structure: rate + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

速率定律The rate law shows that doubling one reactant quadruples the rate.
342reaction ordernoun
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反应顺序The reaction is second reaction order with respect to substance A.
343collision theorynoun
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Word study: Term structure: collision + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

碰撞理论Collision theory explains why higher temperature often speeds a reaction.
344activation complexnoun
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激活复合体The activation complex can either form products or return to reactants.
345reversible reactionnoun
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Word study: Term structure: reversible + reaction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

可逆反应The double arrow marks a reversible reaction.
346dynamic equilibriumnoun
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Word study: Term structure: dynamic + equilibrium. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

动态平衡At dynamic equilibrium, evaporation and condensation still occur.
347buffer solutionnoun
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Word study: Term structure: buffer + solution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

缓冲液The buffer solution kept the enzyme mixture near pH seven.
348titrationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

滴定The student used titration to find the acid concentration.
349equivalence pointnoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: equivalence + point. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

当量点The indicator changed color near the equivalence point.
350scalar quantitynoun
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Word study: Term structure: scalar + quantity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

标量Temperature is a scalar quantity.

Explaining Reaction Behavior

Reading practice for pages 10–12. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

A rate law relates reaction speed to reactant concentration, and reaction order describes how strongly each concentration affects that speed. These kinetic ideas differ from bonding: a covalent bond shares electrons, whereas a metallic bond forms within a lattice of metal atoms. Freezing point depression is another distinct effect caused when dissolved particles lower a liquid’s freezing temperature.

Simplified Chinese translation

A reviewed translation is not available for this passage yet.

Reading comprehension

1. What does a rate law relate?

It relates reaction speed to reactant concentration.

2. How does a covalent bond form?

It forms through shared electrons.

3. What causes freezing point depression?

Dissolved particles lower a liquid's freezing temperature.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. The ___ shows that doubling one reactant quadruples the rate.

Answer: rate law

2. A ___ joins the two hydrogen atoms in H2.

Answer: covalent bond

3. Road salt produces ___ that helps melt ice.

Answer: freezing point depression

4. The reaction is second ___ with respect to substance A.

Answer: reaction order

5. A ___ helps copper conduct electricity.

Answer: metallic bond

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351vector quantitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: vector + quantity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

矢量量Velocity is a vector quantity because direction matters.
352free-fall accelerationnoun
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Word study: Term structure: free + fall + acceleration. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

自由落体加速度Near Earth's surface, free-fall acceleration is about 9.8 meters per second squared.
353projectile motionnoun
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抛射运动The ball's projectile motion combines horizontal travel with vertical acceleration.
354uniform circular motionnoun
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Word study: Term structure: uniform + circular + motion. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

匀速圆周运动A satellite in uniform circular motion continually changes direction.
355centripetal accelerationnoun
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Word study: Term structure: centripetal + acceleration. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

向心加速度Centripetal acceleration turns the velocity vector inward.
356centripetal forcenoun
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Word study: Term structure: centripetal + force. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

向心力Friction supplies the centripetal force for a turning car.
357rotational equilibriumnoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: rotational + equilibrium. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

旋转平衡The balanced beam is in rotational equilibrium.
358angular velocitynoun
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Word study: Term structure: angular + velocity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

角速度The wheel's angular velocity doubled.
359angular momentumnoun
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Word study: Term structure: angular + momentum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 角動量 2. 角动量The skater's angular momentum remains constant as she pulls in her arms.
360subduction zonenoun
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Word study: Term structure: subduction + zone. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

俯冲带Earthquakes and volcanoes occur along the subduction zone.
361paleomagnetismnoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

古地磁学Paleomagnetism revealed symmetrical magnetic stripes on both sides of the ridge.
362mantle convectionnoun
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Word study: Term structure: mantle + convection. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

地幔对流Mantle convection transfers heat and contributes to plate motion.
363fault planenoun
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断层面The rupture spread across the fault plane.
364elastic reboundnoun
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Word study: Term structure: elastic + rebound. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

弹性回弹Elastic rebound released stored strain energy during the earthquake.
365radioactive datingnoun
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Word study: Term structure: radioactive + dating. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

放射性测年Radioactive dating placed the volcanic ash at two million years old.
366half-lifenoun
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Word study: Term structure: half + life. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

半衰期Carbon-14 has a half-life of about 5,730 years.
367index fossilnoun
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Word study: Term structure: index + fossil. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

索引化石The same index fossil linked two distant rock layers.
368geologic correlationnoun
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Word study: Term structure: geologic + correlation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

地质相关性Geologic correlation connected the ash layer on opposite sides of the valley.
369climate forcingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: climate + forcing. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

气候强迫A rise in greenhouse gases creates positive climate forcing.
370radiative balancenoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: radiative + balance. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

辐射平衡A change in radiative balance can alter global temperature.
371albedo effectnoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: albedo + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

反照率效应Melting sea ice strengthens warming through the albedo effect.
372carbon sourcenoun
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Word study: Term structure: carbon + source. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

碳源Burning fossil fuel is a major carbon source.
373rate constantnoun
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Word study: Term structure: rate + constant. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

速率常数The rate constant increased when the reaction mixture was heated.
374transition statenoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: transition + state. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

过渡态The catalyst lowered the energy needed to reach the transition state.
375reaction quotientnoun
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Word study: Term structure: reaction + quotient. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

反应商数The reaction quotient showed that the system would shift toward products.
376Le Châtelier's principleproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: Le + Châtelier's + principle. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

勒沙特列原理Le Châtelier's principle predicts that removing a product can drive the reaction forward.
377solubility productnoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: solubility + product. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

溶度积The small solubility product indicates that very little silver chloride dissolves.
378common-ion effectnoun
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Word study: Term structure: common + ion + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

共离子效应Adding chloride produced a common-ion effect that decreased silver chloride solubility.
379buffer capacitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: buffer + capacity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

缓冲容量A concentrated buffer has greater buffer capacity than a dilute buffer with the same component ratio.
380Henderson–Hasselbalch equationproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: Henderson–Hasselbalch + equation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

亨德森-哈塞尔巴尔赫方程The Henderson–Hasselbalch equation estimated the buffer pH from the conjugate pair concentrations.
381galvanic cellnoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: galvanic + cell. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

原电池Electrons flowed through the wire of the galvanic cell from zinc to copper.
382electrolytic cellnoun
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Word study: Term structure: electrolytic + cell. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

电解池The electrolytic cell deposited a thin layer of copper on the metal key.
383standard reduction potentialnoun
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Word study: Term structure: standard + reduction + potential. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

标准还原潜力A more positive standard reduction potential indicates a stronger tendency to be reduced.
384Faraday constantproper noun
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Word study: Term structure: Faraday + constant. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

法拉第常数The calculation used the Faraday constant to convert electron moles into coulombs.
385electrochemical cellnoun
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Word study: Term structure: electrochemical + cell. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

电化学电池The electrochemical cell separates the two half-reactions so their electrons travel through a wire.

Page 11 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 11.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. A concentrated buffer has greater ___ than a dilute buffer with the same component ratio.

Answer: buffer capacity

2. A satellite in ___ continually changes direction.

Answer: uniform circular motion

3. The same ___ linked two distant rock layers.

Answer: index fossil

4. The ___ estimated the buffer pH from the conjugate pair concentrations.

Answer: Henderson–Hasselbalch equation

5. ___ turns the velocity vector inward.

Answer: centripetal acceleration

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386salt bridgenoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: salt + bridge. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

鹽橋Nitrate ions crossed the salt bridge as the galvanic cell operated.
387half-cellnoun
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Word study: Term structure: half + cell. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

半电池The zinc half-cell lost mass as zinc atoms became ions.
388anodenoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Base-form focus: anode is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

陽極Zinc served as the anode and released electrons.
389cathodenoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Base-form focus: cathode is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 陰極 2. 正極Copper ions gained electrons at the cathode.
390electrolysisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Base-form focus: electrolysis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 電解 2. 电解Electrolysis split molten sodium chloride into its elements.
391electrode potentialnoun
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Word study: Term structure: electrode + potential. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

电极电位The measured electrode potential changed when the ion concentration changed.
392spontaneous reactionnoun
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自发反应The positive cell voltage indicated a spontaneous reaction.
393nonspontaneous reactionnoun
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非自发反应Charging the battery drives a nonspontaneous reaction.
394entropy changenoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: entropy + change. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

熵变Melting ice has a positive entropy change because the liquid permits more molecular arrangements.
395enthalpy changenoun
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Word study: Term structure: enthalpy + change. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

焓变The negative enthalpy change showed that combustion released heat.
396calorimetrynoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Root and suffix focus: -metry relates to measuring.

量热法Calorimetry determined the energy released when the fuel burned.
397specific heat capacitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: specific + heat + capacity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 比熱容 2. 比熱Water's high specific heat capacity helps moderate coastal temperatures.
398Hess's lawproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: Hess's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

赫斯定律Hess's law allowed the chemist to combine known reactions and calculate an unknown heat change.
399bond enthalpynoun
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Word study: Term structure: bond + enthalpy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

键焓The strong nitrogen triple bond has a large bond enthalpy.
400lattice energynoun
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Field: Grade 10 chemistry, physics, and Earth-systems term

Word study: Term structure: lattice + energy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

晶格能Small highly charged ions generally produce a large lattice energy.
401complex numbernoun
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Field: Grade 10 mathematics, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: complex + number. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 複數 2. 复数Three plus two i is a complex number.
402imaginary unitnoun
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Field: Grade 10 mathematics, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: imaginary + unit. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

虚数单位The imaginary unit makes it possible to express square roots of negative numbers.
403real partnoun
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實部The real part of five minus three i is five.
404imaginary partnoun
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虛部The imaginary part of five minus three i is negative three.
405complex conjugatenoun
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Word study: Term structure: complex + conjugate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

共軛複數The complex conjugate of two plus seven i is two minus seven i.
406polynomial functionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 mathematics, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: polynomial + function. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

多項式函數The graph of a third-degree polynomial function may have two turning points.
407degree of polynomialnoun
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Field: Grade 10 mathematics, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: degree + of + polynomial. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

多项式的次数The degree of polynomial x cubed minus x is three.
408leading termnoun
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Field: Grade 10 mathematics, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: leading + term. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

主导词The leading term of four x cubed minus x is four x cubed.
409polynomial long divisionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 mathematics, statistics, and computing term

Word study: Term structure: polynomial + long + division. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

多项式长除法Polynomial long division produced a quadratic quotient and a constant remainder.
410synthetic divisionnoun
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综合除法Synthetic division quickly evaluated the quotient for division by x minus two.
411remainder theoremnoun
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余数定理The remainder theorem shows that division by x minus three leaves a remainder of f of three.
412factor theoremnoun
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因子定理The factor theorem confirms that x plus one is a factor because f of negative one is zero.
413rational root theoremnoun
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有理根定理The rational root theorem narrowed the possible zeros to factors of the constant over factors of the leading coefficient.
414multiplicitynoun
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A zero with even multiplicity makes the graph touch the axis and turn back.
415end behaviornoun
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结束行为The leading term determines the polynomial's end behavior.
416zero of functionnoun
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函数零The graph crosses the x-axis at each real zero of function f.
417asymptotenoun
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渐近线The hyperbola gets closer to its asymptote without meeting it.
418horizontal asymptotenoun
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水平渐近线The function has y equals two as a horizontal asymptote.
419vertical asymptotenoun
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垂直渐近线The denominator becomes zero at the vertical asymptote x equals three.
420oblique asymptotenoun
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斜渐近线Polynomial division revealed the oblique asymptote y equals x plus one.

Page 12 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 12.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. The hyperbola gets closer to its ___ without meeting it.

Answer: asymptote

2. The positive cell voltage indicated a ___.

Answer: spontaneous reaction

3. The ___ of two plus seven i is two minus seven i.

Answer: complex conjugate

4. The function has y equals two as a ___.

Answer: horizontal asymptote

5. Charging the battery drives a ___.

Answer: nonspontaneous reaction

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421exponential equationnoun
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指数方程Taking logarithms helped solve the exponential equation.
422logarithmnoun
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1. 對數 2. 对数The base-ten logarithm of one thousand is three.
423logarithmic functionnoun
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對數函數The logarithmic function increases slowly as its input grows.
424common logarithmnoun
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常用對數The common logarithm of one hundred is two.
425natural logarithmnoun
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1. 自然對數 2. 自然对数The natural logarithm appears in continuous growth models.
426logarithmic propertynoun
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对数性质A logarithmic property changes the logarithm of a product into a sum.
427change-of-base formulanoun
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换基公式The change-of-base formula lets the calculator evaluate a base-seven logarithm.
428exponential modelnoun
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指数模型The exponential model predicts bacterial growth under stable conditions.
429angle measurenoun
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角度测量The angle measure can be expressed in degrees or radians.
430degree measurenoun
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程度测量A right angle has a degree measure of ninety.
431radian measurenoun
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弧度测量A half rotation has a radian measure of pi.
432unit circlenoun
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单位圆Coordinates on the unit circle give cosine and sine values.
433reference anglenoun
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参考角The reference angle helps determine the trigonometric values in any quadrant.
434terminal sidenoun
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终端侧The terminal side of 120 degrees lies in the second quadrant.
435coterminal anglenoun
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共端角Thirty degrees and 390 degrees are a coterminal angle pair.
436sinenoun
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正弦The sine of thirty degrees is one half.
437cosinenoun
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餘弦The cosine of sixty degrees is one half.
438tangentnoun
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切線The tangent of forty-five degrees equals one.
439cosecantnoun
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餘割The cosecant is undefined when sine equals zero.
440secantnoun
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割線The secant of sixty degrees equals two.
441cotangentnoun
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餘切The cotangent of forty-five degrees equals one.
442trigonometric identitynoun
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三角恒等式The equation sine squared x plus cosine squared x equals one is a trigonometric identity.
443Pythagorean identityproper noun
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毕达哥拉斯恒等式The basic Pythagorean identity relates sine squared and cosine squared.
444law of sinesnoun
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正弦定理The law of sines found the missing side from two angles and one side.
445law of cosinesnoun
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餘弦定理The law of cosines found the third side when two sides and the included angle were known.
446periodic functionnoun
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周期函数Sine is a periodic function with period two pi.
447phase shiftnoun
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相移The cosine graph has a phase shift of pi over two to the right.
448random variablenoun
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随机变量The number of rainy days this week is a random variable.
449discrete random variablenoun
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离散随机变量The number rolled on a die is a discrete random variable.
450continuous random variablenoun
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连续随机变量Exact rainfall depth is a continuous random variable.
451probability distributionnoun
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概率分布The probability distribution shows that seven is the most likely sum of two dice.
452expected valuenoun
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1. 期望值 2. 希望The game's expected value is negative for the player.
453binomial distributionnoun
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二项式分布The binomial distribution models heads in twenty fair coin tosses.
454geometric distributionnoun
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幾何分佈The geometric distribution models how many rolls occur before the first six.
455sampling distributionnoun
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抽样分布The sampling distribution of the mean becomes narrower as sample size increases.

Angles, Samples, and Limits

Reading practice for pages 13–15. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

A trigonometric identity is true for every angle in its domain; the Pythagorean identity is a familiar example. An angle may be expressed with degree measure or radian measure without changing its physical size. In statistics, a sampling distribution is different: it describes how a statistic varies across many possible samples.

Simplified Chinese translation

A reviewed translation is not available for this passage yet.

Reading comprehension

1. What is a Pythagorean identity?

It is a kind of trigonometric identity.

2. Do degree and radian measure change an angle's size?

No, they are different units for the same angle.

3. What does a sampling distribution describe?

It describes variation in a statistic across samples.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. The equation sine squared x plus cosine squared x equals one is a ___.

Answer: trigonometric identity

2. The ___ of the mean becomes narrower as sample size increases.

Answer: sampling distribution

3. A right angle has a ___ of ninety.

Answer: degree measure

4. The basic ___ relates sine squared and cosine squared.

Answer: Pythagorean identity

5. A half rotation has a ___ of pi.

Answer: radian measure

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456central limit theoremnoun
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中心极限定理The central limit theorem supports normal approximations for large random samples.
457standard errornoun
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标准误A larger sample usually reduces the standard error of the mean.
458hypothesis testnoun
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假设检验The hypothesis test compared the observed difference with variation expected by chance.
459p-valuenoun
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p 值A small p-value indicates that the data would be unusual under the null hypothesis.
460significance levelnoun
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显着性水平The researchers set the significance level at 0.05 before analysis.
461test statisticnoun
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检验统计量The test statistic compares the observed difference with its expected sampling variation.
462one-tailed testnoun
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单尾检验The one-tailed test examined whether the new process reduced defects.
463two-tailed testnoun
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双尾检验The two-tailed test examined whether the treatment changed blood pressure upward or downward.
464regression linenoun
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回归线The regression line predicts fuel use from vehicle mass.
465coefficient of determinationnoun
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决定系数A coefficient of determination of 0.81 means the model explains 81 percent of the observed variation.
466extrapolationnoun
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延拓Estimating rainfall fifty years ahead is risky extrapolation.
467influential pointnoun
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影响点Removing the distant influential point changed the slope noticeably.
468abstraction layernoun
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抽象层The file system is an abstraction layer above physical storage sectors.
469computational thinkingnoun
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计算思维Computational thinking helped the team turn the scheduling problem into clear steps.
470decompositionnoun
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分解作用Decomposition separated the app into login, search, and reporting tasks.
471pattern recognitionnoun
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模式識別Pattern recognition showed that every failed request lacked the same field.
472algorithmic complexitynoun
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算法复杂度Algorithmic complexity explains why one sorting method slows sharply on huge lists.
473time complexitynoun
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時間複雜度Binary search has logarithmic time complexity on a sorted list.
474space complexitynoun
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空间复杂度The recursive solution had greater space complexity because it stored many calls.
475Big O notationproper noun
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大O表示法Big O notation classifies linear search as O of n.
476linear searchnoun
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线性搜索Linear search found the name near the end of the unsorted list.
477binary searchnoun
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二分查找Binary search located the value in only a few comparisons.
478sorting algorithmnoun
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排序算法The sorting algorithm ordered the records by date.
479recursionnoun
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1. 遞迴 2. 遞歸Recursion computes the directory size by visiting each nested folder.
480base casenoun
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基本情况The base case returns one when the countdown reaches zero.
481call stacknoun
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调用栈Deep recursion filled the call stack.
482data structurenoun
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數據結構A data structure should match the operations a program performs most often.
483arraynoun
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扇子The array stores twelve monthly temperatures.
484linked listnoun
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链表A linked list allows insertion without shifting every later element.
485queuenoun
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1. 佇列 2. 排队Print jobs enter a queue and leave in arrival order.
486tree structurenoun
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树结构The folder system forms a tree structure.
487graph structurenoun
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图结构A subway map can be represented as a graph structure.
488hash tablenoun
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雜湊表The hash table retrieves a username quickly.
489database schemanoun
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数据库架构The database schema links students with courses through an enrollment table.
490primary keynoun
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1. 主鍵 2. 主碼 3. 主键The student ID is the primary key of the student table.

Page 14 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 14.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. The ___ returns one when the countdown reaches zero.

Answer: base case

2. The file system is an ___ above physical storage sectors.

Answer: abstraction layer

3. Deep recursion filled the ___.

Answer: call stack

4. The ___ supports normal approximations for large random samples.

Answer: central limit theorem

5. ___ helped the team turn the scheduling problem into clear steps.

Answer: computational thinking

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491foreign keynoun
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外鍵The order record uses customer ID as a foreign key.
492database normalizationnoun
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数据库规范化Database normalization moved repeated addresses into a separate table.
493SQLproper noun
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1. SQL 2. 结构化查询语言The analyst used SQL to select orders from the previous month.
494application programming interfacenoun
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應用程式介面The weather application programming interface returns forecast data in JSON.
495object-oriented programmingnoun
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1. 面向對象程序設計 2. 面向對象編程Object-oriented programming groups each account's fields with methods that act on them.
496objectnoun
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1. 對象 2. 物件The red bicycle is one object created from the Vehicle class.
497memoizationnoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.

记忆化Memoization reduced the recursive program's running time by reusing earlier answers.
498dynamic programmingnoun
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動態規劃Dynamic programming found the cheapest route without recalculating every partial route.
499referential integritynoun
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参照完整性Referential integrity prevented an order from naming a customer who did not exist.
500parameterized querynoun
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参数化查询A parameterized query protected the login form from SQL injection.
501humanismnoun
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1. 人文主義 2. 人文主义Renaissance humanism encouraged the close study of history, rhetoric, and moral philosophy.
502secularismnoun
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世俗主义Secularism influenced debates about whether civil law should depend on one faith.
503patronagenoun
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庇护Medici patronage funded major works of Renaissance art.
504indulgencenoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.

兴趣Criticism of the sale of an indulgence helped ignite reform debates.
505Council of Trentproper noun
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特伦特议会The Council of Trent condemned abuses while reaffirming major teachings.
506religious pluralismnoun
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宗教多元化Religious pluralism required states to negotiate differences among confessional communities.
507empiricismnoun
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经验主义Empiricism encouraged investigators to test claims against measured results.
508rationalismnoun
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理性主义Rationalism led some philosophers to begin with principles they considered self-evident.
509absolute monarchynoun
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1. 君主專制 2. 絕對君主制Louis XIV became a symbol of absolute monarchy.
510parliamentary governmentnoun
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议会政府The prime minister leads the parliamentary government while retaining legislative support.
511English Bill of Rightsproper noun
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英国权利法案The English Bill of Rights prohibited the monarch from suspending laws alone.
512plantation economynoun
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种植园经济The sugar plantation economy depended heavily on enslaved workers.
513enclosure movementnoun
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圈地运动The enclosure movement displaced some rural families while increasing commercial farming.
514cottage industrynoun
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家庭手工业Before large factories, the cottage industry employed families who spun and wove cloth.
515division of labornoun
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分工Division of labor increased output but made many factory jobs repetitive.
516labor unionnoun
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Word study: Term structure: labor + union. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

工会The labor union organized a strike for safer equipment.
517protectoratenoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Base-form focus: protectorate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

保护国The treaty turned the kingdom into a protectorate with limited sovereignty.
518sphere of influencenoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: sphere + of + influence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

勢力範圍Foreign states divided port regions into a sphere of influence.
519settler colonialismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

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定居者殖民主义Settler colonialism transformed land ownership and governance.
520extractive economynoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

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采掘经济The extractive economy exported minerals while investing little in local manufacturing.
521Berlin Conferenceproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

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柏林会议No African representatives participated in the Berlin Conference.
522Social Darwinismproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Social + Darwinism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

社會達爾文主義Social Darwinism provided false scientific language for imperial domination.
523French Revolutionproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: French + Revolution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

法国大革命The French Revolution abolished feudal privileges and declared civic equality.
524Estates-Generalproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Estates + General. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

三级会议The king summoned the Estates-General to address the financial crisis.
525National Assemblyproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: National + Assembly. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

國會The National Assembly pledged to write a constitution.

Page 15 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 15.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. The analyst used ___ to select orders from the previous month.

Answer: SQL

2. The weather ___ returns forecast data in JSON.

Answer: application programming interface

3. ___ groups each account's fields with methods that act on them.

Answer: object-oriented programming

4. The red bicycle is one ___ created from the Vehicle class.

Answer: object

5. ___ reduced the recursive program's running time by reusing earlier answers.

Answer: memoization

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526Reign of Terrorproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Reign + of + Terror. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

恐怖统治Thousands were executed during the Reign of Terror.
527Napoleonic Codeproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

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拿破仑法典The Napoleonic Code protected property rights while limiting women's legal independence.
528Congress of Viennaproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Congress + of + Vienna. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

维也纳会议The Congress of Vienna restored several monarchies and balanced major powers.
529conservatismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

1. 保守主義 2. 保守主义Postwar conservatism supported restored monarchies.
530liberalismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

1. 自由主義 2. 自由主义Nineteenth-century liberalism often supported constitutions and representative institutions.
531World War Iproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: World + War + I. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

第一次世界大战World War I mobilized armies and civilian economies on an unprecedented scale.
532war reparationsnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

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战争赔偿German war reparations became a source of political conflict.
533mandate systemnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: mandate + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

授权制度The mandate system continued imperial control under international supervision.
534Russian Revolutionproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Russian + Revolution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

俄国革命The Russian Revolution withdrew Russia from World War I.
535Bolsheviknoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Base-form focus: Bolshevik is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

布爾什維克A Bolshevik government seized key institutions in Petrograd.
536collectivizationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.

集體化Soviet collectivization caused resistance, disruption, and famine.
537appeasementnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.

1. 綏靖主義 2. 綏靖政策The Munich Agreement became a major example of appeasement.
538World War IIproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: World + War + II. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

第二次世界大战World War II caused enormous military and civilian deaths.
539Nuremberg trialsproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Nuremberg + trials. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

纽伦堡审判The Nuremberg trials established an important record of Nazi crimes.
540containmentnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.

1. 圍堵 2. 遏制 3. 抑制The United States used alliances and aid as instruments of containment.
541nonalignmentnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.

不结盟India promoted nonalignment during the Cold War.
542deflationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

1. 通貨緊縮 2. 通縮 3. 通货紧缩Deflation can increase the real burden of debt.
543unemployment ratenoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: unemployment + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

失業率The unemployment rate fell as firms hired more workers.
544comparative advantagenoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: comparative + advantage. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

比较优势Comparative advantage can make specialization beneficial even when one country is more productive in everything.
545trade barriernoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: trade + barrier. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

贸易壁垒A tariff is a trade barrier that raises the cost of imported goods.
546Peace of Westphaliaproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Peace + of + Westphalia. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

威斯特伐利亚和约The Peace of Westphalia allowed each participating ruler greater authority over affairs within the ruler's territory.
547Glorious Revolutionproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Glorious + Revolution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

光榮革命The Glorious Revolution helped establish that the English monarch governed under law and with Parliament.
548habeas corpusnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: habeas + corpus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

人身保護令A petition for habeas corpus challenges imprisonment without lawful cause.
549ancien régimenoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: ancien + régime. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

旧制度Under the ancien régime, legal privileges differed among the three estates.
550cahier de doléancesnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: cahier + de + doléances. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

多莱昂斯手册One cahier de doléances demanded fairer taxation and regular meetings of representatives.
551Tennis Court Oathproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Tennis + Court + Oath. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

网球场誓词The Tennis Court Oath turned a meeting dispute into a public commitment to constitutional change.
552sans-culottesnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: sans + culottes. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

无套裤汉The sans-culottes pressed the revolutionary government to control food prices.
553Jacobinnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Base-form focus: Jacobin is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

雅各宾派The Jacobin supported a republic and stronger measures against perceived enemies of the revolution.
554Directoryproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Capitalization focus: this is a proper name, so its standard written form begins with a capital letter.

目录The Directory struggled with corruption, financial instability, and military dependence.
555Continental Systemproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Continental + System. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

大陆系统Smuggling undermined the Continental System along much of Europe's coastline.
556Concert of Europeproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Concert + of + Europe. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

欧洲音乐会The Concert of Europe used periodic congresses to address international crises.
557Metternich systemproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Metternich + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

梅特涅系统The Metternich system sought to contain nationalism and revolutionary liberalism.
558revolutions of 1848proper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: revolutions + of + 1848. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1848年革命The revolutions of 1848 briefly forced several rulers to promise constitutions.
559Risorgimentoproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Capitalization focus: this is a proper name, so its standard written form begins with a capital letter.

复兴运动The Risorgimento joined diplomacy, popular activism, and warfare in the creation of Italy.
560Realpolitiknoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Base-form focus: Realpolitik is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

现实政治Bismarck used Realpolitik to pursue German unification through calculated alliances and wars.

Revolution and Restoration

Reading practice for pages 16–18. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

The Reign of Terror exposed the French Revolution’s violent struggle over authority and citizenship. Napoleon later consolidated legal reforms in the Napoleonic Code while also centralizing power. After his defeat, the Congress of Vienna restored dynasties and borders. Nineteenth-century debates then placed conservatism, which valued order and tradition, against liberalism, which emphasized rights and constitutional reform.

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Reading comprehension

1. What did the Napoleonic Code consolidate?

It consolidated legal reforms.

2. What did the Congress of Vienna restore?

It restored dynasties and borders.

3. How did liberalism differ from conservatism?

Liberalism emphasized rights and reform, while conservatism emphasized order and tradition.

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561Zollvereinproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Capitalization focus: this is a proper name, so its standard written form begins with a capital letter.

关税同盟The Zollverein encouraged economic ties while excluding Austria.
562Kulturkampfproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

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文化斗争Resistance from Catholic voters eventually weakened the Kulturkampf.
563scramble for Africanoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: scramble + for + Africa. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

争夺非洲The scramble for Africa imposed borders with little regard for existing African societies.
564indirect rulenoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: indirect + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

间接规则British administrators used indirect rule by assigning duties to recognized chiefs.
565direct rulenoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: direct + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

直接统治Direct rule replaced many local institutions with a European administrative hierarchy.
566assimilation policynoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: assimilation + policy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

同化政策The assimilation policy offered limited citizenship to colonial subjects who adopted prescribed French institutions.
567extraterritorialitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

1. 治外法權 2. 治外法权Unequal treaties granted some foreign merchants extraterritoriality in Chinese ports.
568Open Door Policyproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Open + Door + Policy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

门户开放政策The Open Door Policy opposed exclusive trading zones controlled by a single foreign power.
569Boxer Rebellionproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Boxer + Rebellion. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 義和團運動 2. 拳亂After the Boxer Rebellion, the Qing government was required to pay a large indemnity.
570Meiji Restorationproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Meiji + Restoration. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

明治维新The Meiji Restoration led to national institutions, industrial reforms, and a conscript army.
571Russo-Japanese Warproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Russo + Japanese + War. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

日俄战争The Russo-Japanese War altered international perceptions of power in Asia.
572Sepoy Rebellionproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Sepoy + Rebellion. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

土兵叛乱After the Sepoy Rebellion, the British Crown took direct control of India.
573Indian National Congressproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Indian + National + Congress. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

印度国大党The Indian National Congress gradually expanded its demands from greater participation to self-government.
574Tanzimat reformsproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Tanzimat + reforms. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

坦齐马特改革The Tanzimat reforms proclaimed greater legal equality while strengthening central government.
575Young Turksproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Young + Turks. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

青年土耳其党The Young Turks forced Sultan Abdulhamid II to restore parliamentary government.
576Balkan nationalismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Balkan + nationalism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

巴尔干民族主义Balkan nationalism weakened Ottoman authority and intensified rivalry among neighboring states.
577Schlieffen Planproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Schlieffen + Plan. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

施利芬计划Unexpected resistance and logistical problems disrupted the Schlieffen Plan in 1914.
578unrestricted submarine warfarenoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: unrestricted + submarine + warfare. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

无限制潜艇战Germany's return to unrestricted submarine warfare helped bring the United States into World War I.
579Fourteen Pointsproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Fourteen + Points. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

十四点The Fourteen Points called for open diplomacy and an association of nations.
580war guilt clausenoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: war + guilt + clause. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

战争罪条款Many Germans viewed the war guilt clause as a humiliating accusation.
581Weimar Republicproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Weimar + Republic. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 魏瑪共和國 2. 威瑪共和國The Weimar Republic faced political violence, economic crises, and fragile coalition governments.
582Dawes Planproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Dawes + Plan. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

道斯计划The Dawes Plan temporarily eased financial pressure on Germany.
583hyperinflationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

惡性通貨膨脹During hyperinflation, German workers rushed to spend wages before prices rose again.
584Nuremberg Lawsproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Nuremberg + Laws. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

纽伦堡法律The Nuremberg Laws transformed racist ideology into state-enforced legal discrimination.
585Final Solutionproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Final + Solution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

最终解决方案The Final Solution was implemented through deportations, mass shootings, ghettos, forced labor, and killing centers.
586Kristallnachtproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Capitalization focus: this is a proper name, so its standard written form begins with a capital letter.

1. 水晶之夜 2. 碎玻璃之夜Kristallnacht marked a severe escalation from legal persecution to open mass violence.
587Lebensraumnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Base-form focus: Lebensraum is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

生存空间The pursuit of Lebensraum helped drive Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union.
588blitzkriegnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Base-form focus: blitzkrieg is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

閃電戰Germany used blitzkrieg tactics to overwhelm Poland's defenses in 1939.
589Operation Barbarossaproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Operation + Barbarossa. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

巴巴罗萨行动Operation Barbarossa opened an enormous eastern front but failed to secure a rapid victory.
590island hoppingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: island + hopping. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

跳岛游Island hopping brought airfields and naval bases progressively closer to Japan.
591D-Dayproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: D + Day. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

D日D-Day required coordination among airborne troops, naval forces, aircraft, and landing units.
592Manhattan Projectproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Manhattan + Project. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

曼哈頓計劃The Manhattan Project combined secret laboratories, industrial facilities, and international scientific expertise.
593Yalta Conferenceproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Yalta + Conference. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

雅尔塔会议At the Yalta Conference, the leaders debated occupation zones and Poland's future government.
594Potsdam Conferenceproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Potsdam + Conference. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

波茨坦会议The Potsdam Conference exposed growing disagreements between the Soviet Union and Western Allies.
595Iron Curtainnoun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Iron + Curtain. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 鐵幕 2. 铁幕Churchill's Iron Curtain speech described an emerging division across Europe.

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596Truman Doctrineproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Truman + Doctrine. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

杜鲁门主义The Truman Doctrine framed aid to Greece and Turkey as part of a broader containment policy.
597Marshall Planproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Marshall + Plan. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

马歇尔计划The Marshall Plan supplied grants and materials for rebuilding infrastructure and industry.
598Berlin Airliftproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Berlin + Airlift. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

柏林空运The Berlin Airlift delivered food and fuel for nearly a year.
599NATOproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Capitalization focus: NATO is an abbreviation or initialism; preserve its capital letters.

1. 北約 2. 北约Under NATO, members agreed that an attack on one could be treated as an attack on all.
600Warsaw Pactproper noun
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Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term

Word study: Term structure: Warsaw + Pact. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 華約 2. 華沙條約組織 3. 華沙條約The Warsaw Pact formalized military cooperation within the Soviet bloc.
601classical conditioningnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: classical + conditioning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 经典条件反射 2. 巴甫洛夫条件反射 3. 古典制約Classical conditioning explains why the dog began to salivate when it heard the food cart.
602unconditioned stimulusnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: unconditioned + stimulus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

无条件刺激Food was the unconditioned stimulus that automatically caused the dog to salivate.
603conditioned stimulusnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: conditioned + stimulus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

条件刺激After several trials, the bell became a conditioned stimulus.
604unconditioned responsenoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: unconditioned + response. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

无条件反应Salivating at food is an unconditioned response.
605conditioned responsenoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: conditioned + response. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

条件反应Salivating at the bell became the dog's conditioned response.
606spontaneous recoverynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: spontaneous + recovery. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

自然恢复Spontaneous recovery occurred when the dog reacted to the bell again the next morning.
607stimulus generalizationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: stimulus + generalization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

刺激泛化Stimulus generalization caused the child to fear several dogs after one frightening encounter.
608stimulus discriminationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: stimulus + discrimination. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

刺激歧视Stimulus discrimination allowed the dog to react to the food bell but ignore the doorbell.
609operant conditioningnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: operant + conditioning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

操作性條件反射Operant conditioning increased careful practice because completed sessions earned extra game time.
610positive reinforcementnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: positive + reinforcement. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

陽性強化法Praise served as positive reinforcement for submitting work on time.
611negative reinforcementnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: negative + reinforcement. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

负强化Fastening the seat belt stops the warning sound, so the silence acts as negative reinforcement.
612punishmentnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.

惩罚Losing computer privileges was a punishment for repeatedly ignoring the rule.
613shapingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: shaping is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

成型The trainer used shaping by rewarding the parrot first for approaching and later for touching the target.
614observational learningnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: observational + learning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

观察学习Observational learning helped the child tie a knot after watching an older sibling.
615working memorynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: working + memory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

工作记忆Working memory keeps the first numbers available while a student completes a calculation.
616long-term memorynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: long + term + memory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

长期记忆Repeated retrieval helped the formulas enter long-term memory.
617encodingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: encoding is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

代码Connecting a date with a vivid image improved encoding.
618retrievalnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: retrieval is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

检索A familiar song triggered retrieval of a childhood memory.
619schemanoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: schema is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

圖式A restaurant schema helps diners predict that they will order before paying.
620accommodationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

1. 適應 2. 調節 3. 和解Learning that whales are mammals required accommodation of the child's animal categories.
621cognitive dissonancenoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: cognitive + dissonance. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

認知失調Cognitive dissonance troubled Lena when her purchases conflicted with her concern about waste.
622metacognitionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ition commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

1. 後設認知 2. 元認知Metacognition helped Arun notice that rereading alone was not helping him remember.
623availability heuristicnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: availability + heuristic. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

可用性启发式After watching several reports about plane crashes, the availability heuristic made flying seem unusually dangerous.
624representativeness heuristicnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: representativeness + heuristic. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

代表性启发法The representativeness heuristic led voters to assume the quiet book lover must be a librarian.
625anchoring biasnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: anchoring + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

锚定偏差An inflated starting price created anchoring bias during the negotiation.
626framing effectnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: framing + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

框架效应The framing effect made ninety-percent survival sound more reassuring than ten-percent mortality.
627hindsight biasnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: hindsight + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

事后偏见Hindsight bias made the upset victory seem obvious once the match was over.
628fundamental attribution errornoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: fundamental + attribution + error. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

基本归因错误The fundamental attribution error led Theo to call the late driver careless without considering the road closure.
629self-serving biasnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: self + serving + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

自私偏见Self-serving bias appeared when the player praised skill after winning but blamed the weather after losing.
630growth mindsetnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: growth + mindset. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

成长心态A growth mindset encouraged Mina to treat corrections as information for improvement.

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631intrinsic motivationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: intrinsic + motivation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

內在動機Curiosity provided intrinsic motivation for Omar to keep studying the night sky.
632extrinsic motivationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: extrinsic + motivation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

外在动机The scholarship offered extrinsic motivation to maintain strong grades.
633self-efficacynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: self + efficacy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

自我效能Completing smaller climbs increased Jia's self-efficacy before the difficult route.
634locus of controlnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: locus + of + control. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

控制点An internal locus of control led Niko to focus on study choices he could change.
635resiliencenoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.

彈性Community support strengthened residents' resilience after the flood.
636epistemologynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Root and suffix focus: -logy means the study of a subject.

1. 知識論 2. 認識論 3. 知识论Epistemology asks what separates justified knowledge from a lucky guess.
637metaphysicsnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: metaphysics is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 形而上學 2. 形上 3. 形而上学Metaphysics includes questions about whether time exists independently of observers.
638ontologynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: ontology is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 本體論 2. 本体论The debate in ontology asks whether numbers exist as objects or only as concepts.
639ethicsnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: ethics is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 倫理學 2. 伦理学Ethics examines whether a beneficial outcome can justify a dishonest action.
640aestheticsnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: aesthetics is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 美學 2. 審美學 3. 美学Aesthetics asks why the same painting can move one viewer but leave another indifferent.
641determinismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

決定論Strict determinism raises questions about whether anyone could have acted differently.
642free willnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: free + will. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

自由意志The philosopher defended free will by distinguishing reasons from external coercion.
643dualismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

1. 二元论 2. 二元論Substance dualism treats mental experience as more than a physical brain process.
644materialismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

1. 唯物主義 2. 唯物論 3. 唯物主义Materialism explains memory through changes in the nervous system.
645idealismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

唯心主義Idealism challenges the claim that objects are known exactly as they exist independently of perception.
646relativismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

相對主義Moral relativism questions whether one ethical standard applies identically across every society.
647utilitarianismnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

1. 效益主義 2. 功利主義 3. 功利主义Utilitarianism might support the policy if it produces the greatest net benefit for everyone affected.
648deontologynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Root and suffix focus: -logy means the study of a subject.

义务伦理学Deontology can forbid deception even when a lie might produce a useful result.
649virtue ethicsnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: virtue + ethics. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

美德伦理Virtue ethics asks what a courageous and honest person would choose.
650categorical imperativenoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: categorical + imperative. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

绝对命令The categorical imperative challenges a person to reject an exception that could not be granted to everyone.
651moral dilemmanoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: moral + dilemma. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

道德困境The rescue captain faced a moral dilemma when helping one vessel could delay aid to another.
652thought experimentnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: thought + experiment. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

思想實驗The philosopher used a thought experiment about an invisible observer to examine privacy.
653phenomenologynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Root and suffix focus: -logy means the study of a subject.

現象學Phenomenology examines how time feels while a person waits anxiously.
654linear perspectivenoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: linear + perspective. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

线性透视The tiled floor uses linear perspective to lead the viewer's eye into the room.
655atmospheric perspectivenoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: atmospheric + perspective. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

大气透视The painter used atmospheric perspective so the far mountains faded into blue haze.
656vanishing pointnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: vanishing + point. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

消失点The road narrows toward a vanishing point on the horizon.
657chiaroscuronoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: chiaroscuro is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 明暗對照法 2. 明暗对照法Chiaroscuro makes the face emerge from the dark background.
658sfumatonoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: sfumato is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

晕染Sfumato softens the transition around the portrait's mouth and eyes.
659impastonoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: impasto is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

厚涂The artist used impasto to give the waves a rough physical texture.
660fresconoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: fresco is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 濕壁畫 2. 新鮮The restored fresco covered the chapel ceiling.
661temperanoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: tempera is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

蛋彩畫The medieval panel's tempera produced crisp lines and luminous color.
662oil paintingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: oil + painting. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 油畫 2. 油The portrait's transparent glazes are characteristic of oil painting.
663watercolornoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: watercolor is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

水彩The artist left areas of paper bare so the watercolor would retain bright highlights.
664printmakingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: printmaking is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

版画Printmaking allowed the artist to produce a numbered edition from one carved block.
665engravingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: engraving is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 雕刻 2. 鐫刻 3. 刻板Fine crosshatched lines in the engraving create gradual shadow.

Motivation After a Setback

Reading practice for pages 19–21. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

A student who practices piano for enjoyment acts from intrinsic motivation; a prize can add extrinsic motivation. After a difficult recital, resilience helps the student continue. Growing self-efficacy supports the belief that practice can improve performance, while an internal locus of control directs attention toward choices the student can actually make.

Simplified Chinese translation

A reviewed translation is not available for this passage yet.

Reading comprehension

1. What motivates practice for enjoyment?

Intrinsic motivation drives practice for enjoyment.

2. What does self-efficacy support?

It supports belief in one's capacity to improve.

3. How does an internal locus of control help?

It focuses attention on choices the student can make.

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666etchingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: etching is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

蚀刻版画The artist scratched through the wax ground before placing the plate in acid for etching.
667lithographynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Root and suffix focus: -graphy relates to writing, recording, or describing.

平版印刷Lithography allowed the artist to draw freely with a greasy crayon on stone.
668sculpture in the roundnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: sculpture + in + the + round. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

圆形雕塑Visitors can walk completely around the sculpture in the round.
669relief sculpturenoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: relief + sculpture. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

浮雕The relief sculpture shows figures rising slightly from the bronze door.
670negative spacenoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: negative + space. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

负空间The white negative space between the branches forms the outline of a bird.
671color theorynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: color + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

色彩理论Color theory explains why complementary hues intensify each other when placed side by side.
672media framingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: media + framing. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

媒体框架Media framing changed when reports described the demonstration as either a disruption or a civil-rights action.
673agenda settingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: agenda + setting. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

议程设置Sustained coverage of water quality created agenda setting before the election.
674gatekeepingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: gatekeeping is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

把关Editorial gatekeeping determined which local stories appeared on the front page.
675deepfakenoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: deepfake is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

深偽Investigators identified the campaign video as a deepfake by examining inconsistent lighting and audio.
676algorithmic recommendationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: algorithmic + recommendation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

算法推荐An algorithmic recommendation placed another similar video at the top of the feed.
677echo chambernoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: echo + chamber. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

信息繭房The private forum became an echo chamber because members removed every dissenting source.
678filter bubblenoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: filter + bubble. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

过滤气泡 / 過濾氣泡The search history contributed to a filter bubble that hid unfamiliar viewpoints.
679media ownershipnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: media + ownership. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

媒体所有权Researchers examined whether concentrated media ownership reduced the range of local reporting.
680public service medianoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: public + service + media. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

公共服务媒体Public service media broadcast the emergency briefing without commercial interruption.
681documentarynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: documentary is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 紀錄片 2. 記錄片The documentary combines archival footage with interviews from both communities.
682montagenoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: montage is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 蒙太奇 2. 剪輯 3. 剪接A training montage shows months of practice in less than two minutes.
683cinematographynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Root and suffix focus: -graphy relates to writing, recording, or describing.

攝影Low-key lighting and a handheld camera shape the scene's cinematography.
684mise-en-scènenoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: mise + en + scène. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

场面调度The cramped furniture in the mise-en-scène makes the apartment feel oppressive.
685leitmotifnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: leitmotif is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

主題A brass leitmotif returns whenever the hidden kingdom is mentioned.
686syncopationnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

切分音The drummer's syncopation gives the melody an unsettled forward motion.
687neuroplasticitynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

神經可塑性Repeated practice can use neuroplasticity to strengthen a recovering skill.
688sensory memorynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: sensory + memory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

感觉记忆Sensory memory lets a sparkler's moving light appear as a continuous trail.
689episodic memorynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: episodic + memory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

情景记忆Her episodic memory of graduation includes the rain and the sound of the orchestra.
690semantic memorynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: semantic + memory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

语义记忆Knowing that water freezes at zero degrees Celsius belongs to semantic memory.
691procedural memorynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: procedural + memory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

程序记忆Riding a bicycle depends heavily on procedural memory.
692implicit memorynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: implicit + memory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

内隐记忆Faster recognition of a repeated pattern demonstrated implicit memory.
693explicit memorynoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: explicit + memory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

外显记忆Recalling the names of all the planets uses explicit memory.
694primingnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Base-form focus: priming is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

启动Seeing the word doctor created priming that made nurse easier to recognize.
695recognitionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ition commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

認出The multiple-choice format required recognition rather than unaided recall.
696proactive interferencenoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: proactive + interference. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

主动干预The old password caused proactive interference when Mira tried to enter the new one.
697retroactive interferencenoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: retroactive + interference. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

追溯性干扰Learning the new locker combination produced retroactive interference with last year's number.
698serial position effectnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: serial + position + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

串行位置效应The serial position effect appeared when participants recalled the first and last words most often.
699actor-observer biasnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: actor + observer + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

行动者-观察者偏差Actor-observer bias led Jin to blame traffic for his lateness but call a late coworker careless.
700just-world hypothesisnoun
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Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term

Word study: Term structure: just + world + hypothesis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

正义世界假说The just-world hypothesis can make observers ignore structural causes of poverty.

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701abnegateverb
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Field: Grade 10 precise high-utility word

Word study: Base-form focus: abnegate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

舍弃The caretaker chose to abnegate personal comfort so the stranded hikers could use the only dry blankets.
702abstinentadjective
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Field: Grade 10 precise high-utility word

Word study: Base-form focus: abstinent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

中度The recovering patient remained abstinent from alcohol throughout treatment.
703acrimoniousadjective
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Field: Grade 10 precise high-utility word

Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.

粗糙The contract talks became acrimonious after both sides accused the other of concealing costs.
704avowverb
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Field: Grade 10 precise high-utility word

Word study: Base-form focus: avow is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 招認 2. 公言 3. 承認The candidate chose to avow her support for the unpopular reform.
705axiomnoun
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Field: Grade 10 precise high-utility word

Word study: Base-form focus: axiom is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

公理The proof begins with an axiom about equality.
706banenoun
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Field: Grade 10 precise high-utility word

Word study: Base-form focus: bane is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

灾难Saltwater corrosion became the bane of the harbor's metal equipment.
707bastionnoun
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Field: Grade 10 precise high-utility word

Word study: Base-form focus: bastion is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

堡壘 堡垒The independent newspaper remained a bastion of investigative reporting.
708belaborverb
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Field: Grade 10 precise high-utility word

Word study: Base-form focus: belabor is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

贝拉博The editor asked the writer not to belabor an argument already supported by clear evidence.
709beleaguerverb
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Field: Grade 10 precise high-utility word

Word study: Base-form focus: beleaguer is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 圍攻 2. 包圍Repeated equipment failures continued to beleaguer the expedition.
710belittleverb
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Field: Grade 10 precise high-utility word

Word study: Base-form focus: belittle is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

淡化A constructive critic should challenge the proposal without trying to belittle its author.
711bemusedadjective
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Field: Grade 10 precise high-utility word

Word study: Base-form focus: bemused is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

困惑的The bemused visitor studied the map after realizing that two streets had the same name.
712bequestnoun
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Field: Grade 10 precise high-utility word

Word study: Base-form focus: bequest is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

遗赠The library used a former teacher's bequest to purchase accessible technology.
713bereavedadjective
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Field: Grade 10 precise high-utility word

Word study: Base-form focus: bereaved is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

失去亲人的The hospital connected the bereaved family with a grief counselor.
714besetverb
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Field: Grade 10 precise high-utility word

Word study: Base-form focus: beset is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

圍攻Supply shortages continued to beset the remote clinic.
715cajoleverb
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Field: Grade 10 precise high-utility word

Word study: Base-form focus: cajole is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 誘哄 2. 勸誘 3. 拉The director tried to cajole the nervous actor into attending one more rehearsal.
716callowadjective
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Field: Grade 10 precise high-utility word

Word study: Base-form focus: callow is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 没经年 2. 綠色The callow intern made confident promises before understanding the project's constraints.
717candornoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: candor is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 坦率 2. 直率 3. 中立國Her candor about the failed trial helped the team correct its procedure.
718caricaturenoun
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Field: Grade 10 precise high-utility word

Word study: Base-form focus: caricature is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 卡通 2. 諷刺畫 3. 漫畫The article reduces the complex leader to a one-dimensional caricature.
719cerebraladjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: cerebral is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

知识The cerebral film builds suspense through philosophical puzzles instead of action.
720charismanoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: charisma is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 個人魅力 2. 人格魅力 3. 魅力The speaker's charisma energized the crowd, but voters still examined her policies.
721chimeranoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: chimera is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

喀邁拉The promise of unlimited growth without any cost may be a chimera.
722cholericadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: choleric is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

胆汁质的The choleric supervisor responded to small delays with disproportionate fury.
723circuitousadjective
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.

迂迴A landslide forced the bus to take a circuitous mountain road.
724circumlocutionnoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

迂回说法The witness used circumlocution to avoid giving a clear yes-or-no answer.
725circumscribeverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: circumscribe is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

介绍The constitution can circumscribe executive power by requiring legislative approval.
726clemencynoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: clemency is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

仁慈The governor granted clemency after new evidence showed that the sentence was excessive.
727cliquenoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: clique is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 小集團 2. 小圈子 3. 派系A single clique controlled the club's decisions and discouraged new members.
728cognitiveadjective
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency.

1. 認知的 2. 認知Sleep deprivation can reduce cognitive performance during complex tasks.
729colloquialadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: colloquial is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

使魔The dialogue uses colloquial expressions that sound natural among close friends.
730collusionnoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -sion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

1. 共謀 2. 陰謀Investigators found evidence of collusion among companies that had agreed not to compete on price.
731compriseverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: comprise is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

包括The anthology will comprise essays from twelve regions.
732condescendverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: condescend is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

居高临下An effective tutor explains difficult ideas without choosing to condescend.
733conduciveadjective
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency.

有助於Quiet lighting and clear routines created conditions conducive to concentration.
734confluencenoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.

合流The city grew at the confluence of two navigable rivers.
735congenitaladjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: congenital is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

先天Doctors detected the congenital heart defect shortly after delivery.

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736congregateverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: congregate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

聚集Migrating birds congregate near the wetland before continuing south.
737consecrateverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: consecrate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 祝聖 2. 開光Community leaders will consecrate the memorial ground during the ceremony.
738contiguousadjective
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.

1. 相接的 2. 毗連的 3. 近The wildlife corridor connects three contiguous forest reserves.
739contrivedadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: contrived is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 不自然的 2. 做作的 3. 人為的The play's final coincidence felt contrived because nothing earlier prepared for it.
740convivialadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: convivial is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

欢乐的The shared meal created a convivial atmosphere after a tense day of negotiation.
741corollarynoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: corollary is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

推論A corollary of the theorem gives the area formula for a special case.
742countenanceverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: countenance is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

赞同The review board will not countenance experiments that lack informed consent.
743coupnoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: coup is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

政变The military coup dissolved parliament and detained elected officials.
744covertadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: covert is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

秘密The journalist uncovered a covert surveillance program.
745culpableadjective
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Word study: Suffix focus: -able means capable of, suitable for, or worthy of an action.

有罪The inquiry found the contractor culpable for ignoring repeated safety warnings.
746curtailverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: curtail is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 限制 2. 制約 3. 少Water shortages forced the town to curtail nonessential irrigation.
747cynicnoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: cynic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 愤青 2. 犬儒學派The cynic dismissed every charitable act as a publicity strategy.
748debaclenoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: debacle is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

崩溃Poor planning turned the product launch into a public debacle.
749decorousadjective
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.

1. 端莊 2. 宜The chair requested a decorous debate without personal attacks.
750defameverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: defame is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

诽谤A critic may express an opinion but may not defame an artist with invented accusations.
751deleteriousadjective
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.

妨害Chronic sleep loss has deleterious effects on attention and health.
752deludeverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: delude is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

欺騙Selective evidence can delude investors into underestimating risk.
753denizennoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: denizen is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

居民The octopus is a well-camouflaged denizen of the rocky reef.
754derogatoryadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: derogatory is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

贬义The moderator removed a derogatory comment that attacked a participant's identity.
755despotnoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: despot is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 暴君 2. 霸王The despot imprisoned critics and governed by decree.
756destituteadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: destitute is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

寒苦The relief fund provided temporary housing for families left destitute by the fire.
757dialecticaladjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: dialectical is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

辩证法The seminar used a dialectical method to test each proposal against its strongest objection.
758discreetadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: discreet is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

慎重The counselor was discreet when arranging support for the student.
759disparageverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: disparage is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

贬损The report can identify weaknesses without trying to disparage the researchers.
760dissipateverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: dissipate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

Morning sunlight caused the fog to dissipate.
761dissolutionnoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

解散The legislature's dissolution triggered an early election.
762duplicitynoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

1. 表裡不一 2. 口是心非The official's public promise and secret agreement revealed duplicity.
763edifyverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: edify is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

启发The museum designed the exhibit to edify visitors without oversimplifying the conflict.
764effusionnoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -sion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

滔滔不絕的言辭Her letter was an effusion of relief after the missing hikers returned safely.
765enormitynoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

巨大Survivor testimony helped the court confront the enormity of the crime.
766epitomenoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: epitome is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

擬人化The carefully balanced bridge is the epitome of functional design.
767equitableadjective
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Word study: Suffix focus: -able means capable of, suitable for, or worthy of an action.

正义An equitable funding plan gives additional support to schools with greater needs.
768espouseverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: espouse is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

收养The organization chose to espouse transparent budgeting.
769etherealadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: ethereal is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

The choir's ethereal harmony seemed to float through the dark hall.
770exigencynoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: exigency is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

紧急情况The exigency of the wildfire justified opening the emergency shelter overnight.

A Convivial but Contrived Gathering

Reading practice for pages 22–23. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

Neighbors congregate in three contiguous courtyards for a spring meal. The setting feels convivial because guests share food and music freely. A scripted argument in the opening performance seems contrived, but the final ceremony is sincere: community elders consecrate a newly planted memorial tree to public service.

Simplified Chinese translation

A reviewed translation is not available for this passage yet.

Reading comprehension

1. Where do the neighbors congregate?

They gather in three contiguous courtyards.

2. Why is the meal convivial?

Guests freely share food and music.

3. What do elders consecrate?

They consecrate a memorial tree.

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771existentialadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: existential is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 存在性 2. 有關存在的The drought created an existential danger for villages dependent on one reservoir.
772expediteverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: expedite is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

加速Digital signatures can expedite approval without removing required review.
773extricateverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: extricate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

根除Rescuers worked carefully to extricate the driver from the damaged vehicle.
774fabricationnoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

制造The supposed eyewitness quotation was a fabrication.
775facileadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: facile is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

易懂的Blaming one person for the recession is a facile explanation of a complicated event.
776factionnoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: faction is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 幫派 2. 派別 3. 派系A reform faction challenged the party's established leadership.
777farcicaladjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: farcical is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

滑稽的The hearing became farcical when no one could locate the central document.
778faunanoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: fauna is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 動物群 2. 動物區系 3. 动物Researchers recorded the island's native fauna before invasive rats arrived.
779felicitynoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

1. 得體 2. 得体The translator preserved both the accuracy and verbal felicity of the poem.
780fervornoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: fervor is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 熱情 2. 热情 3. 激情Supporters campaigned with fervor during the final week.
781fetterverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: fetter is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 束縛 2. 阻礙Outdated licensing rules can fetter small businesses.
782fidelitynoun
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

1. 忠實 2. 忠誠The adaptation balances fidelity to the novel with the demands of film.
783figurativeadjective
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency.

1. 比喻 2. 象徵The phrase a mountain of paperwork is figurative rather than literal.
784finessenoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: finesse is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 手腕 2. 智巧The mediator used finesse to restate the accusation as a solvable concern.
785flauntverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: flaunt is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

The advertisement encourages buyers to flaunt the brand's logo.
786foiblenoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: foible is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

怪癖His habit of alphabetizing every shelf was a harmless foible.
787forbearverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: forbear is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

拒绝The judge asked spectators to forbear from reacting during testimony.
788foregoverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: forego is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

放弃The team decided to forego a celebration until the missing equipment was found.
789forsakeverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: forsake is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 放棄 2. 拋棄 3. 摒棄The reformer refused to forsake her commitment to peaceful protest.
790fortuitousadjective
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.

1. 偶然 2. 快乐A fortuitous conversation introduced the scientist to a future collaborator.
791fraternaladjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: fraternal is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

兄弟The two organizations maintained fraternal ties despite political disagreements.
792freneticadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: frenetic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

發狂的Frenetic trading caused the stock price to swing sharply.
793frugaladjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: frugal is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 節儉 2. 节俭的The frugal laboratory repaired its equipment instead of replacing it.
794garrulousadjective
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Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.

1. 喋喋不休的 2. 貧嘴The garrulous witness repeatedly wandered away from the question.
795genteeladjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: genteel is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

典雅The hotel preserves a genteel atmosphere with quiet tea service and formal dress.
796gesticulateverb
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Word study: Base-form focus: gesticulate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

打手勢Unable to hear across the station, Mira began to gesticulate toward the correct platform.
797haplessadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: hapless is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

倒霉的The hapless traveler arrived after the last train and then lost his phone.
798hiatusnoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: hiatus is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

休息The journal resumed publication after a two-year hiatus.
799histrionicadjective
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Word study: Base-form focus: histrionic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

戏剧性的The spokesperson's histrionic outrage distracted from the evidence.
800ignominynoun
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Word study: Base-form focus: ignominy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

屈辱The official resigned in ignominy after the bribery scheme was proven.

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