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11th Grade Vocabulary Words

Eleventh-grade readers work across complex arguments, literary forms, scientific models, quantitative reasoning, civic institutions, social analysis, and precise academic prose. This level emphasizes disciplinary meanings, source evaluation, rhetorical and linguistic analysis, transparent morphology, and the careful use of context and reference tools when a word has several possible senses.

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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Vocabulary page 1
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
1	replicability	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ability forms a noun for the capacity to have a quality or perform an action.	the ability of an independent study to obtain a comparable result	The second laboratory tested the finding's replicability with new participants.
2	research synthesis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: research + synthesis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a structured integration of findings from several studies	The research synthesis revealed agreement across twelve climate surveys.
3	literature review	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: literature + review. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an organized account of existing scholarship on a question	Her literature review identified a gap in studies of rural transit.
4	scoping review	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: scoping + review. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a broad survey that maps the kinds and range of available evidence	The scoping review catalogued research on adolescent sleep without estimating one combined effect.
5	attrition bias	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: attrition + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	distortion caused when participants who leave differ from those who remain	Attrition bias may exaggerate improvement if struggling patients leave the trial.
6	recall bias	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: recall + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	systematic error caused by inaccurate or uneven memory of past events	Recall bias affected interviews about meals eaten several months earlier.
7	survivorship bias	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: survivorship + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	error caused by studying visible successes while ignoring failures	Survivorship bias made risky start-ups appear more reliable than they were.
8	observer bias	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: observer + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	systematic influence of a researcher's expectations on observations	Blinded scoring reduced observer bias in the behavior study.
9	detection bias	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: detection + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	unequal discovery of an outcome because groups are examined differently	More frequent scans created detection bias in the comparison.
10	reporting bias	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: reporting + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	distortion caused by selectively sharing some findings but not others	Reporting bias hid several measurements that did not support the claim.
11	p-hacking	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: p + hacking. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	repeated analysis choices made to obtain a conventionally significant result	The audit found p-hacking after researchers tried dozens of unplanned comparisons.
12	data dredging	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: data + dredging. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	searching large datasets for patterns without a prior guiding question	Data dredging produced a striking correlation that vanished in a new sample.
13	cherry-picking	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: cherry + picking. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	selecting only evidence that favors a preferred conclusion	Cherry-picking two unusually warm days cannot establish a yearly trend.
14	operationalization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	the conversion of an abstract concept into measurable indicators	The study's operationalization of loneliness combined survey responses and contact frequency.
15	abductive	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency.	reasoning from observations toward the most plausible explanation	The detective used abductive reasoning to explain several clues with one hypothesis.
16	Bayesian	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Base-form focus: Bayesian is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	using probability to update prior beliefs as new evidence arrives	A Bayesian model revised the forecast after each new measurement.
17	frequentist	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Base-form focus: frequentist is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	interpreting probability through long-run frequencies in repeated trials	The frequentist analysis estimated how often the procedure would err over many samples.
18	posterior probability	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: posterior + probability. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an updated probability after relevant evidence has been considered	The positive test raised the posterior probability of infection.
19	prior probability	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: prior + probability. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an initial probability assigned before current evidence is examined	Local prevalence informed the prior probability used in the diagnosis model.
20	likelihood	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Base-form focus: likelihood is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a measure of how well particular parameter values explain observed data	The model chose the estimate with the greatest likelihood.
21	credible interval	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: credible + interval. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a Bayesian range assigned a stated probability of containing a parameter	The credible interval placed the treatment effect between two and six points.
22	model specification	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: model + specification. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the variables, relationships, and assumptions formally included in a model	Poor model specification omitted the seasonal factor driving sales.
23	overfitting	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Base-form focus: overfitting is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	matching training data so closely that a model performs poorly on new data	Overfitting made the complex forecast accurate only for past years.
24	underfitting	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Base-form focus: underfitting is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	using a model too simple to capture an important pattern	Underfitting occurred when a straight line represented a curved trend.
25	cross-validation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: cross + validation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	testing a model on held-out portions of data to estimate future performance	Cross-validation showed that the simpler classifier generalized better.
26	sensitivity analysis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: sensitivity + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	testing how conclusions change when assumptions or inputs vary	The sensitivity analysis repeated the estimate under three definitions of poverty.
27	robustness check	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: robustness + check. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an alternative analysis used to see whether a result remains stable	A robustness check confirmed the pattern after extreme values were removed.
28	proxy variable	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: proxy + variable. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a measurable substitute used for a concept that cannot be measured directly	Nighttime light served as a proxy variable for local economic activity.
29	instrumental variable	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: instrumental + variable. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a factor used to isolate causal variation when direct comparison is confounded	Rainfall acted as an instrumental variable in the irrigation study.
30	natural experiment	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: natural + experiment. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a study of outside events that assign groups in a roughly experimental way	The sudden policy boundary created a natural experiment in school funding.
31	quasi-experiment	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: quasi + experiment. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a causal study that lacks full random assignment	The district comparison was a quasi-experiment because families chose their schools.
32	field experiment	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: field + experiment. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an intervention tested in a real-world setting	The field experiment changed store signs and measured actual purchases.
33	laboratory experiment	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: laboratory + experiment. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a controlled test conducted in an artificial research setting	The laboratory experiment isolated the effect of noise on memory.
34	mixed methods	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: mixed + methods. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	research that deliberately combines quantitative and qualitative approaches	The mixed methods study paired survey statistics with detailed interviews.
35	narrative inquiry	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: narrative + inquiry. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	qualitative research centered on how people construct and tell experiences	Narrative inquiry examined how refugees described rebuilding a sense of home.

Making a Result Reproducible

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

English reading

A second laboratory tests a finding’s replicability with new participants. Clear operationalization lets both teams measure attention in the same way. A robustness check asks whether reasonable analytical changes alter the result, while sensitivity analysis examines which assumptions matter most. Reporting all outcomes prevents cherry-picking only the evidence that supports the preferred conclusion.

Reading comprehension

1. What supports replicability between laboratories?

Clear operationalization supports replicability.

2. What does sensitivity analysis examine?

It examines which assumptions affect the result.

3. Why report all outcomes?

Reporting all outcomes prevents cherry-picking.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. ___ two unusually warm days cannot establish a yearly trend.

Answer: cherry-picking

2. The ___ repeated the estimate under three definitions of poverty.

Answer: sensitivity analysis

3. The second laboratory tested the finding's ___ with new participants.

Answer: replicability

4. The study's ___ of loneliness combined survey responses and contact frequency.

Answer: operationalization

5. A ___ confirmed the pattern after extreme values were removed.

Answer: robustness check

Page 2: words 36–70

Vocabulary page 2
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
36	purposive sampling	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: purposive + sampling. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	deliberate selection of participants with relevant knowledge or experience	Purposive sampling recruited nurses who had worked during the outbreak.
37	snowball sampling	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: snowball + sampling. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	recruitment in which participants refer other members of a hard-to-reach group	Snowball sampling helped researchers contact undocumented workers.
38	saturation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	the point when additional qualitative data yield few new themes	Interviews continued until saturation, when no new concerns appeared.
39	reflexivity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	a researcher's examination of how personal assumptions shape the study	The ethnographer used reflexivity to question her interpretation of silence.
40	positionality	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	the social and personal standpoint from which someone interprets evidence	The author explained how her positionality influenced access to the community.
41	transferability	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ability forms a noun for the capacity to have a quality or perform an action.	the extent to which qualitative findings may illuminate another context	Detailed setting descriptions help readers judge a study's transferability.
42	intersubjectivity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	shared understanding developed and checked among different people	Independent coders discussed disagreements to strengthen intersubjectivity.
43	methodological pluralism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: methodological + pluralism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the use or acceptance of several methods for studying a problem	Methodological pluralism allowed the team to combine experiments, archives, and interviews.
44	registered report	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: registered + report. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a study accepted for publication on its question and method before results exist	The journal approved the registered report before data collection began.
45	preprint	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Base-form focus: preprint is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a scholarly manuscript shared publicly before formal peer review	The authors labeled the preprint clearly so readers knew review was incomplete.
46	corrigendum	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Base-form focus: corrigendum is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a published correction to an error in an earlier scholarly work	The journal issued a corrigendum replacing the mislabeled figure.
47	editorial review	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: editorial + review. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	assessment by an editor for relevance, quality, and publication fit	Editorial review rejected the article because it fell outside the journal's scope.
48	peer reviewer	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: peer + reviewer. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a specialist who evaluates another researcher's manuscript	The peer reviewer requested clearer evidence for the causal claim.
49	deidentification	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	removal or alteration of information that could reveal a person's identity	Deidentification replaced patient names and exact addresses before analysis.
50	anonymization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	processing intended to prevent data from being linked back to individuals	Strong anonymization made the public dataset unsuitable for tracking one respondent.
51	pseudonymization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	replacement of identifying information with reversible coded labels	Pseudonymization let authorized staff reconnect records when follow-up was necessary.
52	data minimization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: data + minimization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	collecting and retaining only information necessary for a stated purpose	Data minimization kept the survey from requesting irrelevant birth dates.
53	primary evidence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: primary + evidence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	direct evidence created during the event or process being studied	The original ship log provided primary evidence of the voyage.
54	secondary evidence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: secondary + evidence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	later analysis or interpretation based on primary material	The historian compared secondary evidence from three scholarly books.
55	provenance	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	the documented origin and ownership history of an object or record	The museum verified the painting's provenance before accepting it.
56	contextualization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	placement of evidence within circumstances that clarify its meaning	Contextualization showed that the speech responded to a recent strike.
57	historiography	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Root and suffix focus: -graphy relates to writing, recording, or describing.	the study of how historians have interpreted and written about the past	Her historiography traces changing explanations of the revolution.
58	archival record	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: archival + record. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a document or item preserved as evidence of past activity	An archival record confirmed the council's vote in 1912.
59	textual evidence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: textual + evidence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	specific language from a text used to support an interpretation	The essay cites textual evidence for the narrator's growing distrust.
60	quantitative literacy	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: quantitative + literacy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the ability to interpret and communicate numerical information responsibly	Quantitative literacy helped readers notice that the graph lacked a zero baseline.
61	qualitative evidence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: qualitative + evidence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	nonnumerical information about qualities, experiences, or meanings	Interview excerpts supplied qualitative evidence about workplace stress.
62	claim-evidence-reasoning	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: claim + evidence + reasoning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a structure linking a conclusion to support and an explanation	Her claim-evidence-reasoning paragraph explains why the measurements support the model.
63	null result	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: null + result. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a finding that does not show the predicted effect or relationship	The null result suggested that the supplement did not improve memory.
64	confidence distribution	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: confidence + distribution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a function representing confidence levels across possible parameter values	The confidence distribution displayed uncertainty around the estimated rate.
65	data repository	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: data + repository. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a managed location for storing and sharing research data	The team deposited its cleaned files in a public data repository.
66	open access	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: open + access. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	free online availability of scholarly work without a reader subscription	Open access allowed community organizers to read the health study.
67	predatory journal	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: predatory + journal. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a deceptive publication that charges authors without genuine scholarly review	The researcher avoided a predatory journal that promised acceptance within one day.
68	citation network	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: citation + network. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a map of connections created when publications reference one another	The citation network revealed two largely separate research communities.
69	bibliometrics	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Base-form focus: bibliometrics is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	quantitative analysis of publications and their citation patterns	Bibliometrics showed rapid growth in battery-recycling research.
70	altmetrics	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Base-form focus: altmetrics is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	online attention measures such as mentions, downloads, and saves	Altmetrics indicated public interest but did not prove research quality.

Page 2 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 2.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. Interviews continued until ___, when no new concerns appeared.

Answer: saturation

2. ___ let authorized staff reconnect records when follow-up was necessary.

Answer: pseudonymization

3. The ___ displayed uncertainty around the estimated rate.

Answer: confidence distribution

4. The ethnographer used ___ to question her interpretation of silence.

Answer: reflexivity

5. ___ kept the survey from requesting irrelevant birth dates.

Answer: data minimization

Page 3: words 71–105

Vocabulary page 3
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
71	impact factor	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: impact + factor. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a journal-level average based on citations to recent articles	The committee refused to treat impact factor as a score for each researcher.
72	h-index	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: h + index. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an author metric balancing publication count with citation frequency	Her h-index rose after several older papers received new attention.
73	scholarly consensus	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: scholarly + consensus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	broad expert agreement supported by converging research	Scholarly consensus formed after many independent studies reached similar conclusions.
74	academic integrity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: academic + integrity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	honest, responsible conduct in learning, research, and attribution	Academic integrity requires acknowledging both quoted and paraphrased sources.
75	self-plagiarism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: self + plagiarism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	reuse of one's own earlier work without appropriate disclosure	The policy treats undisclosed duplication of a published paragraph as self-plagiarism.
76	vertical reading	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: vertical + reading. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	close inspection of information within a single page or source	Vertical reading found that the article provided no evidence for its headline.
77	coverage error	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: coverage + error. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	sampling error caused when a list omits or duplicates parts of the population	An outdated address list created coverage error in the household survey.
78	attrition rate	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: attrition + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the proportion of participants who leave before a study ends	The yearlong trial reported an attrition rate of eighteen percent.
79	preregistered analysis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: preregistered + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an analysis specified publicly before researchers inspect the results	The preregistered analysis limited opportunities to change outcomes after seeing the data.
80	exploratory analysis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: exploratory + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	open-ended analysis used to discover patterns and generate hypotheses	Exploratory analysis suggested a possible link requiring a new study.
81	confirmatory analysis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: confirmatory + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a planned test of a previously stated hypothesis	The confirmatory analysis used the outcome named before enrollment.
82	data visualization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: data + visualization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a graphical representation designed to communicate patterns in data	The data visualization made the regional trend visible without hiding uncertainty.
83	model fit	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: model + fit. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the degree to which a statistical model corresponds to observed data	Residual plots exposed poor model fit at high temperatures.
84	practical significance	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: practical + significance. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the real-world importance of an effect, regardless of statistical detection	A one-second improvement lacked practical significance for emergency response.
85	confidence coefficient	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: confidence + coefficient. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the long-run success rate associated with a confidence procedure	A 0.95 confidence coefficient describes the procedure, not one interval's probability.
86	data dictionary	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: data + dictionary. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a guide defining fields, values, formats, and codes in a dataset	The data dictionary explains that 999 represents a missing measurement.
87	variable coding	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: variable + coding. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the assignment of consistent labels or numbers to recorded values	Variable coding represented yes as one and no as zero.
88	measurement invariance	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: measurement + invariance. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	evidence that a measure operates comparably across groups or occasions	Measurement invariance was checked before comparing the two language groups.
89	intercoder reliability	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: intercoder + reliability. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	agreement among people who independently classify the same material	Training improved intercoder reliability for the interview themes.
90	citation bias	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: citation + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	unequal citation of studies because their results are favorable or striking	Citation bias made positive trials appear more common in later reviews.
91	file-drawer effect	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: file + drawer + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	distortion caused when studies with unremarkable results remain unpublished	The file-drawer effect may inflate the apparent success of an intervention.
92	protocol deviation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: protocol + deviation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a departure from the approved procedure for conducting a study	A missed follow-up visit was recorded as a protocol deviation.
93	research protocol	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: research + protocol. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a detailed plan governing a study's purpose, methods, and safeguards	The ethics board reviewed the research protocol before recruitment.
94	analysis plan	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: analysis + plan. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a document specifying how data will be prepared and examined	The analysis plan named the primary outcome and planned comparisons.
95	data management plan	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: data + management + plan. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a plan for storing, protecting, documenting, and sharing research data	The grant required a data management plan with backup and access rules.
96	code availability	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: code + availability. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the degree to which analysis code can be inspected or reused	Code availability allowed another team to reproduce every figure.
97	materials availability	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: materials + availability. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	access to instruments, stimuli, or procedures needed to repeat a study	Materials availability made the classroom experiment easier to replicate.
98	selective reporting	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: selective + reporting. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the practice of revealing favorable findings while withholding relevant unfavorable ones	Selective reporting made the treatment appear more consistent than the full results showed.
99	multisite study	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: multisite + study. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	research conducted under a shared protocol at several locations	A multisite study tested whether the therapy worked in urban and rural clinics.
100	blind analysis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: blind + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	analysis performed while key labels or outcomes remain concealed	Blind analysis prevented the physicists from tuning cuts toward an expected signal.
101	metanarrative	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: metanarrative is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a broad explanatory story that organizes many events or beliefs	The novel questions the metanarrative that technological progress always improves society.
102	ekphrasis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: ekphrasis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a vivid literary description of a work of visual art	The poet uses ekphrasis to imagine the lives beyond the painted doorway.
103	gothic	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: gothic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	using mystery, dread, decay, or the supernatural in literature	The gothic setting turns the abandoned house into a source of fear.
104	transcendentalism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	a movement stressing intuition, nature, and the spiritual worth of the individual	Transcendentalism shaped the essay's call for independent thought in nature.
105	spondee	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: spondee is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a metrical foot containing two stressed syllables	The phrase “heartbreak” can sound like a spondee when both beats receive stress.

Page 3 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 3.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. ___ found that the article provided no evidence for its headline.

Answer: vertical reading

2. Training improved ___ for the interview themes.

Answer: intercoder reliability

3. The poet uses ___ to imagine the lives beyond the painted doorway.

Answer: ekphrasis

4. An outdated address list created ___ in the household survey.

Answer: coverage error

5. ___ made positive trials appear more common in later reviews.

Answer: citation bias

Page 4: words 106–140

Vocabulary page 4
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
106	polemic	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: polemic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a forceful written or spoken attack on a belief or position	Her polemic condemns censorship but gives little space to opposing arguments.
107	eulogy	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: eulogy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a speech or text praising a person who has died	The eulogy remembered the doctor through stories of quiet generosity.
108	jeremiad	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: jeremiad is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a long complaint warning that society is declining	The editorial becomes a jeremiad about the supposed loss of public manners.
109	epigram	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: epigram is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a brief, memorable, and often witty statement	The chapter ends with an epigram contrasting wealth with freedom.
110	juxtaposition	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ition commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	placement of unlike things together to emphasize contrast or connection	The film's juxtaposition of celebration and ruin creates unease.
111	ambiguity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	openness to more than one reasonable meaning	The final image preserves ambiguity about whether the traveler returns.
112	diglossia	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: diglossia is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	use of two language varieties for different social functions	In a diglossia, one variety may dominate formal writing while another guides conversation.
113	prosody	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: prosody is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the rhythm, stress, and intonation patterns of speech or verse	The actor's prosody makes the same sentence sound sincere rather than sarcastic.
114	pragmatics	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: pragmatics is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the study of how context shapes communicated meaning	Pragmatics explains why “Can you open the window?” usually functions as a request.
115	diegesis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: diegesis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the story world in which a narrative's events occur	Music from a character's radio belongs to the film's diegesis.
116	mimesis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: mimesis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	artistic representation or imitation of life and action	The critic studies how the play's mimesis creates a believable courtroom.
117	sjuzhet	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: sjuzhet is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the order and manner in which a narrative presents its events	The sjuzhet reveals the ending first and then returns to the cause.
118	homodiegetic narrator	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: homodiegetic + narrator. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a narrator who also participates as a character in the story	The homodiegetic narrator admits that he misunderstood the argument he witnessed.
119	heterodiegetic narrator	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: heterodiegetic + narrator. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a narrator who does not participate as a character in the story	A heterodiegetic narrator describes the family from outside its world.
120	extradiegetic narrator	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: extradiegetic + narrator. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a narrator positioned outside the primary level of the narrated story	The extradiegetic narrator introduces the traveler who will tell the inner tale.
121	intradiegetic narrator	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: intradiegetic + narrator. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a character who narrates a story within the main story	At the inn, an intradiegetic narrator recounts the shipwreck.
122	narratee	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: narratee is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the person or audience addressed by a narrator within a narrative	Repeated appeals to “my dear sister” identify the letter's narratee.
123	implied author	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: implied + author. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the guiding authorial presence readers infer from a work as a whole	The implied author seems more skeptical than the confident narrator.
124	implied reader	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: implied + reader. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the imagined reader whose knowledge and values a text appears to assume	Unexplained legal terms suggest an implied reader familiar with court procedure.
125	narrative duration	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: narrative + duration. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the relationship between story time and the space devoted to telling it	A whole decade occupies one sentence, creating compressed narrative duration.
126	narrative frequency	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: narrative + frequency. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the relationship between how often events happen and how often they are narrated	The repeated account of one accident alters the novel's narrative frequency.
127	embedded narrative	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: embedded + narrative. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a story contained within another story	The sailor's journal forms an embedded narrative inside the detective plot.
128	historiographic metafiction	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: historiographic + metafiction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	self-aware fiction that revisits history while questioning how history is written	The novel uses historiographic metafiction to expose gaps in the official archive.
129	psychological realism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: psychological + realism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	detailed representation of a character's complex inner life	Psychological realism makes the protagonist's changing loyalties feel credible.
130	regionalism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	writing that emphasizes the speech, customs, and landscape of a particular region	The story's regionalism preserves coastal vocabulary and fishing traditions.
131	local color	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: local + color. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	distinctive details of place, dialect, custom, and daily life in writing	Descriptions of market calls and monsoon streets provide local color.
132	Southern Gothic	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: Southern + Gothic. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a mode using grotesque or unsettling elements to examine the American South	The decaying estate in the Southern Gothic story conceals a history of exploitation.
133	climate fiction	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: climate + fiction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	fiction centered on climate change and its social consequences	The climate fiction novel follows families displaced by rising seas.
134	creative nonfiction	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: creative + nonfiction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	fact-based writing that uses literary techniques without inventing events	Her creative nonfiction combines verified interviews with vivid scene construction.
135	lyric essay	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: lyric + essay. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an essay form using compressed, associative, and poetic movement	The lyric essay links fragments of memory through recurring images of water.
136	flash fiction	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: flash + fiction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a complete fictional work written in very few words	The flash fiction story implies an entire separation through one unopened letter.
137	microfiction	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	extremely brief fiction, often shorter than ordinary flash fiction	The microfiction creates a turning point in only three sentences.
138	hagiography	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Root and suffix focus: -graphy relates to writing, recording, or describing.	an idealized life account that avoids serious criticism of its subject	The biography becomes hagiography when it ignores every documented failure.
139	Künstlerroman	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: Künstlerroman is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a novel tracing an artist's development and creative identity	The Künstlerroman follows a violinist from imitation toward an original style.
140	roman à clef	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: roman + à + clef. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a novel whose fictional characters represent recognizable real people	Readers treated the roman à clef as a disguised account of the campaign.

Narrative Distance and Identity

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

English reading

A Künstlerroman traces an artist’s development, while a roman à clef disguises recognizable real people as fictional characters. Within the diegesis, an embedded narrative can challenge the main storyteller’s account. Pragmatics helps readers interpret what characters imply through context, social relationship, and tone rather than through literal wording alone.

Reading comprehension

1. What does a Künstlerroman trace?

It traces an artist's development.

2. What can an embedded narrative do?

It can challenge the main storyteller's account.

3. What does pragmatics help readers interpret?

It helps readers interpret implied meaning in context.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. The ___ follows a violinist from imitation toward an original style.

Answer: Künstlerroman

2. ___ explains why “Can you open the window?” usually functions as a request.

Answer: pragmatics

3. The sailor's journal forms an ___ inside the detective plot.

Answer: embedded narrative

4. Readers treated the ___ as a disguised account of the campaign.

Answer: roman à clef

5. Music from a character's radio belongs to the film's ___.

Answer: diegesis

Page 5: words 141–175

Vocabulary page 5
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
141	closet drama	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: closet + drama. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a play written mainly to be read rather than performed	The closet drama uses scenes too vast for an ordinary stage.
142	comedy of manners	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: comedy + of + manners. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a comedy satirizing social rules and behavior within a refined group	The comedy of manners exposes hypocrisy through elegant dinner conversation.
143	revenge tragedy	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: revenge + tragedy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a drama driven by a character's attempt to avenge a serious wrong	In the revenge tragedy, each act of vengeance creates another victim.
144	tragicomedy	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: tragicomedy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a work combining serious danger with comic elements or a nontragic ending	The tragicomedy moves from a threatened execution to an awkward reunion.
145	melodrama	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: melodrama is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a drama using heightened emotion, clear moral conflict, and sensational events	The rescue scene becomes melodrama when the villain announces every cruel intention.
146	addressee	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: addressee is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the person or group to whom speech or writing is directed	The poem's addressee is an absent friend who never answers.
147	masculine rhyme	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: masculine + rhyme. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	rhyme on stressed final syllables	“Defend” and “amend” create a masculine rhyme.
148	feminine rhyme	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: feminine + rhyme. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	rhyme involving a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable	“Duty” and “beauty” form a feminine rhyme.
149	metrical foot	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: metrical + foot. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a repeated unit of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse	The line's metrical foot alternates an unstressed syllable with a stressed one.
150	tetrameter	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: tetrameter is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a poetic line containing four metrical feet	The ballad's tetrameter gives each long line four strong beats.
151	trimeter	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: trimeter is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a poetic line containing three metrical feet	The shorter trimeter line quickens the stanza.
152	hexameter	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: hexameter is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a poetic line containing six metrical feet	The epic's hexameter gives the narration a broad, formal rhythm.
153	alexandrine	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: alexandrine is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a twelve-syllable poetic line, commonly divided into two balanced halves	The closing alexandrine slows the poem with a central pause.
154	accentual verse	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: accentual + verse. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	verse organized by a fixed number of stresses rather than syllables	The accentual verse keeps four beats even when line length changes.
155	syllabic verse	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: syllabic + verse. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	verse organized by syllable count without a fixed stress pattern	Each line of the syllabic verse contains exactly seven syllables.
156	accentual-syllabic verse	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: accentual + syllabic + verse. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	verse organized by both syllable count and recurring stress patterns	The sonnet's accentual-syllabic verse follows a regular sequence of ten syllables.
157	nonce form	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: nonce + form. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a poetic form invented for a particular work rather than inherited from tradition	The poet created a nonce form with nine lines and an original rhyme pattern.
158	prosopopoeia	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: prosopopoeia is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a figure in which an absent, dead, or nonhuman thing is given a voice	Through prosopopoeia, the ruined city addresses its former residents.
159	aposiopesis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: aposiopesis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a sudden breaking off of speech before a thought is completed	The dash marks aposiopesis when the witness cannot finish the threat.
160	polyptoton	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: polyptoton is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	repetition of words derived from the same root in different forms	“The judge must judge justly” uses polyptoton.
161	isocolon	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: isocolon is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a sequence of clauses with parallel length and structure	The slogan's isocolon balances “we came to learn” with “we stayed to serve.”
162	parataxis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: parataxis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	placement of clauses side by side with little subordination	Parataxis gives the passage a blunt rhythm: “Rain fell. Roads closed. We waited.”
163	hypotaxis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: hypotaxis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	arrangement of ideas through dependent and subordinate clauses	Hypotaxis lets the sentence distinguish causes, conditions, and consequences.
164	appositive	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: appositive is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a noun or noun phrase that renames a nearby noun	In “Mae Jemison, an engineer and astronaut, spoke,” the appositive adds information.
165	syntactic inversion	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: syntactic + inversion. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	reversal of ordinary word order for emphasis or rhythm	“Into the harbor sailed the ship” uses syntactic inversion.
166	paralipsis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: paralipsis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	emphasis created by claiming not to mention a subject	“I will not discuss his three missed deadlines” is paralipsis.
167	discourse community	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: discourse + community. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a group sharing communication practices, goals, and specialized language	Medical researchers form a discourse community with established genres and terms.
168	presupposition	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ition commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	information a statement treats as already accepted or true	“She stopped commuting” carries the presupposition that she once commuted.
169	implicature	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: implicature is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	meaning suggested by context rather than directly stated	“Some essays were clear” may carry the implicature that others were not.
170	corpus linguistics	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: corpus + linguistics. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	study of language through large, organized collections of real usage	Corpus linguistics showed that the phrase became common after 1990.
171	lingua franca	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: lingua + franca. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a shared language used among speakers with different first languages	Swahili serves as a lingua franca across several East African communities.
172	pidgin	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: pidgin is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a contact language with simplified structures developed for communication between groups	A trade pidgin emerged among sailors who lacked a common language.
173	creole	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: creole is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a stable natural language that develops from sustained language contact	Children acquired the creole as a complete first language.
174	etymon	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: etymon is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	an earlier word or form from which a later word develops	The Latin etymon helps explain the English word's spelling.
175	loanword	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: loanword is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a word adopted from another language with limited translation	“Piano” entered English as a loanword from Italian.

Page 5 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 5.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. The epic's ___ gives the narration a broad, formal rhythm.

Answer: hexameter

2. “Into the harbor sailed the ship” uses ___.

Answer: syntactic inversion

3. The closing ___ slows the poem with a central pause.

Answer: alexandrine

4. “I will not discuss his three missed deadlines” is ___.

Answer: paralipsis

5. The ___ uses scenes too vast for an ordinary stage.

Answer: closet drama

Page 6: words 176–210

Vocabulary page 6
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
176	calque	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: calque is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a borrowed expression translated piece by piece into another language	“Flea market” has produced a calque in several languages.
177	bathos	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: bathos is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	an abrupt shift from the elevated or serious to the trivial	The heroic speech ends in bathos when the warrior complains about his lunch.
178	heteroglossia	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: heteroglossia is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the presence and interaction of distinct social voices within a text	The novel's heteroglossia brings official, regional, and rebellious speech into conflict.
179	dialogism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	the shaping of meaning through interaction among different voices and viewpoints	Dialogism prevents the novel from granting one character final authority.
180	carnivalesque	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: carnivalesque is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	temporarily overturning social hierarchy through excess, humor, and disorder	The carnivalesque festival lets servants mock their masters.
181	liminality	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	a transitional state between established identities, stages, or social positions	The journey creates liminality as the initiate leaves childhood but has not entered adulthood.
182	paratext	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: paratext is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	material surrounding a main text that guides how readers approach it	The title and cover form a paratext that frames the novel as a mystery.
183	peritext	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: peritext is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	paratextual material physically attached to the same volume as the main text	The preface and footnotes belong to the book's peritext.
184	epitext	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: epitext is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	paratextual material outside the main publication, such as interviews or letters	An author's interview can function as epitext for readers of the novel.
185	textual apparatus	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: textual + apparatus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	editorial notes recording variants, sources, and decisions in a scholarly edition	The textual apparatus explains why the editor chose one manuscript reading.
186	variorum	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: variorum is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	an edition collecting textual variants and scholarly commentary	The variorum lists alternate lines from every surviving draft.
187	emendation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	an editor's reasoned correction of a damaged or mistaken text	The emendation restores a word blurred in the earliest printing.
188	recension	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -sion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	a distinct edited version of a text within its transmission history	The northern recension includes a chapter absent from other manuscripts.
189	metalepsis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: metalepsis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a transgression between narrative levels, such as a narrator entering the story	Metalepsis occurs when the author suddenly argues with her own character.
190	chronotope	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: chronotope is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the linked organization of time and space within a narrative form	The road chronotope makes travel the setting for meetings and change.
191	polyphony	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: polyphony is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the coexistence of several independent voices or viewpoints in a work	The novel's polyphony allows each sibling to challenge the family history.
192	monoglossia	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: monoglossia is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the dominance of one authoritative language or viewpoint within a text	The decree's monoglossia permits no alternative account of the event.
193	intermediality	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	interaction among different media within a work or cultural form	The production's intermediality combines live theater, film, and projected text.
194	ecocriticism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	literary study of relationships among texts, environments, and ecological thought	Ecocriticism reveals how the poem treats the river as more than scenery.
195	postcolonialism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	study of colonial power and its cultural, political, and linguistic aftermath	Postcolonialism guides the essay's analysis of imposed place names.
196	reader-response criticism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: reader + response + criticism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an approach emphasizing readers' roles in producing textual meaning	Reader-response criticism compares how two communities interpret the ending.
197	new historicism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: new + historicism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an approach reading literature alongside the power relations and documents of its time	New historicism places the play beside court records and travel accounts.
198	poststructuralism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	an approach questioning fixed meanings and stable systems of language	Poststructuralism draws attention to contradictions within the category of “civilized.”
199	semiotics	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: semiotics is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the study of signs and the systems through which they create meaning	Semiotics examines how color and clothing signal authority in the film.
200	signifier	noun Study Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: signifier is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the perceptible form of a sign, such as a sound, word, or image	The red light is a signifier whose meaning depends on the traffic system.
201	anatomical position	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: anatomical + position. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the standard reference posture used to describe body structures	In anatomical position, the palms face forward and the feet point ahead.
202	sagittal plane	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: sagittal + plane. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a vertical plane dividing the body into left and right portions	A sagittal plane passes from the front of the body to the back.
203	coronal plane	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: coronal + plane. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a vertical plane dividing the body into front and back portions	The coronal plane separates anterior structures from posterior ones.
204	transverse plane	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: transverse + plane. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a horizontal plane dividing the body into upper and lower portions	The scan shows a transverse plane through the abdomen.
205	proximal	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: proximal is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	nearer to the trunk or to a structure's point of origin	The elbow is proximal to the wrist.
206	distal	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: distal is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	farther from the trunk or from a structure's point of origin	The fingers are distal to the shoulder.
207	medial	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: medial is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	closer to the body's midline	The sternum is medial to the ribs.
208	lateral	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: lateral is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	farther from the body's midline	The lungs are lateral to the heart.
209	ventral	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: ventral is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	toward the front or belly side of an organism	The ventral surface of the human body includes the chest.
210	dorsal	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: dorsal is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	toward the back side of an organism	The spinal cord lies within the dorsal body cavity.

Page 6 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 6.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. The heroic speech ends in ___ when the warrior complains about his lunch.

Answer: bathos

2. The road ___ makes travel the setting for meetings and change.

Answer: chronotope

3. The ___ separates anterior structures from posterior ones.

Answer: coronal plane

4. The novel's ___ brings official, regional, and rebellious speech into conflict.

Answer: heteroglossia

5. The novel's ___ allows each sibling to challenge the family history.

Answer: polyphony

Page 7: words 211–245

Vocabulary page 7
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
211	cranial	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: cranial is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	toward the head	The chest is cranial to the abdomen.
212	caudal	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: caudal is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	toward the lower end or tail	The pelvis is caudal to the stomach.
213	endocytosis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: endocytosis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	cellular uptake of material by enclosing it in a membrane vesicle	A white blood cell uses endocytosis to engulf a bacterium.
214	exocytosis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: exocytosis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	cellular release of material when a vesicle fuses with the membrane	The neuron releases transmitter molecules through exocytosis.
215	membrane potential	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: membrane + potential. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the electrical voltage difference across a cell membrane	Ion movement changes the neuron's membrane potential.
216	depolarization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	a reduction or reversal of electrical difference across a membrane	Sodium entry causes rapid depolarization of the neuron.
217	repolarization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	the return of a cell membrane toward its resting electrical state	Potassium leaving the cell contributes to repolarization.
218	receptor	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: receptor is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a protein or cell that detects and responds to a particular signal	Insulin binds to a receptor on the target cell.
219	agonist	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ist often names a person associated with a field, belief, or practice.	a substance that activates a receptor and produces a response	The drug acts as an agonist at the pain-control receptor.
220	thalamus	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: thalamus is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a brain region that relays much sensory information to the cortex	The thalamus directs visual signals toward the occipital cortex.
221	hippocampus	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: hippocampus is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a brain structure important for forming and organizing memories	Damage to the hippocampus can impair new long-term memories.
222	amygdala	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: amygdala is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a brain structure involved in emotional learning and threat detection	The amygdala responds strongly to a suddenly fearful face.
223	corpus callosum	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: corpus + callosum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the large bundle of fibers connecting the brain's two hemispheres	The corpus callosum carries information between left and right cortical areas.
224	myelin	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: myelin is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a fatty insulating layer around many nerve fibers	Myelin helps electrical signals travel rapidly along an axon.
225	endocrine system	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: endocrine + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the glands and tissues that regulate the body through hormones	The endocrine system helps coordinate growth, metabolism, and reproduction.
226	feedback loop	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: feedback + loop. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a process in which a system's output influences later activity	A feedback loop adjusts hormone release when blood levels change.
227	epidemiology	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Root and suffix focus: -logy means the study of a subject.	the study of health patterns, causes, and control in populations	Epidemiology linked contaminated water to the neighborhood outbreak.
228	prevalence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	the proportion of a population that has a condition at a given time	The survey estimated diabetes prevalence among adults in the region.
229	morbidity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	illness, disability, or the frequency of disease within a population	Vaccination reduced severe morbidity during the outbreak.
230	mortality	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	death or the frequency of death within a population	Improved trauma care lowered mortality after road accidents.
231	epidemic	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: epidemic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	an occurrence of disease above the expected level in a community or region	The city declared an epidemic after measles cases rose sharply.
232	pandemic	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: pandemic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	an epidemic spreading across many countries or continents	International surveillance tracked the pandemic across several regions.
233	reservoir	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: reservoir is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a host or environment in which an infectious agent normally persists	Wild birds can serve as a reservoir for some influenza viruses.
234	zoonosis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: zoonosis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	an infectious disease transmitted between nonhuman animals and people	Rabies is a zoonosis that can spread through an infected bite.
235	risk factor	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: risk + factor. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a characteristic or exposure associated with a higher chance of an outcome	Smoking is a major risk factor for lung cancer.
236	protective factor	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: protective + factor. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a condition associated with reduced risk or improved resilience	Reliable adult support can be a protective factor during adolescence.
237	public health surveillance	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: public + health + surveillance. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	continuous collection and analysis of population health information	Public health surveillance detected an unusual cluster of foodborne illness.
238	randomized controlled trial	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: randomized + controlled + trial. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an experiment assigning participants by chance to comparison groups	The randomized controlled trial compared the new therapy with standard care.
239	clinical trial	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: clinical + trial. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	research testing a health intervention in human participants	The clinical trial monitored both benefits and harmful effects.
240	prognosis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: prognosis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the expected course and likely outcome of a condition	Early treatment improved the patient's prognosis.
241	etiology	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: etiology is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the cause or origin of a disease or condition	Testing established a viral etiology for the fever.
242	pathology	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Root and suffix focus: -logy means the study of a subject.	the study of disease or the structural changes disease produces	The biopsy revealed pathology consistent with chronic inflammation.
243	syndrome	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: syndrome is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a recognizable group of signs and symptoms occurring together	The syndrome includes fatigue, fever, and a distinctive rash.
244	comorbidity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	an additional condition occurring alongside a primary condition	Hypertension is a common comorbidity in patients with diabetes.
245	contraindication	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	a condition making a treatment inadvisable because it may cause harm	A severe allergy is a contraindication for that medication.

Reading a Clinical Report

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

English reading

A clinical report separates prevalence, the proportion of a population with a condition, from etiology, the condition’s causes. Prognosis concerns the likely course or outcome. In a different section, researchers describe how depolarization changes a neuron’s membrane potential, allowing an electrical signal to travel along the cell.

Reading comprehension

1. What does prevalence describe?

Prevalence describes how common a condition is.

2. What does etiology address?

Etiology addresses the causes of a condition.

3. What changes during depolarization?

A neuron's membrane potential changes.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. Early treatment improved the patient's ___.

Answer: prognosis

2. Ion movement changes the neuron's ___.

Answer: membrane potential

3. The survey estimated diabetes ___ among adults in the region.

Answer: prevalence

4. Testing established a viral ___ for the fever.

Answer: etiology

5. Sodium entry causes rapid ___ of the neuron.

Answer: depolarization

Page 8: words 246–280

Vocabulary page 8
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
246	dosage	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: dosage is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the prescribed amount and schedule of a medicine or treatment	The physician adjusted the dosage according to the child's weight.
247	adverse effect	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: adverse + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an unwanted harmful result caused by a treatment or exposure	Dizziness was the most common adverse effect of the drug.
248	placebo	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: placebo is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	an inactive treatment designed to resemble the intervention being tested	The control group received a placebo without the active ingredient.
249	nocebo	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: nocebo is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a harmful symptom produced or intensified by negative expectations	Warnings alone can sometimes contribute to a nocebo response.
250	afferent neuron	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: afferent + neuron. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a nerve cell carrying sensory information toward the central nervous system	An afferent neuron carries the pain signal from the finger toward the spinal cord.
251	efferent neuron	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: efferent + neuron. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a nerve cell carrying commands away from the central nervous system	An efferent neuron activates the muscle that withdraws the hand.
252	somatic nervous system	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: somatic + nervous + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the division controlling skeletal muscles and carrying conscious sensation	The somatic nervous system allows a pianist to move each finger deliberately.
253	autonomic nervous system	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: autonomic + nervous + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the division regulating involuntary functions of organs and glands	The autonomic nervous system changes heart rate during stress.
254	glial cell	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: glial + cell. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a nervous-system cell that supports, protects, or regulates neurons	A glial cell can nourish neurons and stabilize their environment.
255	astrocyte	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: astrocyte is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a star-shaped glial cell that supports neurons and regulates their surroundings	An astrocyte helps maintain chemical balance near a synapse.
256	microglia	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: microglia is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	immune-like glial cells that monitor and protect the central nervous system	Microglia remove damaged material after a brain injury.
257	oligodendrocyte	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: oligodendrocyte is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a central nervous system cell that forms myelin around axons	One oligodendrocyte can insulate portions of several axons.
258	Schwann cell	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: Schwann + cell. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a peripheral nervous system cell that forms myelin around an axon	A Schwann cell wraps one segment of a peripheral nerve fiber.
259	axon	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: axon is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the long part of a neuron that carries signals away from its cell body	The impulse traveled down the axon toward the muscle.
260	dendrite	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: dendrite is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a branching part of a neuron that receives incoming signals	Each dendrite collects messages from nearby neurons.
261	refractory period	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: refractory + period. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a brief time when an activated cell cannot fire normally again	The refractory period helps keep an action potential moving in one direction.
262	saltatory conduction	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: saltatory + conduction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	rapid signal movement that jumps between gaps in a myelinated axon	Saltatory conduction speeds impulses along myelinated nerves.
263	acetylcholine	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: acetylcholine is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a neurotransmitter involved in muscle activation and many brain functions	Motor neurons release acetylcholine at skeletal muscles.
264	dopamine	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: dopamine is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a neurotransmitter involved in movement, motivation, and reward learning	Dopamine signaling helps the brain update expectations after a reward.
265	serotonin	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: serotonin is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a neurotransmitter involved in mood, sleep, appetite, and other functions	Serotonin pathways influence sleep and emotional regulation.
266	norepinephrine	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: norepinephrine is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a neurotransmitter and hormone involved in alertness and stress responses	Norepinephrine increases arousal during an emergency.
267	GABA	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Capitalization focus: GABA is an abbreviation or initialism; preserve its capital letters.	the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mature brain	GABA reduces the likelihood that a nearby neuron will fire.
268	glutamate	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: glutamate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system	Glutamate activates receptors important for learning.
269	blood-brain barrier	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: blood + brain + barrier. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a selective boundary limiting movement from blood into brain tissue	The blood-brain barrier blocks many toxins but also some medicines.
270	basal ganglia	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: basal + ganglia. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	deep brain structures involved in movement, habits, and action selection	The basal ganglia help initiate a practiced movement.
271	medulla oblongata	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: medulla + oblongata. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the lower brainstem region regulating breathing, heart rate, and reflexes	The medulla oblongata helps maintain breathing during sleep.
272	pons	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: pons is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a brainstem region connecting neural areas and contributing to sleep and breathing	The pons relays information between the cerebellum and the cortex.
273	midbrain	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: midbrain is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the upper brainstem region involved in movement and sensory orientation	The midbrain helps turn the eyes toward a sudden flash.
274	reticular formation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: reticular + formation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a brainstem network involved in alertness, attention, and sleep-wake control	The reticular formation helps maintain wakefulness.
275	Broca's area	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: Broca's + area. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a left frontal region important for producing fluent speech	Damage to Broca's area can make speech slow and effortful.
276	Wernicke's area	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: Wernicke's + area. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a left temporal region important for understanding language	Damage to Wernicke's area can impair comprehension of spoken words.
277	lateralization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	specialization of a function more strongly in one brain hemisphere	Language shows partial lateralization toward the left hemisphere in many people.
278	sensory adaptation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: sensory + adaptation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	reduced response to a constant, unchanging stimulus	Sensory adaptation makes a room's odor less noticeable after several minutes.
279	proprioception	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	the sense of body position and movement	Proprioception lets a dancer place a foot without looking down.
280	nociception	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	neural detection and processing of potentially damaging stimuli	Nociception begins when heat activates receptors in the skin.

Page 8 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 8.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. ___ makes a room's odor less noticeable after several minutes.

Answer: sensory adaptation

2. The ___ changes heart rate during stress.

Answer: autonomic nervous system

3. ___ increases arousal during an emergency.

Answer: norepinephrine

4. ___ lets a dancer place a foot without looking down.

Answer: proprioception

5. A ___ can nourish neurons and stabilize their environment.

Answer: glial cell

Page 9: words 281–315

Vocabulary page 9
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
281	vestibular system	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: vestibular + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the inner-ear sensory system supporting balance and head-motion detection	The vestibular system helps stabilize vision while the head turns.
282	endocrine axis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: endocrine + axis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a linked sequence of glands and hormones regulating a body function	The endocrine axis coordinates signals between the brain and thyroid gland.
283	hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: hypothalamic + pituitary + adrenal + axis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the hormone pathway coordinating the body's stress response	Prolonged stress can repeatedly activate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
284	cortisol	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: cortisol is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a steroid hormone involved in stress, metabolism, and immune regulation	Cortisol levels normally follow a daily rhythm.
285	melatonin	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: melatonin is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a hormone that helps regulate the timing of sleep	Darkness stimulates melatonin release in the evening.
286	thyroxine	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: thyroxine is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a thyroid hormone that helps regulate metabolism and development	Low thyroxine levels can slow metabolic activity.
287	humoral immunity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: humoral + immunity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	adaptive immune defense mediated mainly by antibodies in body fluids	Humoral immunity produces antibodies that bind a specific virus.
288	cell-mediated immunity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: cell + mediated + immunity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	adaptive immune defense carried out mainly by specialized T cells	Cell-mediated immunity can destroy cells infected by a virus.
289	lymphocyte	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: lymphocyte is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a white blood cell central to adaptive immune responses	Each lymphocyte recognizes particular molecular targets.
290	macrophage	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: macrophage is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a large immune cell that engulfs material and coordinates inflammation	The macrophage swallowed bacteria at the wound.
291	complement system	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: complement + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	blood proteins that enhance immune attack and removal of microbes	The complement system marked the bacterium for destruction.
292	antimicrobial resistance	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: antimicrobial + resistance. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the ability of microbes to survive drugs designed to kill or control them	Unnecessary antibiotic use accelerates antimicrobial resistance.
293	nosocomial infection	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: nosocomial + infection. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an infection acquired during care in a hospital or similar facility	Strict hand hygiene reduced nosocomial infection in the ward.
294	case fatality rate	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: case + fatality + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the proportion of diagnosed cases that result in death	Early treatment lowered the disease's case fatality rate.
295	attack rate	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: attack + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the proportion of an exposed group that becomes ill during an outbreak	Investigators calculated the attack rate among guests who ate the salad.
296	prevalence ratio	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: prevalence + ratio. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a comparison of condition prevalence between two groups	The prevalence ratio showed asthma was twice as common in the exposed group.
297	incidence rate	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: incidence + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the rate at which new cases occur over person-time at risk	The study reported an incidence rate of five cases per thousand person-years.
298	relative risk	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: relative + risk. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the ratio of outcome risk in an exposed group to risk in a comparison group	A relative risk above one indicated greater illness among exposed workers.
299	odds ratio	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: odds + ratio. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a ratio comparing the odds of an outcome or exposure between groups	The case-control study used an odds ratio to assess the association.
300	outbreak investigation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: outbreak + investigation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a systematic inquiry into the source, spread, and control of clustered illness	The outbreak investigation traced infections to one cooling tower.
301	kinematics	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: kinematics is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the description of motion without analyzing the forces that cause it	Kinematics relates the car's position, velocity, and acceleration over time.
302	dynamics	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: dynamics is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the study of motion in relation to forces and mass	Dynamics explains how the applied force changes the cart's motion.
303	rotational kinetic energy	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: rotational + kinetic + energy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	energy an object possesses because it is rotating	The spinning flywheel stores rotational kinetic energy.
304	simple harmonic motion	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: simple + harmonic + motion. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	repeating motion driven by a restoring force proportional to displacement	A small mass on an ideal spring approximates simple harmonic motion.
305	Hooke's law	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Hooke's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the rule that spring force is proportional and opposite to displacement within an elastic range	Hooke's law predicts twice the force for twice the stretch.
306	spring constant	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: spring + constant. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a measure of a spring's stiffness	The stiffer spring has the larger spring constant.
307	damping	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: damping is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the gradual loss of oscillation energy through resistive forces	Air resistance provides damping that reduces the pendulum's swing.
308	driven oscillation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: driven + oscillation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	repeated motion maintained by an external periodic force	The motor creates a driven oscillation in the platform.
309	node	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: node is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a point on a standing wave that remains at zero displacement	The string stays still at each node.
310	antinode	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: antinode is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a point on a standing wave with maximum displacement	The string moves most widely at the antinode.
311	fundamental frequency	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: fundamental + frequency. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the lowest natural frequency at which a system can oscillate	The long pipe has a lower fundamental frequency than the short pipe.
312	harmonic	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: harmonic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a frequency that is a whole-number multiple of a fundamental frequency	The second harmonic vibrates at twice the fundamental frequency.
313	beat frequency	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: beat + frequency. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the rate of loudness variation produced by two nearby frequencies	Two tones at 440 and 443 hertz create a beat frequency of three hertz.
314	sound intensity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: sound + intensity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	sound power transmitted per unit area	Sound intensity decreases as the wave spreads outward.
315	index of refraction	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: index + of + refraction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a ratio describing how slowly light travels in a material	Diamond has a high index of refraction.

Page 9 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 9.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. The ___ marked the bacterium for destruction.

Answer: complement system

2. A small mass on an ideal spring approximates ___.

Answer: simple harmonic motion

3. Unnecessary antibiotic use accelerates ___.

Answer: antimicrobial resistance

4. ___ predicts twice the force for twice the stretch.

Answer: Hooke's law

5. Strict hand hygiene reduced ___ in the ward.

Answer: nosocomial infection

Page 10: words 316–350

Vocabulary page 10
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
316	total internal reflection	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: total + internal + reflection. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	complete reflection of a wave inside a material beyond a critical angle	Optical fibers guide light through total internal reflection.
317	focal length	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: focal + length. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the distance from a lens or mirror to its principal focus	A short focal length gives the camera a wider field of view.
318	real image	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: real + image. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an image formed where light rays actually converge	The projector lens forms a real image on the screen.
319	virtual image	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: virtual + image. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an image formed where light rays only appear to originate	A flat mirror produces a virtual image behind its surface.
320	convex lens	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: convex + lens. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a lens thicker at the center that converges parallel light	A convex lens focuses sunlight to a small point.
321	concave lens	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: concave + lens. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a lens thinner at the center that diverges parallel light	A concave lens spreads the incoming beam.
322	diffraction grating	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: diffraction + grating. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a surface with many fine openings or lines that separates wavelengths by interference	The diffraction grating spreads white light into distinct colors.
323	electric potential	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: electric + potential. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	electric potential energy per unit charge at a location	The battery establishes a difference in electric potential.
324	electric current	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: electric + current. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the rate at which electric charge flows	Closing the switch allows electric current through the lamp.
325	Coulomb's law	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Coulomb's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the inverse-square relationship between electric force, charge, and distance	Coulomb's law predicts weaker force when the charges move farther apart.
326	electric flux	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: electric + flux. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a measure of an electric field passing through a surface	Electric flux through the sphere depends on the enclosed charge.
327	Gauss's law	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Gauss's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the rule relating electric flux through a closed surface to enclosed charge	Gauss's law simplifies the field calculation for a charged sphere.
328	magnetic flux	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: magnetic + flux. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a measure of magnetic field passing through a surface	Rotating the coil changes its magnetic flux.
329	Faraday's law	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Faraday's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the rule that changing magnetic flux induces electromotive force	Faraday's law explains the voltage produced by the generator.
330	Lenz's law	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Lenz's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the rule that induced current opposes the magnetic-flux change causing it	Lenz's law predicts the induced field's direction.
331	Kirchhoff's rules	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Kirchhoff's + rules. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	circuit rules expressing conservation of charge and energy	Kirchhoff's rules determine the currents in the branching circuit.
332	Ohm's law	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Ohm's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the relationship among voltage, current, and resistance for an ohmic element	Ohm's law gives a current of two amperes through the resistor.
333	resistivity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	a material property measuring opposition to electric current	Copper's low resistivity makes it useful for wires.
334	dielectric	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: dielectric is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	an insulating material that can become electrically polarized	The dielectric between capacitor plates increases stored charge.
335	transformer	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: transformer is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a device that changes alternating voltage through electromagnetic induction	The transformer lowers transmission voltage for household use.
336	inductor	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: inductor is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a circuit component that stores energy in a magnetic field	The inductor resists a rapid change in current.
337	reactance	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	opposition to alternating current caused by capacitance or inductance	The inductor's reactance increases with frequency.
338	rms voltage	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: rms + voltage. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an alternating voltage value equivalent in power to a direct voltage	The meter reports the outlet's rms voltage.
339	photoelectric effect	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: photoelectric + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	emission of electrons when light above a threshold frequency strikes a material	The photoelectric effect showed that light transfers energy in discrete amounts.
340	de Broglie wavelength	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: de + Broglie + wavelength. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the wavelength associated with a moving particle's momentum	A faster electron has a shorter de Broglie wavelength.
341	wave-particle duality	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: wave + particle + duality. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the principle that quantum entities display both wave-like and particle-like behavior	Electron diffraction demonstrates wave-particle duality.
342	uncertainty principle	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: uncertainty + principle. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the quantum limit on simultaneous precision of paired measurements such as position and momentum	The uncertainty principle prevents exact knowledge of both electron position and momentum.
343	atomic spectrum	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: atomic + spectrum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the characteristic wavelengths an atom emits or absorbs	Hydrogen's atomic spectrum contains a distinct set of lines.
344	ground state	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: ground + state. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the lowest-energy state available to a quantum system	The electron returns to the ground state by emitting a photon.
345	excited state	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: excited + state. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a quantum state with energy above the lowest level	Absorbed light raises the atom to an excited state.
346	binding energy	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: binding + energy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	energy required to separate a bound system into its components	Nuclear binding energy holds protons and neutrons together.
347	mass defect	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: mass + defect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the difference between a nucleus's mass and the total mass of its separate particles	The mass defect corresponds to nuclear binding energy.
348	nuclear force	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: nuclear + force. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the short-range interaction binding protons and neutrons in a nucleus	The nuclear force overcomes electric repulsion at very short distances.
349	chain reaction	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: chain + reaction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a process in which products trigger additional events of the same kind	Released neutrons sustain the fission chain reaction.
350	critical mass	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: critical + mass. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the minimum fissile amount needed to sustain a chain reaction under specified conditions	Below critical mass, too many neutrons escape to maintain fission.

Light, Fields, and Measurement

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

English reading

Wave-particle duality explains why light and matter display different behaviors in different experiments. In optics, total internal reflection keeps light inside a medium when conditions are right, while focal length describes how a lens focuses rays. Faraday’s law connects changing magnetic flux to induced voltage. The uncertainty principle sets a fundamental limit on simultaneously knowing certain paired quantities.

Reading comprehension

1. What keeps light inside a medium?

Total internal reflection can keep light inside a medium.

2. What does focal length describe?

It describes how a lens focuses rays.

3. What limit does the uncertainty principle set?

It limits simultaneous knowledge of certain paired quantities.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. Electron diffraction demonstrates ___.

Answer: wave-particle duality

2. Optical fibers guide light through ___.

Answer: total internal reflection

3. ___ explains the voltage produced by the generator.

Answer: Faraday's law

4. The ___ prevents exact knowledge of both electron position and momentum.

Answer: uncertainty principle

5. A short ___ gives the camera a wider field of view.

Answer: focal length

Page 11: words 351–385

Vocabulary page 11
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
351	fusion reactor	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: fusion + reactor. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a device designed to produce energy through controlled nuclear fusion	The experimental fusion reactor confines hot plasma with magnetic fields.
352	luminosity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	the total energy a star radiates per unit time	A blue giant has far greater luminosity than the Sun.
353	apparent magnitude	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: apparent + magnitude. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a scale describing how bright an astronomical object appears from Earth	Distance affects a star's apparent magnitude.
354	absolute magnitude	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: absolute + magnitude. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the apparent magnitude an object would have at a standard distance	Absolute magnitude allows fair comparison of stars' intrinsic brightness.
355	spectral class	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: spectral + class. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a category based mainly on a star's temperature and absorption spectrum	The Sun belongs to spectral class G.
356	Hertzsprung-Russell diagram	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Hertzsprung + Russell + diagram. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a graph comparing stellar luminosity with temperature or spectral class	The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram places main-sequence stars along a diagonal band.
357	supernova	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: supernova is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a powerful stellar explosion that ejects matter and releases enormous energy	The supernova briefly outshone its host galaxy.
358	pulsar	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: pulsar is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a rotating neutron star observed as regular pulses of radiation	The pulsar sends a radio pulse past Earth every second.
359	event horizon	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: event + horizon. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the boundary beyond which nothing can escape a black hole	Light crossing the event horizon cannot return to a distant observer.
360	escape velocity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: escape + velocity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the minimum speed needed to leave an object's gravitational influence without further propulsion	A rocket must reach Earth's escape velocity to depart permanently.
361	spacetime	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: spacetime is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the unified four-dimensional framework combining space and time	Mass curves spacetime around a star.
362	gravitational lensing	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: gravitational + lensing. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	bending of light by the gravity of intervening mass	Gravitational lensing produced multiple images of the distant galaxy.
363	dark matter	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: dark + matter. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	unseen matter inferred from its gravitational effects	Galaxy rotation suggests the presence of dark matter.
364	dark energy	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: dark + energy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the name for whatever drives the accelerating expansion of the universe	Measurements of distant supernovae support the existence of dark energy.
365	cosmic inflation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: cosmic + inflation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a proposed extremely rapid expansion of the early universe	Cosmic inflation helps explain the universe's large-scale uniformity.
366	blueshift	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: blueshift is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	movement of spectral lines toward shorter wavelengths as a source approaches	The galaxy's blueshift shows that it is moving toward us.
367	transiting exoplanet	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: transiting + exoplanet. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a planet detected as it passes in front of its star	The transiting exoplanet causes a small periodic dip in starlight.
368	spectroscopy	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: spectroscopy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	analysis of matter through the light it emits, absorbs, or scatters	Spectroscopy revealed sodium in the star's atmosphere.
369	climate sensitivity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: climate + sensitivity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the long-term global temperature response to a specified increase in forcing	Climate sensitivity estimates how strongly warming follows doubled carbon dioxide.
370	carbon sequestration	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: carbon + sequestration. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	capture and long-term storage of atmospheric or emitted carbon dioxide	Forest restoration can contribute to carbon sequestration.
371	renewable energy	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: renewable + energy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	energy from sources replenished on a human time scale	Wind and sunlight provide renewable energy without burning fuel.
372	grid storage	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: grid + storage. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	large-scale storage that balances electricity supply and demand	Battery grid storage saves midday solar power for evening use.
373	photovoltaic cell	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: photovoltaic + cell. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a device converting light directly into electric energy	Each photovoltaic cell produces current when sunlight frees charge carriers.
374	wind turbine	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: wind + turbine. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a machine converting moving air's energy into electricity	The wind turbine generates more power during steady coastal winds.
375	geothermal energy	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: geothermal + energy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	useful heat drawn from within Earth	The town uses geothermal energy for district heating.
376	energy density	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: energy + density. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	energy stored or carried per unit mass, volume, or area	Jet fuel has greater energy density by mass than a typical battery.
377	load-bearing	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: load + bearing. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	designed to support structural weight or applied force	Engineers reinforced the load-bearing column.
378	yield strength	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: yield + strength. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the stress at which a material begins permanent deformation	The beam must remain below the steel's yield strength.
379	fatigue	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: fatigue is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	progressive material damage caused by repeated cycles of stress	Microscopic cracks revealed metal fatigue in the wing.
380	ductility	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	the ability of a material to stretch plastically before breaking	Copper's ductility allows it to be drawn into thin wire.
381	brittleness	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Suffix focus: -ness forms a noun naming a quality or state.	the tendency to fracture with little plastic deformation	Cold temperatures increased the alloy's brittleness.
382	stress concentration	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: stress + concentration. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a localized rise in stress near a hole, notch, or abrupt shape change	A rounded corner reduces stress concentration in the bracket.
383	finite element analysis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: finite + element + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	numerical simulation dividing a complex object into many small elements	Finite element analysis predicted where the bridge deck would bend most.
384	reference frame	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: reference + frame. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a coordinate system and clock used to describe motion	The ball's velocity differs between the train's reference frame and the platform's.
385	inertial frame	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: inertial + frame. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a reference frame in which an object with no net force moves at constant velocity	Newton's first law holds directly in an inertial frame.

Page 11 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 11.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. Microscopic cracks revealed metal ___ in the wing.

Answer: fatigue

2. ___ allows fair comparison of stars' intrinsic brightness.

Answer: absolute magnitude

3. The ___ causes a small periodic dip in starlight.

Answer: transiting exoplanet

4. Copper's ___ allows it to be drawn into thin wire.

Answer: ductility

5. The Sun belongs to ___ G.

Answer: spectral class

Page 12: words 386–420

Vocabulary page 12
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
386	noninertial frame	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: noninertial + frame. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an accelerating reference frame requiring apparent forces in its description	The turning car is a noninertial frame.
387	static equilibrium	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: static + equilibrium. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a condition in which an object remains at rest with zero net force and torque	The hanging sign stays in static equilibrium.
388	center of mass	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: center + of + mass. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the mass-weighted average position of an object or system	The gymnast shifts her center of mass above the beam.
389	center of gravity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: center + of + gravity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the effective point where an object's weight acts	A low center of gravity makes the vehicle harder to tip.
390	conservation of angular momentum	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: conservation + of + angular + momentum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the principle that total angular momentum remains constant without external torque	Conservation of angular momentum makes the skater spin faster when her arms move inward.
391	moment of inertia	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: moment + of + inertia. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a measure of resistance to angular acceleration based on mass distribution	Moving mass away from the axis increases moment of inertia.
392	damped oscillation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: damped + oscillation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	repeated motion whose amplitude decreases because energy is lost	The door closer produces a damped oscillation rather than endless swinging.
393	mechanical wave	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: mechanical + wave. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a disturbance that transfers energy through matter	Sound is a mechanical wave traveling through air.
394	superposition principle	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: superposition + principle. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the rule that overlapping linear waves add their individual displacements	The superposition principle explains the interference pattern.
395	coherent source	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: coherent + source. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a wave source maintaining a stable phase relationship with another source	A laser provides a coherent source for the interference experiment.
396	electromotive force	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: electromotive + force. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	energy supplied per unit charge by a source such as a battery	The battery's electromotive force drives charge around the circuit.
397	terminal voltage	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: terminal + voltage. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the potential difference across a source's terminals while it supplies current	Internal resistance makes terminal voltage fall under heavy load.
398	internal resistance	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: internal + resistance. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	opposition to current within a battery or power source	The old cell's high internal resistance limits its current.
399	electric power	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: electric + power. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the rate at which electrical energy is transferred or converted	The heater's electric power equals voltage multiplied by current.
400	magnetic force	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: magnetic + force. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	force exerted by a magnetic field on magnets, currents, or moving charges	The magnetic force bends the electron beam into a curve.
401	differentiation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	the calculus process of finding a derivative	Differentiation gives the velocity function from the position function.
402	antiderivative	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Base-form focus: antiderivative is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a function whose derivative equals a given function	The function x squared is an antiderivative of 2x.
403	fundamental theorem of calculus	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: fundamental + theorem + of + calculus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the result connecting derivatives with definite integrals	The fundamental theorem of calculus lets us evaluate the integral using an antiderivative.
404	tangent line	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: tangent + line. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a line matching a curve's instantaneous slope at a point	The tangent line approximates the graph near x equals two.
405	secant line	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: secant + line. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a line passing through two points on a curve	The slope of the secant line gives average change over the interval.
406	instantaneous rate	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: instantaneous + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a rate of change at one particular moment or input	The derivative gives the car's instantaneous rate of change in position.
407	average rate	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: average + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	total change divided by the corresponding change in input	The average rate was sixty kilometers per hour over the full trip.
408	related rates	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: related + rates. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a calculus method connecting rates of quantities linked by an equation	Related rates determine how fast the shadow lengthens as the person walks.
409	chain rule	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: chain + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a rule for differentiating a composition of functions	The chain rule differentiates the square of a sine function.
410	product rule	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: product + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a rule for differentiating the product of two functions	The product rule includes a derivative term for each factor.
411	quotient rule	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: quotient + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a rule for differentiating one function divided by another	The quotient rule differentiates the rational expression.
412	power rule	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: power + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a rule for differentiating powers of a variable	The power rule changes x cubed into 3x squared.
413	implicit differentiation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: implicit + differentiation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	differentiation of an equation without first isolating one variable	Implicit differentiation finds the slope of the circle.
414	definite integral	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: definite + integral. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a signed accumulation over a specified interval	The definite integral gives net change from time zero to time five.
415	indefinite integral	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: indefinite + integral. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the family of all antiderivatives of a function	The indefinite integral includes an arbitrary constant.
416	Riemann sum	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: Riemann + sum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an approximation of an integral using weighted rectangle areas	The Riemann sum becomes more accurate as the partition narrows.
417	area under the curve	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: area + under + the + curve. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	geometric area between a graph and an axis over an interval	The area under the curve represents total distance when velocity stays positive.
418	differential equation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: differential + equation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an equation involving a function and one or more derivatives	The differential equation models population change over time.
419	initial condition	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: initial + condition. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a specified starting value used to select one solution	The initial condition states that the tank holds fifty liters at noon.
420	slope field	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: slope + field. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a diagram of small segments showing solution slopes for a differential equation	The slope field reveals how solutions bend without solving the equation explicitly.

Page 12 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 12.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. The ___ represents total distance when velocity stays positive.

Answer: area under the curve

2. The door closer produces a ___ rather than endless swinging.

Answer: damped oscillation

3. The slope of the ___ gives average change over the interval.

Answer: secant line

4. The ___ models population change over time.

Answer: differential equation

5. Sound is a ___ traveling through air.

Answer: mechanical wave

Page 13: words 421–455

Vocabulary page 13
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
421	inverse function	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: inverse + function. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a function that reverses the input-output action of another function	The logarithm is an inverse function of the exponential.
422	composite function	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: composite + function. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a function formed by using one function's output as another's input	The composite function first squares a number and then takes its sine.
423	piecewise function	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: piecewise + function. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a function defined by different rules on different intervals	The tax model is a piecewise function with separate income brackets.
424	convergence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	approach toward a finite value as a sequence or process continues	The sequence's convergence is clear as its terms approach zero.
425	divergence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	failure of a sequence, series, or process to approach a finite limit	The partial sums grow without bound, showing divergence.
426	series	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Base-form focus: series is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a sum of terms arranged in a sequence	The geometric series adds successively smaller powers.
427	infinite series	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: infinite + series. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a sum containing infinitely many ordered terms	The infinite series can still converge to a finite number.
428	interval of convergence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: interval + of + convergence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the input values for which a power series converges	The ratio test helps locate the interval of convergence.
429	covariance	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	a measure of how two variables vary together	Positive covariance indicates that the two measurements tend to rise together.
430	kurtosis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Base-form focus: kurtosis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a measure describing the tail weight of a probability distribution	High kurtosis makes extreme observations more common than in a normal distribution.
431	packet	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Base-form focus: packet is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a formatted unit of data sent across a network	The router forwards each packet toward its destination.
432	latency	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Base-form focus: latency is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the delay between sending a request and receiving a response	High latency made the video call feel unresponsive.
433	machine learning	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: machine + learning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	computer methods that learn patterns from data to make predictions or decisions	Machine learning classified the images after training on labeled examples.
434	neural network	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: neural + network. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a layered computational model that adjusts connected weights during learning	The neural network learned to recognize handwritten digits.
435	training data	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: training + data. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	examples used to fit the parameters of a predictive model	Biased training data produced unequal error rates.
436	validation data	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: validation + data. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	held-out examples used to tune choices during model development	The team selected the model with the best validation data performance.
437	test data	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: test + data. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	held-out examples used for a final estimate of model performance	Test data were opened only after every design choice was fixed.
438	epsilon-delta definition	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: epsilon + delta + definition. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a precise definition of a limit using bounds on outputs and inputs	The epsilon-delta definition proves that the function approaches three.
439	left-hand limit	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: left + hand + limit. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the value approached as inputs come from below a point	The left-hand limit equals zero at the jump.
440	right-hand limit	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: right + hand + limit. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the value approached as inputs come from above a point	The right-hand limit equals two at the same jump.
441	infinite limit	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: infinite + limit. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	unbounded function behavior as inputs approach a particular value	The vertical asymptote corresponds to an infinite limit.
442	limit at infinity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: limit + at + infinity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the value a function approaches as inputs grow without bound	The limit at infinity is the horizontal asymptote.
443	removable discontinuity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: removable + discontinuity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a missing point that can be repaired by redefining one function value	The canceled factor leaves a removable discontinuity at x equals four.
444	jump discontinuity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: jump + discontinuity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a discontinuity where left and right limits exist but differ	The step function has a jump discontinuity at the boundary.
445	infinite discontinuity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: infinite + discontinuity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a discontinuity where function values become unbounded near a point	The reciprocal function has an infinite discontinuity at zero.
446	mean value theorem	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: mean + value + theorem. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the result guaranteeing a tangent slope equal to an interval's average slope	The mean value theorem guarantees one moment when instantaneous speed equaled average speed.
447	Rolle's theorem	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: Rolle's + theorem. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the result guaranteeing a zero derivative between equal endpoint values under stated conditions	Rolle's theorem ensures a horizontal tangent between the matching endpoints.
448	local maximum	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: local + maximum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a function value at least as large as nearby values	The graph reaches a local maximum before descending.
449	local minimum	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: local + minimum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a function value no greater than nearby values	The cost curve has a local minimum at the efficient output.
450	critical point	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: critical + point. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a domain point where a derivative is zero or undefined	Each interior maximum occurs at a critical point.
451	inflection point	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: inflection + point. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a point where a graph changes concavity	The curve switches from bending downward to upward at the inflection point.
452	concavity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	the direction in which a curve bends according to its changing slope	A positive second derivative indicates upward concavity.
453	second derivative	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: second + derivative. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the derivative of a derivative, measuring how the first derivative changes	The second derivative gives acceleration from the position function.
454	derivative test	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: derivative + test. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a method using derivative signs to classify extrema or graph shape	The first derivative test confirms a local minimum.
455	L'Hôpital's rule	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: L'Hôpital's + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a method for certain indeterminate limits using derivatives of numerator and denominator	L'Hôpital's rule evaluates the zero-over-zero limit.

Interpreting a Difficult Graph

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

English reading

A calculus packet asks students to identify a removable discontinuity before evaluating a limit at infinity. For an indeterminate quotient, L’Hôpital’s rule may apply if its conditions are satisfied. A statistics extension then introduces kurtosis as a description of distribution shape, reminding students not to confuse it with the graph’s discontinuity.

Reading comprehension

1. What appears in the calculus packet?

A removable discontinuity and a limit at infinity appear.

2. When may L'Hôpital's rule apply?

It may apply to an indeterminate quotient when its conditions hold.

3. What does kurtosis describe?

Kurtosis describes an aspect of distribution shape.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. The ___ is the horizontal asymptote.

Answer: limit at infinity

2. ___ evaluates the zero-over-zero limit.

Answer: L'Hôpital's rule

3. High ___ makes extreme observations more common than in a normal distribution.

Answer: kurtosis

4. The canceled factor leaves a ___ at x equals four.

Answer: removable discontinuity

5. The router forwards each ___ toward its destination.

Answer: packet

Page 14: words 456–490

Vocabulary page 14
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
456	u-substitution	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: u + substitution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an integration method replacing a complicated expression with a new variable	U-substitution turns the integral into a simple power.
457	integration by parts	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: integration + by + parts. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an integration method derived from the product rule	Integration by parts handles the product of x and an exponential.
458	improper integral	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: improper + integral. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an integral with an infinite bound or unbounded integrand	The improper integral converges even though its interval is infinite.
459	disk method	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: disk + method. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a volume method summing circular cross-sections without holes	The disk method finds the solid formed by rotating the region around the axis.
460	washer method	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: washer + method. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a volume method summing ring-shaped cross-sections	The washer method subtracts the inner radius from the outer disk.
461	shell method	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: shell + method. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a volume method summing cylindrical shells	The shell method uses vertical strips around the y-axis.
462	arc length	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: arc + length. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the distance measured along a curve	The arc length formula gives the cable's curved length.
463	surface area of revolution	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: surface + area + of + revolution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the area created when a curve rotates around an axis	The surface area of revolution models the outside of the vase.
464	separable equation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: separable + equation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a differential equation whose variables can be placed on opposite sides	The growth model is a separable equation.
465	logistic growth model	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: logistic + growth + model. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a growth model that slows as a population approaches a carrying capacity	The logistic growth model levels off near the lake's capacity.
466	Euler's method	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: Euler's + method. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a stepwise numerical approximation for solutions of differential equations	Euler's method estimates the next value from the current slope.
467	Taylor polynomial	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: Taylor + polynomial. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a polynomial approximating a function from derivatives at one point	A Taylor polynomial approximates cosine near zero.
468	Maclaurin series	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: Maclaurin + series. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a Taylor series centered at zero	The Maclaurin series represents the exponential as an infinite sum.
469	power series	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: power + series. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an infinite series of coefficients multiplied by powers of a variable	Within its radius, the power series defines a function.
470	radius of convergence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: radius + of + convergence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the distance from a power series center within which it converges	The ratio test gives a radius of convergence of two.
471	absolute convergence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: absolute + convergence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	convergence that remains when every term is replaced by its absolute value	Absolute convergence guarantees convergence of the original series.
472	conditional convergence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: conditional + convergence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	convergence of a series whose absolute-value series diverges	The alternating harmonic series has conditional convergence.
473	divergence test	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: divergence + test. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a test showing divergence when series terms do not approach zero	The divergence test rejects the series because its terms approach one.
474	ratio test	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: ratio + test. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a convergence test based on ratios of successive absolute terms	The ratio test quickly handles the factorial series.
475	root test	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: root + test. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a convergence test based on nth roots of absolute terms	The root test is useful when each term is raised to the nth power.
476	integral test	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: integral + test. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a convergence test comparing a series with a related improper integral	The integral test proves that the p-series converges for p greater than one.
477	comparison test	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: comparison + test. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a convergence test comparing nonnegative terms with a known series	The comparison test bounds the series by a convergent geometric series.
478	alternating series	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: alternating + series. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a series whose successive terms switch signs	The alternating series converges because its term sizes decrease to zero.
479	merge sort	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: merge + sort. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a sorting method that divides data, sorts parts, and merges them	Merge sort combines two ordered halves into one ordered list.
480	quicksort	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Base-form focus: quicksort is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a sorting method that partitions values around a chosen pivot	Quicksort places smaller values before the pivot and larger ones after it.
481	greedy algorithm	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: greedy + algorithm. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a method choosing the best immediate option at each step	The greedy algorithm selects the cheapest available edge without reconsidering earlier choices.
482	inheritance	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	an object-oriented feature allowing a class to receive another class's behavior	Inheritance lets the bicycle class reuse methods from the vehicle class.
483	encapsulation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	bundling data with methods while restricting direct access to internal state	Encapsulation protects the account balance behind controlled operations.
484	polymorphism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	the ability of one interface to support several underlying types or behaviors	Polymorphism lets the same draw command work for circles and rectangles.
485	API	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Capitalization focus: API is an abbreviation or initialism; preserve its capital letters.	a defined interface through which software components exchange requests and data	The weather app uses an API to request forecast data.
486	runtime	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Base-form focus: runtime is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the period or environment in which a program is executing	The error appeared only at runtime after the user submitted an empty field.
487	operating system	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: operating + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	software managing hardware resources and common services for programs	The operating system schedules processes and controls file access.
488	virtualization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	creation of simulated computing resources separated from physical hardware	Virtualization lets one server host several isolated machines.
489	containerization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	packaging software with dependencies in isolated, portable units	Containerization kept the application consistent across development and production.
490	version control	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: version + control. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a system recording changes to files and coordinating revisions	Version control preserved the earlier draft and identified who changed each line.

Page 14 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 14.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. ___ places smaller values before the pivot and larger ones after it.

Answer: quicksort

2. The ___ represents the exponential as an infinite sum.

Answer: Maclaurin series

3. The ___ selects the cheapest available edge without reconsidering earlier choices.

Answer: greedy algorithm

4. ___ turns the integral into a simple power.

Answer: u-substitution

5. Within its radius, the ___ defines a function.

Answer: power series

Page 15: words 491–525

Vocabulary page 15
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
491	repository	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Base-form focus: repository is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a managed storage location for code and its revision history	The team reviewed the patch in the shared repository.
492	merge conflict	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: merge + conflict. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a clash between incompatible changes that a version-control system cannot combine automatically	Both developers edited the same line, creating a merge conflict.
493	unit test	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: unit + test. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an automated check of one small component in isolation	The unit test verifies that the tax function handles zero income.
494	integration test	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: integration + test. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a check that multiple components work correctly together	The integration test follows a payment from the form to the database.
495	firewall	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Base-form focus: firewall is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a security system controlling network traffic according to rules	The firewall blocked unsolicited connections from the public internet.
496	distributed system	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: distributed + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a computing system whose coordinated parts run on multiple machines	The distributed system stores copies of data in several regions.
497	concurrency	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Base-form focus: concurrency is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the management of multiple tasks whose execution periods overlap	Concurrency allows the server to handle many requests without waiting for each to finish.
498	algorithmic efficiency	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: algorithmic + efficiency. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the time and memory resources an algorithm requires as input grows	Algorithmic efficiency matters when the dataset expands to millions of records.
499	gradient descent	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: gradient + descent. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an optimization method that repeatedly moves parameters toward lower error	Gradient descent adjusted the model weights after each batch.
500	supervised learning	noun Study Field: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: supervised + learning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	machine learning from examples paired with known target labels	Supervised learning trained the classifier on images labeled by species.
501	incorporation doctrine	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: incorporation + doctrine. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the application of most federal rights protections to state governments through the Fourteenth Amendment	The incorporation doctrine made the speech protection enforceable against the state.
502	strict scrutiny	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: strict + scrutiny. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the most demanding judicial review, requiring a compelling interest and narrow means	The court applied strict scrutiny to the law's racial classification.
503	intermediate scrutiny	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: intermediate + scrutiny. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	judicial review requiring an important interest and a substantial relationship	The policy had to survive intermediate scrutiny.
504	rational basis review	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: rational + basis + review. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	deferential judicial review asking whether a law reasonably relates to a legitimate interest	The economic regulation passed rational basis review.
505	stare decisis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: stare + decisis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the principle that courts generally follow established precedent	Stare decisis gave earlier rulings substantial weight.
506	judicial activism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: judicial + activism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an approach favoring an active judicial role in reviewing laws and shaping doctrine	Critics called the broad ruling judicial activism.
507	judicial restraint	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: judicial + restraint. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an approach favoring limited judicial intervention and deference to elected branches	Judicial restraint led the court to avoid deciding the wider issue.
508	originalism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	constitutional interpretation focused on the text's original public meaning	The justice used originalism to examine eighteenth-century usage.
509	textualism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	legal interpretation centered on the enacted words rather than unexpressed intentions	Textualism directed the judge to the statute's ordinary wording.
510	living Constitution	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: living + Constitution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the view that constitutional meaning can develop as society and circumstances change	The living Constitution approach treated privacy doctrine as adaptable to new technology.
511	federal mandate	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: federal + mandate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a national requirement imposed on state or local governments	The federal mandate required every state to meet the emissions standard.
512	unfunded mandate	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: unfunded + mandate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a government requirement issued without enough money to carry it out	The county objected that the reporting rule was an unfunded mandate.
513	block grant	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: block + grant. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	federal funding for a broad purpose with substantial local discretion	The block grant let states choose among several housing programs.
514	categorical grant	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: categorical + grant. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	federal funding restricted to a narrowly specified program or condition	The categorical grant paid only for bridge safety inspections.
515	concurrent powers	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: concurrent + powers. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	governmental powers held by both national and state authorities	Taxation belongs among the system's concurrent powers.
516	reserved powers	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: reserved + powers. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	powers kept by states or the people rather than delegated nationally	Local licensing is often treated as one of the states' reserved powers.
517	enumerated powers	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: enumerated + powers. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	powers specifically listed in a constitution	The power to coin money is among Congress's enumerated powers.
518	implied powers	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: implied + powers. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	powers reasonably inferred from explicitly granted responsibilities	Creating a national bank was defended through implied powers.
519	necessary and proper clause	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: necessary + and + proper + clause. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the constitutional provision authorizing laws useful for carrying out listed federal powers	Congress invoked the necessary and proper clause to implement its taxing power.
520	commerce clause	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: commerce + clause. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the constitutional provision granting Congress power over interstate and international commerce	The court considered whether the commerce clause covered the local activity.
521	supremacy clause	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: supremacy + clause. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the rule that valid federal law prevails over conflicting state law	The supremacy clause invalidated the contradictory state requirement.
522	establishment clause	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: establishment + clause. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the First Amendment restriction on governmental establishment of religion	The establishment clause prevents the city from declaring an official faith.
523	free exercise clause	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: free + exercise + clause. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the First Amendment protection for religious practice and belief	The claimant argued that the rule burdened the free exercise clause.
524	writ of habeas corpus	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: writ + of + habeas + corpus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a court order requiring lawful justification for a person's detention	The prisoner sought a writ of habeas corpus challenging his confinement.
525	ex post facto law	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: ex + post + facto + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a law retroactively criminalizing conduct or increasing criminal punishment	The constitution prohibits an ex post facto law.

Page 15 vocabulary review

Review five selected words from page 15.

Cloze vocabulary quiz

1. The ___ verifies that the tax function handles zero income.

Answer: unit test

2. The ___ follows a payment from the form to the database.

Answer: integration test

3. The ___ blocked unsolicited connections from the public internet.

Answer: firewall

4. The ___ stores copies of data in several regions.

Answer: distributed system

5. ___ allows the server to handle many requests without waiting for each to finish.

Answer: concurrency

Page 16: words 526–560

Vocabulary page 16
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
526	bill of attainder	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: bill + of + attainder. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a legislative act punishing named people without a judicial trial	The measure was challenged as a bill of attainder.
527	eminent domain	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: eminent + domain. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	government power to take private property for public use with required compensation	The city used eminent domain to acquire land for the rail line.
528	probable cause	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: probable + cause. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	reasonable grounds to believe a crime occurred or evidence will be found	The affidavit supplied probable cause for the search.
529	search warrant	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: search + warrant. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a court authorization to search a specified place for specified evidence	Officers obtained a search warrant for the warehouse.
530	exclusionary rule	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: exclusionary + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the doctrine barring certain evidence obtained through unconstitutional searches	The exclusionary rule kept the unlawfully seized records out of trial.
531	grand jury	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: grand + jury. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a citizen panel deciding whether evidence supports serious criminal charges	The prosecutor presented witnesses to the grand jury.
532	indictment	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.	a formal criminal charge, often issued by a grand jury	The indictment listed three counts of fraud.
533	arraignment	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.	a court hearing where charges are read and a plea is entered	At the arraignment, the defendant pleaded not guilty.
534	plea bargain	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: plea + bargain. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an agreement exchanging a guilty plea for reduced charges or another concession	The defendant accepted a plea bargain that dismissed one count.
535	tort	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: tort is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a civil wrong for which the injured party may seek a legal remedy	The unauthorized disclosure could constitute a privacy tort.
536	negligence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	failure to use the reasonable care required by circumstances	The jury found negligence because the company ignored the damaged railing.
537	malpractice	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: malpractice is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	professional negligence causing harm to a client or patient	The lawsuit alleged medical malpractice during surgery.
538	contract law	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: contract + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the body of law governing enforceable agreements	Contract law determines whether the unsigned promise can be enforced.
539	breach of contract	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: breach + of + contract. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	failure to perform a duty required by an enforceable agreement	Late delivery constituted a breach of contract.
540	trademark	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: trademark is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a protected sign identifying the commercial source of goods or services	The company registered its name as a trademark.
541	antitrust	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: antitrust is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	intended to prevent unfair restraints on competition and excessive market power	Antitrust regulators challenged the merger.
542	oligopoly	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: oligopoly is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a market dominated by a small number of interdependent sellers	The airline route operates as an oligopoly with three major carriers.
543	perfect competition	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: perfect + competition. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a model with many sellers, identical products, free entry, and no price control	In perfect competition, each small firm accepts the market price.
544	monopolistic competition	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: monopolistic + competition. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a market with many sellers offering differentiated but substitutable products	Restaurants often operate under monopolistic competition.
545	market failure	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: market + failure. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a situation where unregulated markets allocate resources inefficiently	Pollution creates market failure when its social cost is not priced.
546	public good	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: public + good. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a good that is nonexclusive and not depleted by another person's use	A warning siren is a public good for everyone nearby.
547	common resource	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: common + resource. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a resource open to many users but reduced through use	An unregulated fishery is a common resource vulnerable to depletion.
548	asymmetric information	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: asymmetric + information. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a market condition where one party knows more relevant information than another	Used-car sales may involve asymmetric information about hidden defects.
549	adverse selection	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: adverse + selection. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a tendency for higher-risk participants to enter a market when risk is hidden	Adverse selection raised insurance costs when healthier customers left.
550	moral hazard	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: moral + hazard. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	greater risk-taking when another party bears much of the cost	Full reimbursement may create moral hazard if firms ignore prevention.
551	price ceiling	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: price + ceiling. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a legal maximum price	The price ceiling created shortages when set below equilibrium.
552	price floor	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: price + floor. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a legal minimum price	The agricultural price floor kept the market price above equilibrium.
553	minimum wage	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: minimum + wage. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the lowest hourly pay legally permitted for covered work	The legislature raised the minimum wage.
554	price elasticity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: price + elasticity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	responsiveness of quantity demanded or supplied to a price change	High price elasticity caused sales to fall sharply after the increase.
555	income elasticity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: income + elasticity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	responsiveness of demand to a change in consumer income	Positive income elasticity indicates that demand rises with income.
556	cross-price elasticity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: cross + price + elasticity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	responsiveness of demand for one good to another good's price	Positive cross-price elasticity suggested the two drinks were substitutes.
557	consumer surplus	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: consumer + surplus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the benefit buyers receive when paying less than their maximum willingness to pay	The discount increased consumer surplus for early purchasers.
558	producer surplus	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: producer + surplus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the benefit sellers receive above the minimum amount they would accept	Higher market prices expanded producer surplus.
559	deadweight loss	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: deadweight + loss. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	lost total surplus caused by an inefficient quantity of exchange	The tax created deadweight loss by preventing mutually beneficial trades.
560	marginal cost	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: marginal + cost. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the additional cost of producing one more unit	The factory expanded output while price exceeded marginal cost.

Limits on Government Power

Reading practice for pages 16–18. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

A bill of attainder punishes a named person without a judicial trial, so constitutional systems prohibit it. Eminent domain is different: government may acquire property for public use under legal conditions. In criminal procedure, probable cause can support a search warrant, while the exclusionary rule may prevent unlawfully obtained evidence from being used in court.

Reading comprehension

1. Why is a bill of attainder prohibited?

It imposes punishment without a judicial trial.

2. What does eminent domain concern?

It concerns government acquisition of property for public use.

3. What can probable cause support?

Probable cause can support a search warrant.

Page 17: words 561–595

Vocabulary page 17
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
561	marginal benefit	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: marginal + benefit. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the additional benefit from one more unit or action	The marginal benefit of another study hour eventually declined.
562	absolute advantage	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: absolute + advantage. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the ability to produce more with the same resources than another producer	The sunny region has an absolute advantage in solar generation.
563	appreciation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	an increase in a currency's value relative to another currency	Currency appreciation made imported machinery cheaper.
564	labor force participation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: labor + force + participation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the share of working-age people employed or actively seeking work	Labor force participation fell as more workers stopped searching.
565	real GDP	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: real + GDP. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the value of final production adjusted for price changes	Real GDP rose, showing growth beyond inflation.
566	nominal GDP	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: nominal + GDP. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the value of final production measured at current prices	Nominal GDP increased partly because prices rose.
567	reserve requirement	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: reserve + requirement. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the minimum share of deposits a bank must hold rather than lend	A higher reserve requirement can limit deposit-based lending.
568	open market operations	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: open + market + operations. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	central-bank purchases or sales of securities used to influence money and interest rates	The central bank used open market operations to add liquidity.
569	progressive tax	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: progressive + tax. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a tax taking a larger income share as ability to pay rises	The progressive tax applies higher rates to higher brackets.
570	regressive tax	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: regressive + tax. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a tax taking a larger income share from lower-income people	A uniform sales tax can be regressive tax policy.
571	proportional tax	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: proportional + tax. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a tax applying the same rate regardless of the tax base's size	Under a proportional tax, every household pays ten percent of taxable income.
572	budget deficit	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: budget + deficit. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the amount by which government spending exceeds revenue during a period	Emergency spending widened the annual budget deficit.
573	national debt	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: national + debt. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the accumulated outstanding borrowing of a national government	Repeated deficits added to the national debt.
574	constitutional convention	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: constitutional + convention. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a formal gathering called to draft or revise a constitution	Delegates debated representation at the constitutional convention.
575	amendment process	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: amendment + process. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the formal procedure for changing a constitution	The amendment process requires more agreement than ordinary legislation.
576	amicus curiae	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: amicus + curiae. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a person or group submitting information to a court without being a party	A medical association filed an amicus curiae brief.
577	appellate jurisdiction	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: appellate + jurisdiction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a court's authority to review decisions of lower courts	The supreme court exercised appellate jurisdiction over the dispute.
578	original jurisdiction	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: original + jurisdiction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a court's authority to hear a case first	The trial court has original jurisdiction in the lawsuit.
579	judicial standing	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: judicial + standing. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the legal requirement that a claimant have a sufficient stake in a dispute	The court dismissed the case for lack of judicial standing.
580	mootness	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ness forms a noun naming a quality or state.	the condition of a dispute no longer presenting a live issue for decision	The student's graduation raised a question of mootness.
581	ripeness	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ness forms a noun naming a quality or state.	the readiness of a dispute for judicial review rather than being premature	The challenge lacked ripeness because the rule had not taken effect.
582	class-action lawsuit	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: class + action + lawsuit. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a lawsuit in which representative plaintiffs act for a larger similarly affected group	Consumers joined a class-action lawsuit over the defective product.
583	injunction	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	a court order requiring or prohibiting a particular action	The judge issued an injunction stopping demolition.
584	discovery	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: discovery is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the pretrial process for exchanging evidence and information	During discovery, each side produced relevant emails.
585	reasonable doubt	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: reasonable + doubt. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the high level of uncertainty that prevents a criminal conviction	The unexplained timeline created reasonable doubt.
586	preponderance of evidence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: preponderance + of + evidence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the civil standard requiring a claim to be more likely true than not	The plaintiff proved negligence by a preponderance of evidence.
587	strict liability	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: strict + liability. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	legal responsibility imposed without proof of intent or negligence	The statute applies strict liability to sellers of the prohibited chemical.
588	mens rea	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: mens + rea. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the legally required guilty mental state for an offense	The prosecution had to prove mens rea as well as the act.
589	actus reus	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: actus + reus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the voluntary wrongful act or omission forming part of a crime	The court identified the unauthorized transfer as the actus reus.
590	felony	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: felony is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a serious crime generally punishable by more than one year of imprisonment	The charge was classified as a felony.
591	misdemeanor	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: misdemeanor is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a less serious crime carrying lighter punishment than a felony	The first offense was treated as a misdemeanor.
592	sentencing guideline	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: sentencing + guideline. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a rule or framework advising courts about an appropriate criminal sentence	The judge considered the sentencing guideline and the defendant's circumstances.
593	parole	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: parole is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	conditional supervised release before a prison sentence fully ends	The board granted parole after evidence of rehabilitation.
594	probation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	court-ordered community supervision instead of or after incarceration	Probation required regular reporting and treatment.
595	recidivism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	return to criminal behavior after sanction or intervention	Education programs were associated with lower recidivism.

Page 18: words 596–630

Vocabulary page 18
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
596	restorative justice	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: restorative + justice. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an approach emphasizing repair of harm, accountability, and participation by affected people	The restorative justice meeting produced restitution and a safety plan.
597	retributive justice	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: retributive + justice. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an approach emphasizing proportionate punishment for wrongdoing	Retributive justice focuses on what penalty the offense deserves.
598	lobbying	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: lobbying is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	organized efforts to influence public officials and policy	Environmental groups used lobbying to support the conservation bill.
599	political action committee	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: political + action + committee. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an organization that raises and spends money to influence elections under legal limits	The political action committee contributed to several candidates.
600	super PAC	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: super + PAC. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an independent political committee allowed to raise and spend unlimited funds without coordinating with candidates	The super PAC purchased advertisements but could not direct the campaign.
601	sociological imagination	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: sociological + imagination. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the ability to connect personal experience with wider social patterns and history	Sociological imagination links one worker's layoff to changes in the regional economy.
602	social structure	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + structure. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the enduring pattern of relationships, positions, and institutions in a society	The social structure shapes who controls land and education.
603	social institution	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + institution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an organized system meeting a major social need through established norms and roles	The family is a social institution that varies across cultures.
604	ascribed status	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: ascribed + status. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a social position assigned without personal choice	Age can function as an ascribed status.
605	achieved status	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: achieved + status. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a social position gained through action, choice, or accomplishment	Licensed physician is an achieved status requiring extensive training.
606	role conflict	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: role + conflict. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	tension created by incompatible expectations from two or more social positions	Role conflict arose when the manager had to evaluate a close friend.
607	role strain	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: role + strain. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	tension among competing expectations within one social position	The teacher experienced role strain while supporting students and enforcing deadlines.
608	reference group	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: reference + group. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a group used as a standard for evaluating oneself or one's behavior	The young musician treated the orchestra as a reference group.
609	in-group	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: in + group. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a group with which a person identifies and feels belonging	Team rituals strengthened loyalty to the in-group.
610	out-group	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: out + group. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a group perceived as separate from one's own group	The campaign unfairly blamed an out-group for complex problems.
611	primary group	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: primary + group. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a small, close, long-term group based on personal relationships	Her family formed a primary group providing daily emotional support.
612	secondary group	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: secondary + group. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a larger, more impersonal group organized around a task or goal	The professional association is a secondary group.
613	rationalization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	the replacement of tradition or spontaneity with calculation, rules, and efficiency	Rationalization turned the informal workshop into a timed production system.
614	alienation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	separation or powerlessness experienced in relation to work, society, or self	Repetitive tasks created alienation from the finished product.
615	anomie	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: anomie is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a condition of weakened norms and uncertain social expectations	Rapid economic collapse produced anomie as old rules lost authority.
616	deviance	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	behavior or identity that violates a group's social norms	What counts as deviance differs across communities and eras.
617	social control	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + control. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	formal and informal processes encouraging conformity to norms	Praise, ridicule, school rules, and laws all exercise social control.
618	mores	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: mores is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	strongly held norms tied to a society's moral judgments	The community's mores condemn deliberate betrayal.
619	folkways	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: folkways is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	informal customs governing ordinary behavior without severe moral force	Greeting practices are folkways that vary by region.
620	taboo	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: taboo is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a powerful social prohibition against a practice or topic	The novel breaks a taboo by discussing the hidden illness openly.
621	cultural diffusion	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: cultural + diffusion. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the spread of cultural practices, objects, or ideas between groups	Trade accelerated cultural diffusion of foods and musical instruments.
622	cultural lag	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: cultural + lag. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	delay when social norms and institutions adjust more slowly than technology	Privacy law showed cultural lag after facial recognition spread.
623	subculture	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: subculture is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a group with distinctive values and practices within a wider society	Skateboarders formed a subculture with their own vocabulary and style.
624	counterculture	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: counterculture is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a group that actively rejects important values of the dominant culture	The counterculture challenged conventional ideas about work and consumption.
625	pluralism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	the coexistence and participation of multiple groups without forced cultural uniformity	Religious pluralism permits different communities to practice openly.
626	multiculturalism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	recognition and support of multiple cultural traditions within one society	The curriculum's multiculturalism includes histories from several communities.
627	stratification	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	the structured ranking of groups into unequal social layers	Property ownership contributed to long-term stratification.
628	social mobility	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + mobility. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	movement between positions in a system of social ranking	Expanded schooling increased some students' social mobility.
629	intergenerational mobility	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: intergenerational + mobility. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	change in social position between parents and their children	The survey measured intergenerational mobility by comparing parents' and children's incomes.
630	intragenerational mobility	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: intragenerational + mobility. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	change in one person's social position during a lifetime	Her move from apprentice to company director shows intragenerational mobility.

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Vocabulary page 19
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
631	meritocracy	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Root and suffix focus: -cracy relates to rule or a system of government.	a system claiming to allocate rewards according to ability and achievement	A true meritocracy would require fair access to preparation.
632	socioeconomic status	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: socioeconomic + status. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a social position measured through factors such as income, education, and occupation	Socioeconomic status influenced access to stable housing.
633	cultural capital	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: cultural + capital. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	knowledge, tastes, credentials, and habits that provide social advantages	Familiarity with academic conventions served as cultural capital.
634	social capital	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + capital. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	resources and support available through relationships and networks	Neighbors used social capital to organize childcare after the storm.
635	intersectionality	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	analysis of how overlapping social identities and systems shape experience	Intersectionality explains why one policy affects women differently across class and race.
636	institutional discrimination	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: institutional + discrimination. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	unequal outcomes produced by established rules or practices within organizations	The inaccessible application process created institutional discrimination against disabled applicants.
637	implicit bias	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: implicit + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an automatic association that can influence judgment without conscious intent	Blind review reduced implicit bias linked to applicants' names.
638	stereotype threat	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: stereotype + threat. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	performance pressure caused by fear of confirming a negative group stereotype	Stereotype threat reduced scores when identity was emphasized before the test.
639	self-fulfilling prophecy	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: self + fulfilling + prophecy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an expectation that helps cause the outcome it predicts	Low expectations became a self-fulfilling prophecy when students received fewer opportunities.
640	labeling theory	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: labeling + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the view that social reactions and labels can shape deviant identity and behavior	Labeling theory examines how being called delinquent changes later treatment.
641	conflict theory	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: conflict + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an approach emphasizing competition, inequality, and power among social groups	Conflict theory asks who benefits from the housing policy.
642	functionalism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	an approach examining how social parts contribute to stability and continuity	Functionalism studies how schools transmit shared norms.
643	symbolic interactionism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: symbolic + interactionism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an approach focusing on meaning created through everyday interaction	Symbolic interactionism examines how a uniform signals authority.
644	feminist theory	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: feminist + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	analysis of gendered power, inequality, identity, and social organization	Feminist theory revealed unpaid care work missing from the economic model.
645	critical race theory	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: critical + race + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an approach examining how law and institutions can reproduce racial inequality	Critical race theory analyzes the long-term effects of housing rules.
646	social construction	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + construction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an idea or category created and sustained through shared social practices	The meaning of childhood is partly a social construction that changes over time.
647	collective behavior	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: collective + behavior. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	relatively spontaneous group activity outside established institutional routines	The sudden crowd response was a form of collective behavior.
648	social movement	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + movement. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	organized collective action seeking or resisting social change	The social movement built support for disability access.
649	resource mobilization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: resource + mobilization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the process by which movements obtain and use money, labor, networks, and expertise	Resource mobilization allowed the campaign to open regional offices.
650	framing process	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: framing + process. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the way a movement defines problems, causes, and possible solutions	The framing process presented clean water as a public-health right.
651	diffusion of responsibility	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: diffusion + of + responsibility. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	reduced personal obligation when responsibility appears shared among many people	Diffusion of responsibility made each witness wait for someone else to call.
652	bystander effect	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: bystander + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the reduced likelihood of helping when other observers are present	The bystander effect weakened when one person directly requested assistance.
653	groupthink	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: groupthink is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	faulty group decision-making caused by pressure for harmony and suppressed dissent	Groupthink prevented the committee from testing its favored plan.
654	persuasion	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -sion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	the process of changing attitudes or behavior through communication	The campaign's persuasion relied on credible evidence and trusted messengers.
655	moral reasoning	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: moral + reasoning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	thinking used to judge right action and justify ethical choices	Her moral reasoning weighed fairness against the risk of harm.
656	moral relativism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: moral + relativism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the view that moral judgments depend on cultural or individual frameworks	Moral relativism questions whether one society's customs provide a universal standard.
657	moral absolutism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: moral + absolutism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the view that some moral rules apply without exception	Moral absolutism led him to reject lying even to prevent embarrassment.
658	beneficence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	the ethical duty to promote well-being and provide benefit	Beneficence supported offering treatment after the trial.
659	nonmaleficence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	the ethical duty to avoid causing unnecessary harm	Nonmaleficence required stopping the procedure when risk increased.
660	cultivation theory	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: cultivation + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the theory that prolonged media exposure shapes beliefs about social reality	Cultivation theory predicts that constant crime dramas may exaggerate perceived danger.
661	spiral of silence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: spiral + of + silence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the tendency to hide an opinion believed to be unpopular, making it seem rarer	A spiral of silence formed when dissenters feared public ridicule.
662	algorithmic bias	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: algorithmic + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	systematic unfairness produced or amplified by computational systems	Algorithmic bias caused the screening tool to reject qualified applicants unevenly.
663	surveillance	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	systematic observation or monitoring of people, places, or activity	Workplace surveillance recorded every keyboard pause.
664	dramaturgical analysis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: dramaturgical + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the study of interaction as performance before different audiences	Dramaturgical analysis compares the employee's formal meeting behavior with backstage conversation.
665	presentation of self	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: presentation + of + self. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the way people manage how others perceive them in interaction	Her careful presentation of self emphasized competence during the interview.

Opportunity and Social Resources

Reading practice for pages 19–21. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

A meritocracy claims that achievement follows talent and effort, but access to opportunity is uneven. Socioeconomic status shapes material resources; cultural capital includes valued knowledge and habits; and social capital grows through useful relationships. Intersectionality examines how multiple identities and institutions combine, preventing a one-factor explanation of inequality.

Reading comprehension

1. What does meritocracy claim?

It claims that achievement follows talent and effort.

2. What is social capital?

Social capital consists of resources available through relationships.

3. Why use intersectionality?

It examines how multiple identities and institutions combine.

Page 20: words 666–700

Vocabulary page 20
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
666	impression management	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: impression + management. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	deliberate or habitual efforts to influence others' perceptions	The company used selective photographs for impression management.
667	total institution	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: total + institution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an organization controlling most aspects of members' daily lives in one setting	A prison is a total institution with tightly scheduled routines.
668	resocialization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	replacement of earlier norms and identities with new ones	Military training uses resocialization to establish new expectations.
669	anticipatory socialization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: anticipatory + socialization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	learning the behavior of a role before actually entering it	The internship provided anticipatory socialization for future engineers.
670	hidden curriculum	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: hidden + curriculum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	unofficial lessons about behavior, authority, and values taught by institutions	Waiting silently for permission was part of the school's hidden curriculum.
671	credentialism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	excessive reliance on formal qualifications as proof of ability	Credentialism excluded experienced workers who lacked a degree.
672	tracking	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: tracking is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	assignment of students to different educational paths based on perceived ability or goals	Early tracking limited access to advanced mathematics.
673	social reproduction	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + reproduction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the transmission of social advantages and inequalities across generations	Unequal school funding contributed to social reproduction.
674	medicalization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	the process of defining a human condition or behavior as a medical problem	Medicalization changed shyness from a personality description into a possible diagnosis.
675	secularization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	decline or transformation of religious authority in social institutions	Secularization moved some schools from church control to public administration.
676	rational choice theory	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: rational + choice + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an approach modeling action as selection among options according to expected costs and benefits	Rational choice theory predicts voting when expected benefits outweigh effort.
677	exchange theory	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: exchange + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an approach explaining relationships through perceived rewards, costs, and reciprocity	Exchange theory examines how unequal dependence shifts power.
678	network theory	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: network + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an approach analyzing how patterns of connections shape behavior and access	Network theory showed how one central account spread the message.
679	social network	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + network. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the pattern of relationships linking people or organizations	Her social network connected job seekers with local employers.
680	weak ties	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: weak + ties. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	less intimate connections that often bridge separate social circles	Weak ties introduced the graduate to opportunities outside her close friends.
681	strong ties	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: strong + ties. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	close, frequent relationships providing substantial trust and support	Strong ties supplied daily care during recovery.
682	group polarization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: group + polarization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	movement toward a more extreme position after discussion among like-minded members	Group polarization made the online forum's opinions more severe.
683	deindividuation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	reduced self-awareness and restraint when identity feels hidden within a group	Masks and darkness increased deindividuation in the crowd.
684	social facilitation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + facilitation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	improved performance on simple or practiced tasks in the presence of others	Social facilitation helped the runner maintain pace before spectators.
685	social loafing	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + loafing. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	reduced individual effort when contributions are combined within a group	Assigning visible responsibilities reduced social loafing.
686	normative influence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: normative + influence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	conformity motivated by acceptance or fear of rejection	Normative influence led him to applaud a joke he disliked.
687	informational influence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: informational + influence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	conformity based on treating others as useful evidence about reality	During the emergency, informational influence made travelers follow local residents.
688	reciprocity norm	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: reciprocity + norm. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the expectation that people should return benefits and assistance	The reciprocity norm encouraged neighbors to repay earlier help.
689	door-in-the-face technique	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: door + in + the + face + technique. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a persuasion strategy beginning with a large refusal-prone request before a smaller one	The fundraiser used the door-in-the-face technique by requesting a huge donation first.
690	foot-in-the-door technique	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: foot + in + the + door + technique. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a persuasion strategy beginning with a small request before a larger related one	The foot-in-the-door technique began with signing a petition and ended with volunteering.
691	elaboration likelihood model	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: elaboration + likelihood + model. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a theory describing careful and shortcut routes to persuasion	The elaboration likelihood model predicts deeper change when listeners examine evidence closely.
692	central route	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: central + route. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	persuasion through careful evaluation of arguments and evidence	The detailed policy comparison appealed through the central route.
693	peripheral route	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: peripheral + route. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	persuasion through cues such as attractiveness, familiarity, or emotion rather than close reasoning	The celebrity endorsement relied on the peripheral route.
694	attribution theory	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: attribution + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the study of how people explain the causes of behavior and events	Attribution theory examines whether observers blame personality or circumstances.
695	dispositional attribution	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: dispositional + attribution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an explanation of behavior through internal traits or intentions	Calling the late employee careless is a dispositional attribution.
696	situational attribution	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: situational + attribution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an explanation of behavior through external circumstances	Blaming the transit breakdown is a situational attribution.
697	overconfidence bias	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: overconfidence + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the tendency to overestimate the accuracy of one's knowledge or predictions	Overconfidence bias made forecasters report narrower ranges than their record justified.
698	sunk cost fallacy	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: sunk + cost + fallacy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	continuing an action because of past investment that cannot be recovered	The sunk cost fallacy kept the company funding an ineffective project.
699	halo effect	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: halo + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the influence of one positive impression on unrelated judgments	The candidate's confident speech created a halo effect around her technical answers.
700	availability cascade	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: availability + cascade. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a belief gaining plausibility through repeated public repetition	An availability cascade made the rare danger seem common.

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Vocabulary page 21
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
701	abeyance	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	a temporary state of suspension or inactivity	The disputed permit remained in abeyance until the court ruled.
702	abjure	verb Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: abjure is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to renounce a belief, claim, or practice formally	The witness agreed to abjure violence and support peaceful negotiation.
703	abscond	verb Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: abscond is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to leave secretly in order to avoid capture or responsibility	The treasurer tried to abscond with the missing funds.
704	acerbity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	sharp bitterness in speech, manner, or taste	The review's acerbity turned criticism into personal attack.
705	adumbrate	verb Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: adumbrate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to outline faintly or indicate something that will develop later	Writers often adumbrate a later conflict through an opening image.
706	aggrandize	verb Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ize commonly forms a verb meaning to make, become, or apply.	to increase the power, status, or reputation of someone or something	The ruler used monuments to aggrandize his dynasty.
707	approbatory	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: approbatory is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	expressing approval or praise	The committee's approbatory report recommended immediate renewal.
708	asceticism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	the practice of strict self-denial for moral or spiritual purposes	Her asceticism included simple food and few possessions.
709	asperity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	harshness of tone, manner, or conditions	He answered with asperity after the repeated accusation.
710	atavistic	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: atavistic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	resembling or reviving a trait from a distant ancestral past	The novel depicts the feud as an atavistic return to clan violence.
711	baleful	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: baleful is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	threatening harm or expressing hostile intent	The guard cast a baleful glance toward the intruder.
712	beatific	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: beatific is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	showing serene happiness or blessedness	A beatific smile spread across her face as the choir began.
713	bilious	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	bad-tempered, unpleasant, or nauseated	The bilious columnist attacked every proposal without offering an alternative.
714	blandishment	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.	flattering or coaxing language used to persuade	No blandishment could persuade the auditor to ignore the missing records.
715	bovine	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: bovine is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	resembling cattle, especially in dull or placid behavior	The audience's bovine stare suggested boredom rather than calm attention.
716	carping	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: carping is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	continually finding petty faults	The carping review complains about punctuation but ignores the argument.
717	chronicity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	the quality of persisting or recurring over a long period	The condition's chronicity requires long-term management.
718	circumstantial	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: circumstantial is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	based on indirect evidence or dependent on particular circumstances	The case was circumstantial, relying on timing and location rather than an eyewitness.
719	complaisant	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: complaisant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	eager to please others, sometimes too readily	The complaisant aide approved every request without examining its cost.
720	compunction	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	uneasy guilt or moral hesitation about wrongdoing	She felt compunction after taking credit for her colleague's idea.
721	concomitant	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: concomitant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	something that naturally accompanies another condition or event	Temporary noise was an unavoidable concomitant of the renovation.
722	consanguineous	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	related by blood or descended from a common ancestor	The archive traces consanguineous ties among the region's ruling families.
723	contravene	verb Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: contravene is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to violate or conflict with a law, rule, or principle	The secret search would contravene the agency's privacy policy.
724	contumacious	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	stubbornly disobedient toward legitimate authority	The judge sanctioned the contumacious witness for refusing every lawful order.
725	corpulent	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: corpulent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	having a large, heavy body	The portrait shows a corpulent merchant seated beside a lavish meal.
726	diffidence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	shyness or hesitation caused by low confidence	Her diffidence disappeared when the discussion turned to her research.
727	eclecticism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	the practice of selecting ideas or styles from varied sources	The building's eclecticism combines classical columns with modern glass.
728	elegiac	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: elegiac is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	mournful and reflective, especially about loss	The memoir's elegiac final chapter remembers a vanished neighborhood.
729	emollient	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: emollient is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a substance that softens or soothes skin	The pharmacist recommended an emollient for the dry, irritated skin.
730	encomiastic	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: encomiastic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	expressing enthusiastic praise	The encomiastic biography overlooks the leader's documented failures.
731	ennui	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: ennui is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	weariness and dissatisfaction caused by boredom or lack of purpose	Months of identical routine left him in deep ennui.
732	epigrammatic	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: epigrammatic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	brief, witty, and memorable in expression	Her epigrammatic conclusion compresses the essay into one sharp sentence.
733	ersatz	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: ersatz is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	made as an inferior substitute for something genuine	The set used ersatz marble made from painted plastic.
734	execrable	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -able means capable of, suitable for, or worthy of an action.	extremely bad or deserving strong condemnation	The restaurant closed after an inspection found execrable hygiene.
735	extirpate	verb Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: extirpate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to destroy or remove something completely at its roots	The conservation team worked to extirpate the invasive weed from the island.

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Vocabulary page 22
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
736	feign	verb Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: feign is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to pretend to have a feeling, condition, or intention	The spy chose to feign illness to avoid the meeting.
737	fulsome	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: fulsome is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	excessive or insincere, especially in praise	The advertisement's fulsome praise made the ordinary device sound miraculous.
738	iconoclasm	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: iconoclasm is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the rejection or destruction of established beliefs, traditions, or revered images	The artist's iconoclasm challenged the museum's definition of fine art.
739	idiosyncratic	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: idiosyncratic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	distinctive to one person or thing in an unusual way	The director's idiosyncratic style uses long silences and abrupt music.
740	insouciant	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: insouciant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	showing casual lack of concern	His insouciant response ignored the seriousness of the safety warning.
741	lugubrious	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	excessively mournful or gloomy	The actor delivered the comic complaint in a lugubrious voice.
742	mendacious	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	dishonest or habitually untruthful	The mendacious report concealed both the cost and the delay.
743	meretricious	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	flashy and attractive in a shallow or false way	The proposal's meretricious graphics could not hide its weak evidence.
744	munificent	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: munificent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	extremely generous in giving	A munificent donor funded the clinic for ten years.
745	palatable	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -able means capable of, suitable for, or worthy of an action.	pleasant to taste or acceptable to the mind	The compromise made the reform more palatable to cautious voters.
746	pejorative	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency.	expressing contempt or a negative judgment	The editor removed a pejorative label from the neutral report.
747	portentous	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	suggesting that something important or disastrous is about to happen	The narrator's portentous warning prepares readers for the collapse.
748	rarefy	verb Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: rarefy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to make less dense or more refined and specialized	High altitude can rarefy the air enough to impair breathing.
749	refractory	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: refractory is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	stubbornly resistant to control, treatment, or change	The refractory infection did not respond to standard antibiotics.
750	seminal	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: seminal is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	strongly influencing later ideas, work, or development	The scientist's seminal paper established a new research field.
751	truculent	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: truculent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	aggressively defiant and eager to fight	The minister's truculent reply threatened the fragile truce.
752	whimsical	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: whimsical is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	playfully unusual or guided by fanciful ideas	The illustrator filled the map with whimsical sea creatures.
753	quiescent	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: quiescent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	temporarily inactive or quiet	The volcano has remained quiescent for decades.
754	redoubtable	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -able means capable of, suitable for, or worthy of an action.	formidable and worthy of respect	She became a redoubtable opponent of censorship.
755	remiss	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: remiss is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	careless in performing a duty	The agency was remiss in failing to inspect the bridge.
756	risible	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: risible is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	so absurd that it invites laughter	The spokesperson's risible excuse convinced no one.
757	sardonic	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: sardonic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	grimly mocking or cynical	The narrator offers a sardonic comment on every ceremony.
758	solipsistic	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: solipsistic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	focused only on one's own mind or experience	The memoir becomes solipsistic when it ignores every other perspective.
759	stultify	verb Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ify commonly forms a verb meaning to make or become.	to make someone or something ineffective or intellectually dull	Rigid rules can stultify creative teaching.
760	supplant	verb Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: supplant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to take the place of something older or established	Digital photography began to supplant film.
761	transmute	verb Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: transmute is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to change something into a different form or nature	The poet can transmute grief into art.
762	trenchant	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: trenchant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	sharp, effective, and clearly expressed	Her trenchant critique exposed the policy's contradiction.
763	unassailable	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -able means capable of, suitable for, or worthy of an action.	impossible to challenge, attack, or defeat successfully	The conclusion seemed unassailable until new data appeared.
764	unfettered	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: unfettered is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	free from restrictions or control	The law does not permit unfettered surveillance.
765	vaunted	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: vaunted is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	widely praised or boasted about	The company's vaunted efficiency failed during the emergency.
766	veritable	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -able means capable of, suitable for, or worthy of an action.	true or complete, used to intensify a description	The archive is a veritable treasure of firsthand accounts.
767	wan	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: wan is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	pale and appearing weak or tired	After the long illness, he looked wan.
768	zealot	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: zealot is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a person with extreme and uncompromising devotion to a cause	The novel distinguishes a committed activist from a violent zealot.
769	abstemious	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	moderate and restrained, especially in eating or drinking	Her abstemious habits contrasted with the banquet's excess.
770	arrant	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: arrant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	complete and unmistakable, especially in something bad	The forged quotation was arrant dishonesty.

The Fulsome Tribute

Reading practice for pages 22–23. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

A critic refuses to feign admiration for an idiosyncratic new sculpture. Its playful iconoclasm challenges familiar public monuments, yet the artist appears insouciant about public anger. At the opening, a sponsor offers fulsome praise so excessive that listeners question whether it is sincere.

Reading comprehension

1. What does the critic refuse to feign?

The critic refuses to feign admiration.

2. How does the artist respond to anger?

The artist appears insouciant.

3. Why does the praise seem doubtful?

The fulsome praise is so excessive that it seems insincere.

Page 23: words 771–800

Vocabulary page 23
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
771	aver	verb Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: aver is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to state or assert something firmly as true	The witness continued to aver that the signature was genuine.
772	bellicose	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: bellicose is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	aggressive and eager for conflict	The leader's bellicose speech alarmed neighboring states.
773	beneficent	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: beneficent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	doing good or producing a helpful effect	The beneficent foundation supplied clean water to remote villages.
774	cavil	verb Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: cavil is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to raise petty or unnecessary objections	Reviewers may cavil at the font, but the data remain convincing.
775	chauvinism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	excessive belief in the superiority of one's group	National chauvinism led the speaker to dismiss every foreign achievement.
776	circumspection	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	careful consideration of risks before action or speech	The unresolved evidence required circumspection from investigators.
777	commensurability	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ability forms a noun for the capacity to have a quality or perform an action.	the quality of being measurable or comparable by a common standard	Different grading scales complicated the scores' commensurability.
778	contrition	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ition commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	sincere remorse for wrongdoing	His contrition was evident in the apology and restitution.
779	declivity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	a downward slope	Loose stones made the steep declivity dangerous.
780	desiccated	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: desiccated is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	thoroughly dried out or lacking vitality	The desiccated specimen crumbled when exposed to air.
781	dispositive	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency.	decisive in settling an issue or case	The newly dated letter was dispositive evidence of ownership.
782	effulgent	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: effulgent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	shining brightly or radiantly	The moon appeared effulgent above the dark lake.
783	enjoin	verb Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: enjoin is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to order or urge someone authoritatively to do or stop something	The court will enjoin the company from dumping waste.
784	enmity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: enmity is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	deep and lasting hostility	Years of enmity made cooperation difficult.
785	equable	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: equable is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	steady, calm, and not subject to sudden change	Her equable temperament helped during the crisis.
786	extemporize	verb Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ize commonly forms a verb meaning to make, become, or apply.	to speak, perform, or create without advance preparation	When the notes disappeared, the lecturer had to extemporize.
787	factitious	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	artificially created rather than naturally arising	The advertisement manufactured a factitious sense of urgency.
788	fecundity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	the ability to produce abundant offspring, ideas, or growth	The writer's fecundity yielded three novels in two years.
789	hector	verb Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: hector is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to bully or intimidate through forceful speech	The supervisor tried to hector employees into unpaid overtime.
790	imprecation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	a spoken curse or wish for harm	The angry character ends his speech with an imprecation.
791	indigence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	extreme poverty or lack of basic resources	The relief program provides legal aid to people facing indigence.
792	inefficacious	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	not producing the intended effect	The diluted treatment proved inefficacious against the infection.
793	interdict	verb Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: interdict is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	to prohibit something by authority	The treaty will interdict the sale of the banned weapon.
794	lassitude	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: lassitude is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	physical or mental weariness and lack of energy	The fever left her with several days of lassitude.
795	mendacity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	dishonesty or a tendency to lie	Repeated contradictions exposed the official's mendacity.
796	pecuniary	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: pecuniary is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	relating to money or financial matters	The court awarded pecuniary damages for lost wages.
797	perspicuity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	clarity and ease of understanding in expression	The manual's perspicuity helped beginners complete the repair.
798	quotidian	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: quotidian is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	ordinary or occurring every day	The novel finds meaning in quotidian routines such as cooking and commuting.
799	recalcitrance	noun Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	stubborn resistance to authority, control, or correction	The agency's recalcitrance delayed release of the records.
800	sanguinary	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: sanguinary is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	involving or eager for extensive bloodshed	The historian rejects the general's sanguinary plan as needless slaughter.

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