English Vocabulary · Grade 11 Live Review Preview
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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Page 1: words 1–35
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | replicability | noun StudyField: 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. | replicabilidade | The second laboratory tested the finding's replicability with new participants. |
| 2 | research synthesis | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: research + synthesis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | síntese de pesquisa | The research synthesis revealed agreement across twelve climate surveys. |
| 3 | literature review | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: literature + review. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | revisão bibliográfica | Her literature review identified a gap in studies of rural transit. |
| 4 | scoping review | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: scoping + review. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | revisão de escopo | The scoping review catalogued research on adolescent sleep without estimating one combined effect. |
| 5 | attrition bias | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: attrition + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | viés de atrito | Attrition bias may exaggerate improvement if struggling patients leave the trial. |
| 6 | recall bias | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: recall + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | viés de recordação | Recall bias affected interviews about meals eaten several months earlier. |
| 7 | survivorship bias | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: survivorship + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | preconceito de sobrevivência | Survivorship bias made risky start-ups appear more reliable than they were. |
| 8 | observer bias | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: observer + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | preconceito do observador | Blinded scoring reduced observer bias in the behavior study. |
| 9 | detection bias | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: detection + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | viés de detecção | More frequent scans created detection bias in the comparison. |
| 10 | reporting bias | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: reporting + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | viés de reportagem | Reporting bias hid several measurements that did not support the claim. |
| 11 | p-hacking | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: p + hacking. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | p-hacking | The audit found p-hacking after researchers tried dozens of unplanned comparisons. |
| 12 | data dredging | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: data + dredging. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | dragagem de dados | Data dredging produced a striking correlation that vanished in a new sample. |
| 13 | cherry-picking | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: cherry + picking. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | colheita seletiva | Cherry-picking two unusually warm days cannot establish a yearly trend. |
| 14 | operationalization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming. | operacionalização | The study's operationalization of loneliness combined survey responses and contact frequency. |
| 15 | abductive | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency. | abdutivo | The detective used abductive reasoning to explain several clues with one hypothesis. |
| 16 | Bayesian | adjective StudyField: 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. | bayesiano | A Bayesian model revised the forecast after each new measurement. |
| 17 | frequentist | adjective StudyField: 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. | frequentista | The frequentist analysis estimated how often the procedure would err over many samples. |
| 18 | posterior probability | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: posterior + probability. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | probabilidade posterior | The positive test raised the posterior probability of infection. |
| 19 | prior probability | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: prior + probability. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | probabilidade anterior | Local prevalence informed the prior probability used in the diagnosis model. |
| 20 | likelihood | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. probabilidade 2. verossimilhança | The model chose the estimate with the greatest likelihood. |
| 21 | credible interval | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: credible + interval. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | intervalo confiável | The credible interval placed the treatment effect between two and six points. |
| 22 | model specification | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: model + specification. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | especificação do modelo | Poor model specification omitted the seasonal factor driving sales. |
| 23 | overfitting | noun StudyField: 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. | sobreajuste | Overfitting made the complex forecast accurate only for past years. |
| 24 | underfitting | noun StudyField: 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. | adaptação insuficiente | Underfitting occurred when a straight line represented a curved trend. |
| 25 | cross-validation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: cross + validation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | validação cruzada | Cross-validation showed that the simpler classifier generalized better. |
| 26 | sensitivity analysis | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: sensitivity + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | análise de sensibilidade | The sensitivity analysis repeated the estimate under three definitions of poverty. |
| 27 | robustness check | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: robustness + check. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | verificação de robustez | A robustness check confirmed the pattern after extreme values were removed. |
| 28 | proxy variable | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: proxy + variable. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | variável proxy | Nighttime light served as a proxy variable for local economic activity. |
| 29 | instrumental variable | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: instrumental + variable. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | variável instrumental | Rainfall acted as an instrumental variable in the irrigation study. |
| 30 | natural experiment | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: natural + experiment. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | experimento natural | The sudden policy boundary created a natural experiment in school funding. |
| 31 | quasi-experiment | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: quasi + experiment. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | quase-experimento | The district comparison was a quasi-experiment because families chose their schools. |
| 32 | field experiment | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: field + experiment. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | experimento de campo | The field experiment changed store signs and measured actual purchases. |
| 33 | laboratory experiment | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: laboratory + experiment. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | experimento de laboratório | The laboratory experiment isolated the effect of noise on memory. |
| 34 | mixed methods | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: mixed + methods. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | métodos mistos | The mixed methods study paired survey statistics with detailed interviews. |
| 35 | narrative inquiry | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: narrative + inquiry. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | investigação narrativa | 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.
Portuguese translation
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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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | purposive sampling | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: purposive + sampling. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | amostragem proposital | Purposive sampling recruited nurses who had worked during the outbreak. |
| 37 | snowball sampling | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: snowball + sampling. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | amostragem de bola de neve | Snowball sampling helped researchers contact undocumented workers. |
| 38 | saturation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | saturação | Interviews continued until saturation, when no new concerns appeared. |
| 39 | reflexivity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | reflexividade | The ethnographer used reflexivity to question her interpretation of silence. |
| 40 | positionality | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | posicionalidade | The author explained how her positionality influenced access to the community. |
| 41 | transferability | noun StudyField: 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. | transferibilidade | Detailed setting descriptions help readers judge a study's transferability. |
| 42 | intersubjectivity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | intersubjetividade | Independent coders discussed disagreements to strengthen intersubjectivity. |
| 43 | methodological pluralism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: methodological + pluralism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | pluralismo metodológico | Methodological pluralism allowed the team to combine experiments, archives, and interviews. |
| 44 | registered report | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: registered + report. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | relatório registrado | The journal approved the registered report before data collection began. |
| 45 | preprint | noun StudyField: 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. | pré-impressão | The authors labeled the preprint clearly so readers knew review was incomplete. |
| 46 | corrigendum | noun StudyField: 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. | errata | The journal issued a corrigendum replacing the mislabeled figure. |
| 47 | editorial review | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: editorial + review. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | revisão editorial | Editorial review rejected the article because it fell outside the journal's scope. |
| 48 | peer reviewer | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: peer + reviewer. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | revisor | The peer reviewer requested clearer evidence for the causal claim. |
| 49 | deidentification | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | desidentificação | Deidentification replaced patient names and exact addresses before analysis. |
| 50 | anonymization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming. | anonimização | Strong anonymization made the public dataset unsuitable for tracking one respondent. |
| 51 | pseudonymization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming. | pseudonimização | Pseudonymization let authorized staff reconnect records when follow-up was necessary. |
| 52 | data minimization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: data + minimization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | minimização de dados | Data minimization kept the survey from requesting irrelevant birth dates. |
| 53 | primary evidence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: primary + evidence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | evidência primária | The original ship log provided primary evidence of the voyage. |
| 54 | secondary evidence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: secondary + evidence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | evidência secundária | The historian compared secondary evidence from three scholarly books. |
| 55 | provenance | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | 1. procedência 2. proveniência | The museum verified the painting's provenance before accepting it. |
| 56 | contextualization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming. | contextualização | Contextualization showed that the speech responded to a recent strike. |
| 57 | historiography | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Root and suffix focus: -graphy relates to writing, recording, or describing. | historiografia | Her historiography traces changing explanations of the revolution. |
| 58 | archival record | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: archival + record. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | registro de arquivo | An archival record confirmed the council's vote in 1912. |
| 59 | textual evidence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: textual + evidence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | evidência textual | The essay cites textual evidence for the narrator's growing distrust. |
| 60 | quantitative literacy | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: quantitative + literacy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | alfabetização quantitativa | Quantitative literacy helped readers notice that the graph lacked a zero baseline. |
| 61 | qualitative evidence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: qualitative + evidence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | evidência qualitativa | Interview excerpts supplied qualitative evidence about workplace stress. |
| 62 | claim-evidence-reasoning | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: claim + evidence + reasoning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | raciocínio de reivindicação-evidência | Her claim-evidence-reasoning paragraph explains why the measurements support the model. |
| 63 | null result | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: null + result. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | resultado nulo | The null result suggested that the supplement did not improve memory. |
| 64 | confidence distribution | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: confidence + distribution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | distribuição de confiança | The confidence distribution displayed uncertainty around the estimated rate. |
| 65 | data repository | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: data + repository. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | repositório de dados | The team deposited its cleaned files in a public data repository. |
| 66 | open access | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: open + access. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | acesso aberto | Open access allowed community organizers to read the health study. |
| 67 | predatory journal | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: predatory + journal. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | diário predatório | The researcher avoided a predatory journal that promised acceptance within one day. |
| 68 | citation network | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: citation + network. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | rede de citações | The citation network revealed two largely separate research communities. |
| 69 | bibliometrics | noun StudyField: 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. | bibliometria | Bibliometrics showed rapid growth in battery-recycling research. |
| 70 | altmetrics | noun StudyField: 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. | altmetria | 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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | impact factor | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: impact + factor. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | fator de impacto | The committee refused to treat impact factor as a score for each researcher. |
| 72 | h-index | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: h + index. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | índice h | Her h-index rose after several older papers received new attention. |
| 73 | scholarly consensus | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: scholarly + consensus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | consenso acadêmico | Scholarly consensus formed after many independent studies reached similar conclusions. |
| 74 | academic integrity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: academic + integrity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | integridade acadêmica | Academic integrity requires acknowledging both quoted and paraphrased sources. |
| 75 | self-plagiarism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: self + plagiarism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | autoplágio | The policy treats undisclosed duplication of a published paragraph as self-plagiarism. |
| 76 | vertical reading | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: vertical + reading. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | leitura vertical | Vertical reading found that the article provided no evidence for its headline. |
| 77 | coverage error | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: coverage + error. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | erro de cobertura | An outdated address list created coverage error in the household survey. |
| 78 | attrition rate | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: attrition + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | taxa de atrito | The yearlong trial reported an attrition rate of eighteen percent. |
| 79 | preregistered analysis | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: preregistered + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | análise pré-cadastrada | The preregistered analysis limited opportunities to change outcomes after seeing the data. |
| 80 | exploratory analysis | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: exploratory + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | análise exploratória | Exploratory analysis suggested a possible link requiring a new study. |
| 81 | confirmatory analysis | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: confirmatory + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | análise confirmatória | The confirmatory analysis used the outcome named before enrollment. |
| 82 | data visualization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: data + visualization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | visualização de dados | The data visualization made the regional trend visible without hiding uncertainty. |
| 83 | model fit | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: model + fit. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | ajuste do modelo | Residual plots exposed poor model fit at high temperatures. |
| 84 | practical significance | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: practical + significance. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | significado prático | A one-second improvement lacked practical significance for emergency response. |
| 85 | confidence coefficient | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: confidence + coefficient. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | coeficiente de confiança | A 0.95 confidence coefficient describes the procedure, not one interval's probability. |
| 86 | data dictionary | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: data + dictionary. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | dicionário de dados | The data dictionary explains that 999 represents a missing measurement. |
| 87 | variable coding | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: variable + coding. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | codificação variável | Variable coding represented yes as one and no as zero. |
| 88 | measurement invariance | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: measurement + invariance. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | invariância de medição | Measurement invariance was checked before comparing the two language groups. |
| 89 | intercoder reliability | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: intercoder + reliability. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | confiabilidade do intercodificador | Training improved intercoder reliability for the interview themes. |
| 90 | citation bias | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: citation + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | viés de citação | Citation bias made positive trials appear more common in later reviews. |
| 91 | file-drawer effect | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: file + drawer + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | efeito de gaveta de arquivo | The file-drawer effect may inflate the apparent success of an intervention. |
| 92 | protocol deviation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: protocol + deviation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | desvio de protocolo | A missed follow-up visit was recorded as a protocol deviation. |
| 93 | research protocol | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: research + protocol. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | protocolo de pesquisa | The ethics board reviewed the research protocol before recruitment. |
| 94 | analysis plan | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: analysis + plan. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | plano de análise | The analysis plan named the primary outcome and planned comparisons. |
| 95 | data management plan | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: data + management + plan. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | plano de gerenciamento de dados | The grant required a data management plan with backup and access rules. |
| 96 | code availability | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: code + availability. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | disponibilidade de código | Code availability allowed another team to reproduce every figure. |
| 97 | materials availability | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: materials + availability. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | disponibilidade de materiais | Materials availability made the classroom experiment easier to replicate. |
| 98 | selective reporting | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: selective + reporting. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | relatórios seletivos | Selective reporting made the treatment appear more consistent than the full results showed. |
| 99 | multisite study | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: multisite + study. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | estudo multisite | A multisite study tested whether the therapy worked in urban and rural clinics. |
| 100 | blind analysis | noun StudyField: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: blind + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | análise cega | Blind analysis prevented the physicists from tuning cuts toward an expected signal. |
| 101 | metanarrative | noun StudyField: 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. | metanarrativa | The novel questions the metanarrative that technological progress always improves society. |
| 102 | ekphrasis | noun StudyField: 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. | écfrase | The poet uses ekphrasis to imagine the lives beyond the painted doorway. |
| 103 | gothic | adjective StudyField: 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. | gótico | The gothic setting turns the abandoned house into a source of fear. |
| 104 | transcendentalism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | transcendentalismo | Transcendentalism shaped the essay's call for independent thought in nature. |
| 105 | spondee | noun StudyField: 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. | espondeu | 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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | polemic | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. polémica 2. polêmica | Her polemic condemns censorship but gives little space to opposing arguments. |
| 107 | eulogy | noun StudyField: 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. | tributo | The eulogy remembered the doctor through stories of quiet generosity. |
| 108 | jeremiad | noun StudyField: 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. | choramingo | The editorial becomes a jeremiad about the supposed loss of public manners. |
| 109 | epigram | noun StudyField: 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. | epigrama | The chapter ends with an epigram contrasting wealth with freedom. |
| 110 | juxtaposition | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ition commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | justaposição | The film's juxtaposition of celebration and ruin creates unease. |
| 111 | ambiguity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | ambiguidade | The final image preserves ambiguity about whether the traveler returns. |
| 112 | diglossia | noun StudyField: 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. | diglossia | In a diglossia, one variety may dominate formal writing while another guides conversation. |
| 113 | prosody | noun StudyField: 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. | prosódia | The actor's prosody makes the same sentence sound sincere rather than sarcastic. |
| 114 | pragmatics | noun StudyField: 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. | pragmática | Pragmatics explains why “Can you open the window?” usually functions as a request. |
| 115 | diegesis | noun StudyField: 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. | diegese | Music from a character's radio belongs to the film's diegesis. |
| 116 | mimesis | noun StudyField: 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. | mimese | The critic studies how the play's mimesis creates a believable courtroom. |
| 117 | sjuzhet | noun StudyField: 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. | sjuzhet | The sjuzhet reveals the ending first and then returns to the cause. |
| 118 | homodiegetic narrator | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: homodiegetic + narrator. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | narrador homodiegético | The homodiegetic narrator admits that he misunderstood the argument he witnessed. |
| 119 | heterodiegetic narrator | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: heterodiegetic + narrator. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | narrador heterodiegético | A heterodiegetic narrator describes the family from outside its world. |
| 120 | extradiegetic narrator | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: extradiegetic + narrator. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | narrador extradiegético | The extradiegetic narrator introduces the traveler who will tell the inner tale. |
| 121 | intradiegetic narrator | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: intradiegetic + narrator. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | narrador intradiegético | At the inn, an intradiegetic narrator recounts the shipwreck. |
| 122 | narratee | noun StudyField: 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. | narrador | Repeated appeals to “my dear sister” identify the letter's narratee. |
| 123 | implied author | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: implied + author. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | autor implícito | The implied author seems more skeptical than the confident narrator. |
| 124 | implied reader | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: implied + reader. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | leitor implícito | Unexplained legal terms suggest an implied reader familiar with court procedure. |
| 125 | narrative duration | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: narrative + duration. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | duração narrativa | A whole decade occupies one sentence, creating compressed narrative duration. |
| 126 | narrative frequency | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: narrative + frequency. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | frequência narrativa | The repeated account of one accident alters the novel's narrative frequency. |
| 127 | embedded narrative | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: embedded + narrative. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | narrativa incorporada | The sailor's journal forms an embedded narrative inside the detective plot. |
| 128 | historiographic metafiction | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: historiographic + metafiction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | metaficção historiográfica | The novel uses historiographic metafiction to expose gaps in the official archive. |
| 129 | psychological realism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: psychological + realism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | realismo psicológico | Psychological realism makes the protagonist's changing loyalties feel credible. |
| 130 | regionalism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | regionalismo | The story's regionalism preserves coastal vocabulary and fishing traditions. |
| 131 | local color | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: local + color. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | cor local | Descriptions of market calls and monsoon streets provide local color. |
| 132 | Southern Gothic | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: Southern + Gothic. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | Gótico do Sul | The decaying estate in the Southern Gothic story conceals a history of exploitation. |
| 133 | climate fiction | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: climate + fiction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | ficção climática | The climate fiction novel follows families displaced by rising seas. |
| 134 | creative nonfiction | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: creative + nonfiction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | não ficção criativa | Her creative nonfiction combines verified interviews with vivid scene construction. |
| 135 | lyric essay | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: lyric + essay. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | ensaio lírico | The lyric essay links fragments of memory through recurring images of water. |
| 136 | flash fiction | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: flash + fiction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | ficção instantânea | The flash fiction story implies an entire separation through one unopened letter. |
| 137 | microfiction | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | microficção | The microfiction creates a turning point in only three sentences. |
| 138 | hagiography | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Root and suffix focus: -graphy relates to writing, recording, or describing. | hagiografia | The biography becomes hagiography when it ignores every documented failure. |
| 139 | Künstlerroman | noun StudyField: 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. | Künstlerroman | The Künstlerroman follows a violinist from imitation toward an original style. |
| 140 | roman à clef | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: roman + à + clef. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | romano à clave | 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.
Portuguese translation
A reviewed translation is not available for this passage yet.
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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | closet drama | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: closet + drama. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | drama de armário | The closet drama uses scenes too vast for an ordinary stage. |
| 142 | comedy of manners | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: comedy + of + manners. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | comédia de costumes | The comedy of manners exposes hypocrisy through elegant dinner conversation. |
| 143 | revenge tragedy | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: revenge + tragedy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | tragédia de vingança | In the revenge tragedy, each act of vengeance creates another victim. |
| 144 | tragicomedy | noun StudyField: 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. | tragicomédia | The tragicomedy moves from a threatened execution to an awkward reunion. |
| 145 | melodrama | noun StudyField: 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. | melodrama | The rescue scene becomes melodrama when the villain announces every cruel intention. |
| 146 | addressee | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. destinatário 2. destinatária 3. alocutário | The poem's addressee is an absent friend who never answers. |
| 147 | masculine rhyme | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: masculine + rhyme. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | rima masculina | “Defend” and “amend” create a masculine rhyme. |
| 148 | feminine rhyme | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: feminine + rhyme. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | rima feminina | “Duty” and “beauty” form a feminine rhyme. |
| 149 | metrical foot | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: metrical + foot. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | pé | The line's metrical foot alternates an unstressed syllable with a stressed one. |
| 150 | tetrameter | noun StudyField: 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. | tetrâmetro | The ballad's tetrameter gives each long line four strong beats. |
| 151 | trimeter | noun StudyField: 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. | trímetro | The shorter trimeter line quickens the stanza. |
| 152 | hexameter | noun StudyField: 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. | hexâmetro | The epic's hexameter gives the narration a broad, formal rhythm. |
| 153 | alexandrine | noun StudyField: 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. | alexandrino | The closing alexandrine slows the poem with a central pause. |
| 154 | accentual verse | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: accentual + verse. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | verso acentuado | The accentual verse keeps four beats even when line length changes. |
| 155 | syllabic verse | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: syllabic + verse. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | verso silábico | Each line of the syllabic verse contains exactly seven syllables. |
| 156 | accentual-syllabic verse | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: accentual + syllabic + verse. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | verso silábico acentuado | The sonnet's accentual-syllabic verse follows a regular sequence of ten syllables. |
| 157 | nonce form | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: nonce + form. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | formulário de uso único | The poet created a nonce form with nine lines and an original rhyme pattern. |
| 158 | prosopopoeia | noun StudyField: 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. | prosopopéia | Through prosopopoeia, the ruined city addresses its former residents. |
| 159 | aposiopesis | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. aposiopese 2. reticência | The dash marks aposiopesis when the witness cannot finish the threat. |
| 160 | polyptoton | noun StudyField: 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. | poliptoto | “The judge must judge justly” uses polyptoton. |
| 161 | isocolon | noun StudyField: 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. | isocólon | The slogan's isocolon balances “we came to learn” with “we stayed to serve.” |
| 162 | parataxis | noun StudyField: 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. | parataxe | Parataxis gives the passage a blunt rhythm: “Rain fell. Roads closed. We waited.” |
| 163 | hypotaxis | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. hipotaxe 2. subordinação | Hypotaxis lets the sentence distinguish causes, conditions, and consequences. |
| 164 | appositive | noun StudyField: 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. | aposto | In “Mae Jemison, an engineer and astronaut, spoke,” the appositive adds information. |
| 165 | syntactic inversion | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: syntactic + inversion. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | inversão sintática | “Into the harbor sailed the ship” uses syntactic inversion. |
| 166 | paralipsis | noun StudyField: 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. | paralipse | “I will not discuss his three missed deadlines” is paralipsis. |
| 167 | discourse community | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: discourse + community. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | comunidade discursiva | Medical researchers form a discourse community with established genres and terms. |
| 168 | presupposition | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ition commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | pressuposição | “She stopped commuting” carries the presupposition that she once commuted. |
| 169 | implicature | noun StudyField: 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. | implicatura | “Some essays were clear” may carry the implicature that others were not. |
| 170 | corpus linguistics | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: corpus + linguistics. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | linguística de corpus | Corpus linguistics showed that the phrase became common after 1990. |
| 171 | lingua franca | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: lingua + franca. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | língua franca | Swahili serves as a lingua franca across several East African communities. |
| 172 | pidgin | noun StudyField: 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. | pidgin | A trade pidgin emerged among sailors who lacked a common language. |
| 173 | creole | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. crioulo 2. língua crioula | Children acquired the creole as a complete first language. |
| 174 | etymon | noun StudyField: 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. | étimo | The Latin etymon helps explain the English word's spelling. |
| 175 | loanword | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. estrangeirismo 2. empréstimo | “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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | calque | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. decalque 2. decalque linguístico | “Flea market” has produced a calque in several languages. |
| 177 | bathos | noun StudyField: 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. | banho | The heroic speech ends in bathos when the warrior complains about his lunch. |
| 178 | heteroglossia | noun StudyField: 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. | heteroglossia | The novel's heteroglossia brings official, regional, and rebellious speech into conflict. |
| 179 | dialogism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | dialogismo | Dialogism prevents the novel from granting one character final authority. |
| 180 | carnivalesque | adjective StudyField: 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. | carnavalesco | The carnivalesque festival lets servants mock their masters. |
| 181 | liminality | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | liminaridade | The journey creates liminality as the initiate leaves childhood but has not entered adulthood. |
| 182 | paratext | noun StudyField: 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. | paratexto | The title and cover form a paratext that frames the novel as a mystery. |
| 183 | peritext | noun StudyField: 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. | peritexto | The preface and footnotes belong to the book's peritext. |
| 184 | epitext | noun StudyField: 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. | epitexto | An author's interview can function as epitext for readers of the novel. |
| 185 | textual apparatus | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: textual + apparatus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | aparelho textual | The textual apparatus explains why the editor chose one manuscript reading. |
| 186 | variorum | noun StudyField: 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. | variorum | The variorum lists alternate lines from every surviving draft. |
| 187 | emendation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | emenda | The emendation restores a word blurred in the earliest printing. |
| 188 | recension | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -sion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | recensão | The northern recension includes a chapter absent from other manuscripts. |
| 189 | metalepsis | noun StudyField: 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. | metalepse | Metalepsis occurs when the author suddenly argues with her own character. |
| 190 | chronotope | noun StudyField: 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. | cronotopo | The road chronotope makes travel the setting for meetings and change. |
| 191 | polyphony | noun StudyField: 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. | polifonia | The novel's polyphony allows each sibling to challenge the family history. |
| 192 | monoglossia | noun StudyField: 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. | monoglossia | The decree's monoglossia permits no alternative account of the event. |
| 193 | intermediality | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | intermedialidade | The production's intermediality combines live theater, film, and projected text. |
| 194 | ecocriticism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | ecocrítica | Ecocriticism reveals how the poem treats the river as more than scenery. |
| 195 | postcolonialism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | pós-colonialismo | Postcolonialism guides the essay's analysis of imposed place names. |
| 196 | reader-response criticism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: reader + response + criticism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | crítica da resposta do leitor | Reader-response criticism compares how two communities interpret the ending. |
| 197 | new historicism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: new + historicism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | novo historicismo | New historicism places the play beside court records and travel accounts. |
| 198 | poststructuralism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | pós-estruturalismo | Poststructuralism draws attention to contradictions within the category of “civilized.” |
| 199 | semiotics | noun StudyField: 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. | semiótica | Semiotics examines how color and clothing signal authority in the film. |
| 200 | signifier | noun StudyField: 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. | significante | The red light is a signifier whose meaning depends on the traffic system. |
| 201 | anatomical position | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: anatomical + position. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. posição anatómica 2. posição anatômica | In anatomical position, the palms face forward and the feet point ahead. |
| 202 | sagittal plane | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: sagittal + plane. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | plano sagital | A sagittal plane passes from the front of the body to the back. |
| 203 | coronal plane | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: coronal + plane. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | plano coronal | The coronal plane separates anterior structures from posterior ones. |
| 204 | transverse plane | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: transverse + plane. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | plano transversal | The scan shows a transverse plane through the abdomen. |
| 205 | proximal | adjective StudyField: 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. | proximal | The elbow is proximal to the wrist. |
| 206 | distal | adjective StudyField: 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. | distal | The fingers are distal to the shoulder. |
| 207 | medial | adjective StudyField: 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. | meio | The sternum is medial to the ribs. |
| 208 | lateral | adjective StudyField: 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. | lateral | The lungs are lateral to the heart. |
| 209 | ventral | adjective StudyField: 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. | ventral | The ventral surface of the human body includes the chest. |
| 210 | dorsal | adjective StudyField: 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. | dorsal | 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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 211 | cranial | adjective StudyField: 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. | 1. craniano 2. cranial | The chest is cranial to the abdomen. |
| 212 | caudal | adjective StudyField: 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. | caudal | The pelvis is caudal to the stomach. |
| 213 | endocytosis | noun StudyField: 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. | endocitose | A white blood cell uses endocytosis to engulf a bacterium. |
| 214 | exocytosis | noun StudyField: 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. | exocitose | The neuron releases transmitter molecules through exocytosis. |
| 215 | membrane potential | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: membrane + potential. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | potencial de membrana | Ion movement changes the neuron's membrane potential. |
| 216 | depolarization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming. | despolarização | Sodium entry causes rapid depolarization of the neuron. |
| 217 | repolarization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming. | repolarização | Potassium leaving the cell contributes to repolarization. |
| 218 | receptor | noun StudyField: 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. | receptor | Insulin binds to a receptor on the target cell. |
| 219 | agonist | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ist often names a person associated with a field, belief, or practice. | agonista | The drug acts as an agonist at the pain-control receptor. |
| 220 | thalamus | noun StudyField: 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. | tálamo | The thalamus directs visual signals toward the occipital cortex. |
| 221 | hippocampus | noun StudyField: 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. | hipocampo | Damage to the hippocampus can impair new long-term memories. |
| 222 | amygdala | noun StudyField: 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. | amígdala | The amygdala responds strongly to a suddenly fearful face. |
| 223 | corpus callosum | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: corpus + callosum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | corpo caloso | The corpus callosum carries information between left and right cortical areas. |
| 224 | myelin | noun StudyField: 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. | mielina | Myelin helps electrical signals travel rapidly along an axon. |
| 225 | endocrine system | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: endocrine + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | sistema endócrino | The endocrine system helps coordinate growth, metabolism, and reproduction. |
| 226 | feedback loop | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: feedback + loop. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | ciclo de feedback | A feedback loop adjusts hormone release when blood levels change. |
| 227 | epidemiology | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Root and suffix focus: -logy means the study of a subject. | epidemiologia | Epidemiology linked contaminated water to the neighborhood outbreak. |
| 228 | prevalence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | prevalência | The survey estimated diabetes prevalence among adults in the region. |
| 229 | morbidity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | morbilidade | Vaccination reduced severe morbidity during the outbreak. |
| 230 | mortality | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | mortalidade | Improved trauma care lowered mortality after road accidents. |
| 231 | epidemic | noun StudyField: 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. | epidemia | The city declared an epidemic after measles cases rose sharply. |
| 232 | pandemic | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. pandêmico 2. pandémico 3. pandemia | International surveillance tracked the pandemic across several regions. |
| 233 | reservoir | noun StudyField: 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. | reservatório | Wild birds can serve as a reservoir for some influenza viruses. |
| 234 | zoonosis | noun StudyField: 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. | zoonose | Rabies is a zoonosis that can spread through an infected bite. |
| 235 | risk factor | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: risk + factor. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | fator de risco | Smoking is a major risk factor for lung cancer. |
| 236 | protective factor | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: protective + factor. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | fator de proteção | Reliable adult support can be a protective factor during adolescence. |
| 237 | public health surveillance | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: public + health + surveillance. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | vigilância em saúde pública | Public health surveillance detected an unusual cluster of foodborne illness. |
| 238 | randomized controlled trial | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: randomized + controlled + trial. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | ensaio clínico randomizado | The randomized controlled trial compared the new therapy with standard care. |
| 239 | clinical trial | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: clinical + trial. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | ensaio clínico | The clinical trial monitored both benefits and harmful effects. |
| 240 | prognosis | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. prognose 2. prognóstico | Early treatment improved the patient's prognosis. |
| 241 | etiology | noun StudyField: 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. | etiologia | Testing established a viral etiology for the fever. |
| 242 | pathology | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Root and suffix focus: -logy means the study of a subject. | patologia | The biopsy revealed pathology consistent with chronic inflammation. |
| 243 | syndrome | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. síndrome 2. síndroma | The syndrome includes fatigue, fever, and a distinctive rash. |
| 244 | comorbidity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | comorbidade | Hypertension is a common comorbidity in patients with diabetes. |
| 245 | contraindication | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | contraindicação | 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.
Portuguese translation
A reviewed translation is not available for this passage yet.
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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 246 | dosage | noun StudyField: 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. | dosagem | The physician adjusted the dosage according to the child's weight. |
| 247 | adverse effect | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: adverse + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | efeito adverso | Dizziness was the most common adverse effect of the drug. |
| 248 | placebo | noun StudyField: 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. | placebo | The control group received a placebo without the active ingredient. |
| 249 | nocebo | noun StudyField: 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. | nocebo | Warnings alone can sometimes contribute to a nocebo response. |
| 250 | afferent neuron | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: afferent + neuron. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | neurônio aferente | An afferent neuron carries the pain signal from the finger toward the spinal cord. |
| 251 | efferent neuron | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: efferent + neuron. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | neurônio eferente | An efferent neuron activates the muscle that withdraws the hand. |
| 252 | somatic nervous system | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: somatic + nervous + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | sistema nervoso somático | The somatic nervous system allows a pianist to move each finger deliberately. |
| 253 | autonomic nervous system | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: autonomic + nervous + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. sistema nervoso autónomo 2. sistema nervoso autônomo | The autonomic nervous system changes heart rate during stress. |
| 254 | glial cell | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: glial + cell. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | célula glial | A glial cell can nourish neurons and stabilize their environment. |
| 255 | astrocyte | noun StudyField: 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. | astrócito | An astrocyte helps maintain chemical balance near a synapse. |
| 256 | microglia | noun StudyField: 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. | micróglia | Microglia remove damaged material after a brain injury. |
| 257 | oligodendrocyte | noun StudyField: 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. | oligodendrócito | One oligodendrocyte can insulate portions of several axons. |
| 258 | Schwann cell | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: Schwann + cell. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | Célula de Schwann | A Schwann cell wraps one segment of a peripheral nerve fiber. |
| 259 | axon | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. axónio 2. axônio | The impulse traveled down the axon toward the muscle. |
| 260 | dendrite | noun StudyField: 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. | dendrito | Each dendrite collects messages from nearby neurons. |
| 261 | refractory period | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: refractory + period. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | período refratário | The refractory period helps keep an action potential moving in one direction. |
| 262 | saltatory conduction | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: saltatory + conduction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | condução saltatória | Saltatory conduction speeds impulses along myelinated nerves. |
| 263 | acetylcholine | noun StudyField: 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. | acetilcolina | Motor neurons release acetylcholine at skeletal muscles. |
| 264 | dopamine | noun StudyField: 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. | dopamina | Dopamine signaling helps the brain update expectations after a reward. |
| 265 | serotonin | noun StudyField: 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. | serotonina | Serotonin pathways influence sleep and emotional regulation. |
| 266 | norepinephrine | noun StudyField: 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. | norepinefrina | Norepinephrine increases arousal during an emergency. |
| 267 | GABA | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Capitalization focus: GABA is an abbreviation or initialism; preserve its capital letters. | GABA | GABA reduces the likelihood that a nearby neuron will fire. |
| 268 | glutamate | noun StudyField: 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. | glutamato | Glutamate activates receptors important for learning. |
| 269 | blood-brain barrier | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: blood + brain + barrier. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | barreira hematoencefálica | The blood-brain barrier blocks many toxins but also some medicines. |
| 270 | basal ganglia | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: basal + ganglia. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | gânglios da base | The basal ganglia help initiate a practiced movement. |
| 271 | medulla oblongata | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: medulla + oblongata. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | medula oblonga | The medulla oblongata helps maintain breathing during sleep. |
| 272 | pons | noun StudyField: 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. | ponte | The pons relays information between the cerebellum and the cortex. |
| 273 | midbrain | noun StudyField: 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. | mesencéfalo | The midbrain helps turn the eyes toward a sudden flash. |
| 274 | reticular formation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: reticular + formation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | formação reticular | The reticular formation helps maintain wakefulness. |
| 275 | Broca's area | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: Broca's + area. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | área de Broca | Damage to Broca's area can make speech slow and effortful. |
| 276 | Wernicke's area | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: Wernicke's + area. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | área de Wernicke | Damage to Wernicke's area can impair comprehension of spoken words. |
| 277 | lateralization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming. | lateralização | Language shows partial lateralization toward the left hemisphere in many people. |
| 278 | sensory adaptation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: sensory + adaptation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | adaptação sensorial | Sensory adaptation makes a room's odor less noticeable after several minutes. |
| 279 | proprioception | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | propriocepção | Proprioception lets a dancer place a foot without looking down. |
| 280 | nociception | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | nocicepção | 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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 281 | vestibular system | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: vestibular + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | sistema vestibular | The vestibular system helps stabilize vision while the head turns. |
| 282 | endocrine axis | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: endocrine + axis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | eixo endócrino | The endocrine axis coordinates signals between the brain and thyroid gland. |
| 283 | hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis | noun StudyField: 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. | Eixo hipotálamo-hipófise-adrenal | Prolonged stress can repeatedly activate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. |
| 284 | cortisol | noun StudyField: 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. | cortisol | Cortisol levels normally follow a daily rhythm. |
| 285 | melatonin | noun StudyField: 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. | melatonina | Darkness stimulates melatonin release in the evening. |
| 286 | thyroxine | noun StudyField: 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. | tiroxina | Low thyroxine levels can slow metabolic activity. |
| 287 | humoral immunity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: humoral + immunity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | imunidade humoral | Humoral immunity produces antibodies that bind a specific virus. |
| 288 | cell-mediated immunity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: cell + mediated + immunity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | imunidade mediada por células | Cell-mediated immunity can destroy cells infected by a virus. |
| 289 | lymphocyte | noun StudyField: 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. | linfócito | Each lymphocyte recognizes particular molecular targets. |
| 290 | macrophage | noun StudyField: 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. | macrófago | The macrophage swallowed bacteria at the wound. |
| 291 | complement system | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: complement + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | sistema complemento | The complement system marked the bacterium for destruction. |
| 292 | antimicrobial resistance | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: antimicrobial + resistance. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | resistência antimicrobiana | Unnecessary antibiotic use accelerates antimicrobial resistance. |
| 293 | nosocomial infection | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: nosocomial + infection. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | infecção nosocomial | Strict hand hygiene reduced nosocomial infection in the ward. |
| 294 | case fatality rate | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: case + fatality + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | taxa de letalidade | Early treatment lowered the disease's case fatality rate. |
| 295 | attack rate | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: attack + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | taxa de ataque | Investigators calculated the attack rate among guests who ate the salad. |
| 296 | prevalence ratio | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: prevalence + ratio. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | razão de prevalência | The prevalence ratio showed asthma was twice as common in the exposed group. |
| 297 | incidence rate | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: incidence + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | taxa de incidência | The study reported an incidence rate of five cases per thousand person-years. |
| 298 | relative risk | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: relative + risk. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | risco relativo | A relative risk above one indicated greater illness among exposed workers. |
| 299 | odds ratio | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: odds + ratio. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | razão de probabilidade | The case-control study used an odds ratio to assess the association. |
| 300 | outbreak investigation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: outbreak + investigation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | investigação de surto | The outbreak investigation traced infections to one cooling tower. |
| 301 | kinematics | noun StudyField: 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. | cinemática | Kinematics relates the car's position, velocity, and acceleration over time. |
| 302 | dynamics | noun StudyField: 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. | dinâmica | Dynamics explains how the applied force changes the cart's motion. |
| 303 | rotational kinetic energy | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: rotational + kinetic + energy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | energia cinética rotacional | The spinning flywheel stores rotational kinetic energy. |
| 304 | simple harmonic motion | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: simple + harmonic + motion. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | movimento harmônico simples | A small mass on an ideal spring approximates simple harmonic motion. |
| 305 | Hooke's law | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Hooke's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | Lei de Hooke | Hooke's law predicts twice the force for twice the stretch. |
| 306 | spring constant | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: spring + constant. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | constante de mola | The stiffer spring has the larger spring constant. |
| 307 | damping | noun StudyField: 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. | amortecimento | Air resistance provides damping that reduces the pendulum's swing. |
| 308 | driven oscillation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: driven + oscillation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | oscilação acionada | The motor creates a driven oscillation in the platform. |
| 309 | node | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. nó 2. nodo | The string stays still at each node. |
| 310 | antinode | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. antinó 2. antinodo | The string moves most widely at the antinode. |
| 311 | fundamental frequency | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: fundamental + frequency. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | frequência fundamental | The long pipe has a lower fundamental frequency than the short pipe. |
| 312 | harmonic | noun StudyField: 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. | harmonioso | The second harmonic vibrates at twice the fundamental frequency. |
| 313 | beat frequency | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: beat + frequency. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | frequência de batida | Two tones at 440 and 443 hertz create a beat frequency of three hertz. |
| 314 | sound intensity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: sound + intensity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | intensidade sonora | Sound intensity decreases as the wave spreads outward. |
| 315 | index of refraction | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: index + of + refraction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | índice de refração | 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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 316 | total internal reflection | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: total + internal + reflection. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | reflexão interna total | Optical fibers guide light through total internal reflection. |
| 317 | focal length | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: focal + length. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | distância focal | A short focal length gives the camera a wider field of view. |
| 318 | real image | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: real + image. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | imagem real | The projector lens forms a real image on the screen. |
| 319 | virtual image | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: virtual + image. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | imagem virtual | A flat mirror produces a virtual image behind its surface. |
| 320 | convex lens | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: convex + lens. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | lente convexa | A convex lens focuses sunlight to a small point. |
| 321 | concave lens | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: concave + lens. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | lente côncava | A concave lens spreads the incoming beam. |
| 322 | diffraction grating | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: diffraction + grating. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | grade de difração | The diffraction grating spreads white light into distinct colors. |
| 323 | electric potential | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: electric + potential. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | potencial elétrico | The battery establishes a difference in electric potential. |
| 324 | electric current | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: electric + current. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. corrente 2. corrente elétrica | Closing the switch allows electric current through the lamp. |
| 325 | Coulomb's law | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Coulomb's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | Lei de Coulomb | Coulomb's law predicts weaker force when the charges move farther apart. |
| 326 | electric flux | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: electric + flux. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | fluxo elétrico | Electric flux through the sphere depends on the enclosed charge. |
| 327 | Gauss's law | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Gauss's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | Lei de Gauss | Gauss's law simplifies the field calculation for a charged sphere. |
| 328 | magnetic flux | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: magnetic + flux. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | fluxo magnético | Rotating the coil changes its magnetic flux. |
| 329 | Faraday's law | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Faraday's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | Lei de Faraday | Faraday's law explains the voltage produced by the generator. |
| 330 | Lenz's law | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Lenz's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | Lei de Lenz | Lenz's law predicts the induced field's direction. |
| 331 | Kirchhoff's rules | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Kirchhoff's + rules. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | Regras de Kirchhoff | Kirchhoff's rules determine the currents in the branching circuit. |
| 332 | Ohm's law | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Ohm's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | lei de Ohm | Ohm's law gives a current of two amperes through the resistor. |
| 333 | resistivity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | resistividade | Copper's low resistivity makes it useful for wires. |
| 334 | dielectric | noun StudyField: 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. | dielétrico | The dielectric between capacitor plates increases stored charge. |
| 335 | transformer | noun StudyField: 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. | transformador | The transformer lowers transmission voltage for household use. |
| 336 | inductor | noun StudyField: 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. | indutor | The inductor resists a rapid change in current. |
| 337 | reactance | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | reatância | The inductor's reactance increases with frequency. |
| 338 | rms voltage | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: rms + voltage. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | tensão eficaz | The meter reports the outlet's rms voltage. |
| 339 | photoelectric effect | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: photoelectric + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | efeito fotoelétrico | The photoelectric effect showed that light transfers energy in discrete amounts. |
| 340 | de Broglie wavelength | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: de + Broglie + wavelength. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | comprimento de onda de de Broglie | A faster electron has a shorter de Broglie wavelength. |
| 341 | wave-particle duality | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: wave + particle + duality. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | dualidade onda-corpúsculo | Electron diffraction demonstrates wave-particle duality. |
| 342 | uncertainty principle | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: uncertainty + principle. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | princípio da incerteza | The uncertainty principle prevents exact knowledge of both electron position and momentum. |
| 343 | atomic spectrum | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: atomic + spectrum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | espectro atômico | Hydrogen's atomic spectrum contains a distinct set of lines. |
| 344 | ground state | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: ground + state. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | estado fundamental | The electron returns to the ground state by emitting a photon. |
| 345 | excited state | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: excited + state. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | estado excitado | Absorbed light raises the atom to an excited state. |
| 346 | binding energy | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: binding + energy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | energia de ligação | Nuclear binding energy holds protons and neutrons together. |
| 347 | mass defect | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: mass + defect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | defeito de massa | The mass defect corresponds to nuclear binding energy. |
| 348 | nuclear force | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: nuclear + force. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | força nuclear | The nuclear force overcomes electric repulsion at very short distances. |
| 349 | chain reaction | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: chain + reaction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | reação em cadeia | Released neutrons sustain the fission chain reaction. |
| 350 | critical mass | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: critical + mass. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | massa crítica | 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.
Portuguese translation
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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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 | fusion reactor | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: fusion + reactor. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | reator de fusão | The experimental fusion reactor confines hot plasma with magnetic fields. |
| 352 | luminosity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | luminosidade | A blue giant has far greater luminosity than the Sun. |
| 353 | apparent magnitude | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: apparent + magnitude. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | magnitude aparente | Distance affects a star's apparent magnitude. |
| 354 | absolute magnitude | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: absolute + magnitude. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | magnitude absoluta | Absolute magnitude allows fair comparison of stars' intrinsic brightness. |
| 355 | spectral class | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: spectral + class. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | tipo espectral | The Sun belongs to spectral class G. |
| 356 | Hertzsprung-Russell diagram | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Hertzsprung + Russell + diagram. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | diagrama de Hertzsprung-Russell | The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram places main-sequence stars along a diagonal band. |
| 357 | supernova | noun StudyField: 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. | supernova | The supernova briefly outshone its host galaxy. |
| 358 | pulsar | noun StudyField: 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. | pulsar | The pulsar sends a radio pulse past Earth every second. |
| 359 | event horizon | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: event + horizon. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | horizonte de eventos | Light crossing the event horizon cannot return to a distant observer. |
| 360 | escape velocity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: escape + velocity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | velocidade de escape | A rocket must reach Earth's escape velocity to depart permanently. |
| 361 | spacetime | noun StudyField: 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. | espaço-tempo | Mass curves spacetime around a star. |
| 362 | gravitational lensing | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: gravitational + lensing. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | lente gravitacional | Gravitational lensing produced multiple images of the distant galaxy. |
| 363 | dark matter | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: dark + matter. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. matéria escura 2. matéria negra | Galaxy rotation suggests the presence of dark matter. |
| 364 | dark energy | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: dark + energy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. energia escura 2. energia negra | Measurements of distant supernovae support the existence of dark energy. |
| 365 | cosmic inflation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: cosmic + inflation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | inflação cósmica | Cosmic inflation helps explain the universe's large-scale uniformity. |
| 366 | blueshift | noun StudyField: 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. | desvio para o azul | The galaxy's blueshift shows that it is moving toward us. |
| 367 | transiting exoplanet | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: transiting + exoplanet. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | exoplaneta em trânsito | The transiting exoplanet causes a small periodic dip in starlight. |
| 368 | spectroscopy | noun StudyField: 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. | espectroscopia | Spectroscopy revealed sodium in the star's atmosphere. |
| 369 | climate sensitivity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: climate + sensitivity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | sensibilidade climática | Climate sensitivity estimates how strongly warming follows doubled carbon dioxide. |
| 370 | carbon sequestration | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: carbon + sequestration. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | sequestro de carbono | Forest restoration can contribute to carbon sequestration. |
| 371 | renewable energy | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: renewable + energy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | energia renovável | Wind and sunlight provide renewable energy without burning fuel. |
| 372 | grid storage | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: grid + storage. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | armazenamento em grade | Battery grid storage saves midday solar power for evening use. |
| 373 | photovoltaic cell | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: photovoltaic + cell. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | célula fotovoltaica | Each photovoltaic cell produces current when sunlight frees charge carriers. |
| 374 | wind turbine | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: wind + turbine. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. aerogerador 2. turbina eólica | The wind turbine generates more power during steady coastal winds. |
| 375 | geothermal energy | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: geothermal + energy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | energia geotérmica | The town uses geothermal energy for district heating. |
| 376 | energy density | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: energy + density. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | densidade de energia | Jet fuel has greater energy density by mass than a typical battery. |
| 377 | load-bearing | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: load + bearing. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | suporte de carga | Engineers reinforced the load-bearing column. |
| 378 | yield strength | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: yield + strength. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | força de rendimento | The beam must remain below the steel's yield strength. |
| 379 | fatigue | noun StudyField: 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. | fadiga | Microscopic cracks revealed metal fatigue in the wing. |
| 380 | ductility | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | ductilidad | Copper's ductility allows it to be drawn into thin wire. |
| 381 | brittleness | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Suffix focus: -ness forms a noun naming a quality or state. | fragilidade | Cold temperatures increased the alloy's brittleness. |
| 382 | stress concentration | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: stress + concentration. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | concentração de estresse | A rounded corner reduces stress concentration in the bracket. |
| 383 | finite element analysis | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: finite + element + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | análise de elementos finitos | Finite element analysis predicted where the bridge deck would bend most. |
| 384 | reference frame | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: reference + frame. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | quadro de referência | The ball's velocity differs between the train's reference frame and the platform's. |
| 385 | inertial frame | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: inertial + frame. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | quadro inercial | 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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 386 | noninertial frame | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: noninertial + frame. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | referencial não inercial | The turning car is a noninertial frame. |
| 387 | static equilibrium | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: static + equilibrium. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | equilíbrio estático | The hanging sign stays in static equilibrium. |
| 388 | center of mass | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: center + of + mass. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | centro de massa | The gymnast shifts her center of mass above the beam. |
| 389 | center of gravity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: center + of + gravity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. baricentro 2. centro de gravidade | A low center of gravity makes the vehicle harder to tip. |
| 390 | conservation of angular momentum | noun StudyField: 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. | conservação do momento angular | Conservation of angular momentum makes the skater spin faster when her arms move inward. |
| 391 | moment of inertia | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: moment + of + inertia. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | momento de inércia | Moving mass away from the axis increases moment of inertia. |
| 392 | damped oscillation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: damped + oscillation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | oscilação amortecida | The door closer produces a damped oscillation rather than endless swinging. |
| 393 | mechanical wave | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: mechanical + wave. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | onda mecânica | Sound is a mechanical wave traveling through air. |
| 394 | superposition principle | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: superposition + principle. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | princípio da superposição | The superposition principle explains the interference pattern. |
| 395 | coherent source | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: coherent + source. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | fonte coerente | A laser provides a coherent source for the interference experiment. |
| 396 | electromotive force | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: electromotive + force. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | força eletromotriz | The battery's electromotive force drives charge around the circuit. |
| 397 | terminal voltage | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: terminal + voltage. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | tensão terminal | Internal resistance makes terminal voltage fall under heavy load. |
| 398 | internal resistance | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: internal + resistance. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | resistência interna | The old cell's high internal resistance limits its current. |
| 399 | electric power | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: electric + power. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | energia elétrica | The heater's electric power equals voltage multiplied by current. |
| 400 | magnetic force | noun StudyField: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: magnetic + force. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | força magnética | The magnetic force bends the electron beam into a curve. |
| 401 | differentiation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | 1. diferenciação 2. derivação | Differentiation gives the velocity function from the position function. |
| 402 | antiderivative | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. integral 2. primitiva | The function x squared is an antiderivative of 2x. |
| 403 | fundamental theorem of calculus | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: fundamental + theorem + of + calculus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teorema fundamental do cálculo | The fundamental theorem of calculus lets us evaluate the integral using an antiderivative. |
| 404 | tangent line | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: tangent + line. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | reta tangente | The tangent line approximates the graph near x equals two. |
| 405 | secant line | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: secant + line. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | linha secante | The slope of the secant line gives average change over the interval. |
| 406 | instantaneous rate | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: instantaneous + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | taxa instantânea | The derivative gives the car's instantaneous rate of change in position. |
| 407 | average rate | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: average + rate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | taxa média | The average rate was sixty kilometers per hour over the full trip. |
| 408 | related rates | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: related + rates. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | taxas relacionadas | Related rates determine how fast the shadow lengthens as the person walks. |
| 409 | chain rule | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: chain + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | regra da cadeia | The chain rule differentiates the square of a sine function. |
| 410 | product rule | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: product + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | regra do produto | The product rule includes a derivative term for each factor. |
| 411 | quotient rule | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: quotient + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | regra do quociente | The quotient rule differentiates the rational expression. |
| 412 | power rule | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: power + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | regra de poder | The power rule changes x cubed into 3x squared. |
| 413 | implicit differentiation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: implicit + differentiation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | diferenciação implícita | Implicit differentiation finds the slope of the circle. |
| 414 | definite integral | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: definite + integral. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | integral definida | The definite integral gives net change from time zero to time five. |
| 415 | indefinite integral | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: indefinite + integral. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. integral indefinida 2. integral indefinido | The indefinite integral includes an arbitrary constant. |
| 416 | Riemann sum | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: Riemann + sum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | soma de Riemann | The Riemann sum becomes more accurate as the partition narrows. |
| 417 | area under the curve | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: area + under + the + curve. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | área sob a curva | The area under the curve represents total distance when velocity stays positive. |
| 418 | differential equation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: differential + equation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | equação diferencial | The differential equation models population change over time. |
| 419 | initial condition | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: initial + condition. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | condição inicial | The initial condition states that the tank holds fifty liters at noon. |
| 420 | slope field | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: slope + field. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. campo de inclinação 2. campo de direções | 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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 421 | inverse function | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: inverse + function. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | função inversa | The logarithm is an inverse function of the exponential. |
| 422 | composite function | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: composite + function. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | função composta | The composite function first squares a number and then takes its sine. |
| 423 | piecewise function | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: piecewise + function. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. função definida por partes 2. função definida por troços | The tax model is a piecewise function with separate income brackets. |
| 424 | convergence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | convergência | The sequence's convergence is clear as its terms approach zero. |
| 425 | divergence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | 1. divergência 2. divergente | The partial sums grow without bound, showing divergence. |
| 426 | series | noun StudyField: 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. | série | The geometric series adds successively smaller powers. |
| 427 | infinite series | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: infinite + series. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | série infinita | The infinite series can still converge to a finite number. |
| 428 | interval of convergence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: interval + of + convergence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | intervalo de convergência | The ratio test helps locate the interval of convergence. |
| 429 | covariance | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | covariância | Positive covariance indicates that the two measurements tend to rise together. |
| 430 | kurtosis | noun StudyField: 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. | curtose | High kurtosis makes extreme observations more common than in a normal distribution. |
| 431 | packet | noun StudyField: 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. | packet | The router forwards each packet toward its destination. |
| 432 | latency | noun StudyField: 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. | latência | High latency made the video call feel unresponsive. |
| 433 | machine learning | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: machine + learning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. aprendizagem automática 2. aprendizado de máquina | Machine learning classified the images after training on labeled examples. |
| 434 | neural network | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: neural + network. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | rede neural | The neural network learned to recognize handwritten digits. |
| 435 | training data | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: training + data. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | dados de treinamento | Biased training data produced unequal error rates. |
| 436 | validation data | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: validation + data. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | dados de validação | The team selected the model with the best validation data performance. |
| 437 | test data | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: test + data. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | dados de teste | Test data were opened only after every design choice was fixed. |
| 438 | epsilon-delta definition | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: epsilon + delta + definition. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | definição épsilon-delta | The epsilon-delta definition proves that the function approaches three. |
| 439 | left-hand limit | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: left + hand + limit. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | limite à esquerda | The left-hand limit equals zero at the jump. |
| 440 | right-hand limit | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: right + hand + limit. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | limite à direita | The right-hand limit equals two at the same jump. |
| 441 | infinite limit | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: infinite + limit. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | limite infinito | The vertical asymptote corresponds to an infinite limit. |
| 442 | limit at infinity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: limit + at + infinity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | limite no infinito | The limit at infinity is the horizontal asymptote. |
| 443 | removable discontinuity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: removable + discontinuity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | descontinuidade removível | The canceled factor leaves a removable discontinuity at x equals four. |
| 444 | jump discontinuity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: jump + discontinuity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | descontinuidade de salto | The step function has a jump discontinuity at the boundary. |
| 445 | infinite discontinuity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: infinite + discontinuity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | descontinuidade infinita | The reciprocal function has an infinite discontinuity at zero. |
| 446 | mean value theorem | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: mean + value + theorem. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teorema do valor médio | The mean value theorem guarantees one moment when instantaneous speed equaled average speed. |
| 447 | Rolle's theorem | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: Rolle's + theorem. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | Teorema de Rolle | Rolle's theorem ensures a horizontal tangent between the matching endpoints. |
| 448 | local maximum | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: local + maximum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | máximo local | The graph reaches a local maximum before descending. |
| 449 | local minimum | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: local + minimum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | mínimo local | The cost curve has a local minimum at the efficient output. |
| 450 | critical point | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: critical + point. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | ponto crítico | Each interior maximum occurs at a critical point. |
| 451 | inflection point | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: inflection + point. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | ponto de inflexão | The curve switches from bending downward to upward at the inflection point. |
| 452 | concavity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | concavidade | A positive second derivative indicates upward concavity. |
| 453 | second derivative | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: second + derivative. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | segunda derivada | The second derivative gives acceleration from the position function. |
| 454 | derivative test | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: derivative + test. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teste de derivada | The first derivative test confirms a local minimum. |
| 455 | L'Hôpital's rule | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: L'Hôpital's + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. regra de L'Hôpital 2. regra de L'Hospital | 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.
Portuguese translation
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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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 456 | u-substitution | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: u + substitution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | substituição em u | U-substitution turns the integral into a simple power. |
| 457 | integration by parts | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: integration + by + parts. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | integração por partes | Integration by parts handles the product of x and an exponential. |
| 458 | improper integral | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: improper + integral. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | integral imprópria | The improper integral converges even though its interval is infinite. |
| 459 | disk method | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: disk + method. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | método de disco | The disk method finds the solid formed by rotating the region around the axis. |
| 460 | washer method | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: washer + method. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | método de lavagem | The washer method subtracts the inner radius from the outer disk. |
| 461 | shell method | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: shell + method. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | método shell | The shell method uses vertical strips around the y-axis. |
| 462 | arc length | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: arc + length. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | comprimento do arco | The arc length formula gives the cable's curved length. |
| 463 | surface area of revolution | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: surface + area + of + revolution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | área superficial de revolução | The surface area of revolution models the outside of the vase. |
| 464 | separable equation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: separable + equation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | equação separável | The growth model is a separable equation. |
| 465 | logistic growth model | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: logistic + growth + model. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | modelo de crescimento logístico | The logistic growth model levels off near the lake's capacity. |
| 466 | Euler's method | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: Euler's + method. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | método de Euler | Euler's method estimates the next value from the current slope. |
| 467 | Taylor polynomial | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: Taylor + polynomial. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | polinômio de Taylor | A Taylor polynomial approximates cosine near zero. |
| 468 | Maclaurin series | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: Maclaurin + series. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | série de Maclaurin | The Maclaurin series represents the exponential as an infinite sum. |
| 469 | power series | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: power + series. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | série de potências | Within its radius, the power series defines a function. |
| 470 | radius of convergence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: radius + of + convergence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | raio de convergência | The ratio test gives a radius of convergence of two. |
| 471 | absolute convergence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: absolute + convergence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | convergência absoluta | Absolute convergence guarantees convergence of the original series. |
| 472 | conditional convergence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: conditional + convergence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | convergência condicional | The alternating harmonic series has conditional convergence. |
| 473 | divergence test | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: divergence + test. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teste de divergência | The divergence test rejects the series because its terms approach one. |
| 474 | ratio test | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: ratio + test. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teste de proporção | The ratio test quickly handles the factorial series. |
| 475 | root test | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: root + test. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teste de raiz | The root test is useful when each term is raised to the nth power. |
| 476 | integral test | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: integral + test. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teste integral | The integral test proves that the p-series converges for p greater than one. |
| 477 | comparison test | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: comparison + test. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teste de comparação | The comparison test bounds the series by a convergent geometric series. |
| 478 | alternating series | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: alternating + series. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | série alternada | The alternating series converges because its term sizes decrease to zero. |
| 479 | merge sort | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: merge + sort. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | classificação por mesclagem | Merge sort combines two ordered halves into one ordered list. |
| 480 | quicksort | noun StudyField: 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. | classificação rápida | Quicksort places smaller values before the pivot and larger ones after it. |
| 481 | greedy algorithm | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: greedy + algorithm. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | algoritmo ganancioso | The greedy algorithm selects the cheapest available edge without reconsidering earlier choices. |
| 482 | inheritance | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | herança | Inheritance lets the bicycle class reuse methods from the vehicle class. |
| 483 | encapsulation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | encapsulamento | Encapsulation protects the account balance behind controlled operations. |
| 484 | polymorphism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | polimorfismo | Polymorphism lets the same draw command work for circles and rectangles. |
| 485 | API | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Capitalization focus: API is an abbreviation or initialism; preserve its capital letters. | API | The weather app uses an API to request forecast data. |
| 486 | runtime | noun StudyField: 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. | tempo de execução | The error appeared only at runtime after the user submitted an empty field. |
| 487 | operating system | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: operating + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. sistema operativo 2. sistema operacional | The operating system schedules processes and controls file access. |
| 488 | virtualization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming. | virtualização | Virtualization lets one server host several isolated machines. |
| 489 | containerization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming. | conteinerização | Containerization kept the application consistent across development and production. |
| 490 | version control | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: version + control. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. controle de versões 2. controle de versão | 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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 491 | repository | noun StudyField: 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. | repositório | The team reviewed the patch in the shared repository. |
| 492 | merge conflict | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: merge + conflict. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | conflito de mesclagem | Both developers edited the same line, creating a merge conflict. |
| 493 | unit test | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: unit + test. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teste de unidade | The unit test verifies that the tax function handles zero income. |
| 494 | integration test | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: integration + test. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teste de integração | The integration test follows a payment from the form to the database. |
| 495 | firewall | noun StudyField: 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. | parede corta-fogo | The firewall blocked unsolicited connections from the public internet. |
| 496 | distributed system | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: distributed + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | sistema distribuído | The distributed system stores copies of data in several regions. |
| 497 | concurrency | noun StudyField: 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. | simultaneidade | Concurrency allows the server to handle many requests without waiting for each to finish. |
| 498 | algorithmic efficiency | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: algorithmic + efficiency. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | eficiência algorítmica | Algorithmic efficiency matters when the dataset expands to millions of records. |
| 499 | gradient descent | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: gradient + descent. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | descida gradiente | Gradient descent adjusted the model weights after each batch. |
| 500 | supervised learning | noun StudyField: Grade 11 calculus, statistics, and computing term Word study: Term structure: supervised + learning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | aprendizagem supervisionada | Supervised learning trained the classifier on images labeled by species. |
| 501 | incorporation doctrine | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: incorporation + doctrine. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | doutrina de incorporação | The incorporation doctrine made the speech protection enforceable against the state. |
| 502 | strict scrutiny | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: strict + scrutiny. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | escrutínio rigoroso | The court applied strict scrutiny to the law's racial classification. |
| 503 | intermediate scrutiny | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: intermediate + scrutiny. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | escrutínio intermediário | The policy had to survive intermediate scrutiny. |
| 504 | rational basis review | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: rational + basis + review. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | revisão de base racional | The economic regulation passed rational basis review. |
| 505 | stare decisis | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: stare + decisis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | olhar para a decisão | Stare decisis gave earlier rulings substantial weight. |
| 506 | judicial activism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: judicial + activism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | ativismo judicial | Critics called the broad ruling judicial activism. |
| 507 | judicial restraint | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: judicial + restraint. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | restrição judicial | Judicial restraint led the court to avoid deciding the wider issue. |
| 508 | originalism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | originalismo | The justice used originalism to examine eighteenth-century usage. |
| 509 | textualism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | textualismo | Textualism directed the judge to the statute's ordinary wording. |
| 510 | living Constitution | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: living + Constitution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | Constituição viva | The living Constitution approach treated privacy doctrine as adaptable to new technology. |
| 511 | federal mandate | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: federal + mandate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | mandato federal | The federal mandate required every state to meet the emissions standard. |
| 512 | unfunded mandate | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: unfunded + mandate. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | mandato não financiado | The county objected that the reporting rule was an unfunded mandate. |
| 513 | block grant | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: block + grant. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | concessão em bloco | The block grant let states choose among several housing programs. |
| 514 | categorical grant | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: categorical + grant. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | subvenção categórica | The categorical grant paid only for bridge safety inspections. |
| 515 | concurrent powers | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: concurrent + powers. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | poderes simultâneos | Taxation belongs among the system's concurrent powers. |
| 516 | reserved powers | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: reserved + powers. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | poderes reservados | Local licensing is often treated as one of the states' reserved powers. |
| 517 | enumerated powers | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: enumerated + powers. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | poderes enumerados | The power to coin money is among Congress's enumerated powers. |
| 518 | implied powers | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: implied + powers. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | poderes implícitos | Creating a national bank was defended through implied powers. |
| 519 | necessary and proper clause | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: necessary + and + proper + clause. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | cláusula necessária e adequada | Congress invoked the necessary and proper clause to implement its taxing power. |
| 520 | commerce clause | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: commerce + clause. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | cláusula comercial | The court considered whether the commerce clause covered the local activity. |
| 521 | supremacy clause | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: supremacy + clause. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | cláusula de supremacia | The supremacy clause invalidated the contradictory state requirement. |
| 522 | establishment clause | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: establishment + clause. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | cláusula de estabelecimento | The establishment clause prevents the city from declaring an official faith. |
| 523 | free exercise clause | proper noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: free + exercise + clause. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | cláusula de livre exercício | The claimant argued that the rule burdened the free exercise clause. |
| 524 | writ of habeas corpus | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: writ + of + habeas + corpus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | pedido de habeas corpus | The prisoner sought a writ of habeas corpus challenging his confinement. |
| 525 | ex post facto law | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: ex + post + facto + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | lei ex post facto | 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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 526 | bill of attainder | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: bill + of + attainder. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | nota fiscal | The measure was challenged as a bill of attainder. |
| 527 | eminent domain | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: eminent + domain. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | desapropriação | The city used eminent domain to acquire land for the rail line. |
| 528 | probable cause | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: probable + cause. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | causa provável | The affidavit supplied probable cause for the search. |
| 529 | search warrant | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: search + warrant. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | mandado de busca | Officers obtained a search warrant for the warehouse. |
| 530 | exclusionary rule | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: exclusionary + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | regra de exclusão | The exclusionary rule kept the unlawfully seized records out of trial. |
| 531 | grand jury | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: grand + jury. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | grande júri | The prosecutor presented witnesses to the grand jury. |
| 532 | indictment | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result. | indiciamento | The indictment listed three counts of fraud. |
| 533 | arraignment | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result. | processo | At the arraignment, the defendant pleaded not guilty. |
| 534 | plea bargain | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: plea + bargain. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | delação premiada | The defendant accepted a plea bargain that dismissed one count. |
| 535 | tort | noun StudyField: 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. | ato ilícito | The unauthorized disclosure could constitute a privacy tort. |
| 536 | negligence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | negligência | The jury found negligence because the company ignored the damaged railing. |
| 537 | malpractice | noun StudyField: 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. | negligência | The lawsuit alleged medical malpractice during surgery. |
| 538 | contract law | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: contract + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | direito dos contratos | Contract law determines whether the unsigned promise can be enforced. |
| 539 | breach of contract | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: breach + of + contract. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | 1. inadimplência 2. inadimplemento 3. incumprimento | Late delivery constituted a breach of contract. |
| 540 | trademark | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. marca registrada 2. marca | The company registered its name as a trademark. |
| 541 | antitrust | adjective StudyField: 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. | 1. antitrust 2. antitruste | Antitrust regulators challenged the merger. |
| 542 | oligopoly | noun StudyField: 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. | oligopólio | The airline route operates as an oligopoly with three major carriers. |
| 543 | perfect competition | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: perfect + competition. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | competição perfeita | In perfect competition, each small firm accepts the market price. |
| 544 | monopolistic competition | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: monopolistic + competition. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | competição monopolística | Restaurants often operate under monopolistic competition. |
| 545 | market failure | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: market + failure. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | falha de mercado | Pollution creates market failure when its social cost is not priced. |
| 546 | public good | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: public + good. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | bem comun | A warning siren is a public good for everyone nearby. |
| 547 | common resource | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: common + resource. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | recurso comum | An unregulated fishery is a common resource vulnerable to depletion. |
| 548 | asymmetric information | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: asymmetric + information. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | informação assimétrica | Used-car sales may involve asymmetric information about hidden defects. |
| 549 | adverse selection | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: adverse + selection. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | seleção adversa | Adverse selection raised insurance costs when healthier customers left. |
| 550 | moral hazard | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: moral + hazard. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | risco moral | Full reimbursement may create moral hazard if firms ignore prevention. |
| 551 | price ceiling | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: price + ceiling. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teto de preço | The price ceiling created shortages when set below equilibrium. |
| 552 | price floor | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: price + floor. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | preço mínimo | The agricultural price floor kept the market price above equilibrium. |
| 553 | minimum wage | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: minimum + wage. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | salário mínimo | The legislature raised the minimum wage. |
| 554 | price elasticity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: price + elasticity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | elasticidade de preço | High price elasticity caused sales to fall sharply after the increase. |
| 555 | income elasticity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: income + elasticity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | elasticidade do rendimento | Positive income elasticity indicates that demand rises with income. |
| 556 | cross-price elasticity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: cross + price + elasticity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | elasticidade preço cruzado | Positive cross-price elasticity suggested the two drinks were substitutes. |
| 557 | consumer surplus | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: consumer + surplus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | excedente do consumidor | The discount increased consumer surplus for early purchasers. |
| 558 | producer surplus | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: producer + surplus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | excedente do produtor | Higher market prices expanded producer surplus. |
| 559 | deadweight loss | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: deadweight + loss. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | perda de peso morto | The tax created deadweight loss by preventing mutually beneficial trades. |
| 560 | marginal cost | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: marginal + cost. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | custo marginal | 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.
Portuguese translation
A reviewed translation is not available for this passage yet.
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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 561 | marginal benefit | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: marginal + benefit. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | benefício marginal | The marginal benefit of another study hour eventually declined. |
| 562 | absolute advantage | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: absolute + advantage. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | vantagem absoluta | The sunny region has an absolute advantage in solar generation. |
| 563 | appreciation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | apreciação | Currency appreciation made imported machinery cheaper. |
| 564 | labor force participation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: labor + force + participation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | participação da força de trabalho | Labor force participation fell as more workers stopped searching. |
| 565 | real GDP | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: real + GDP. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | PIB real | Real GDP rose, showing growth beyond inflation. |
| 566 | nominal GDP | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: nominal + GDP. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | PIB nominal | Nominal GDP increased partly because prices rose. |
| 567 | reserve requirement | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: reserve + requirement. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | exigência de reserva | A higher reserve requirement can limit deposit-based lending. |
| 568 | open market operations | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: open + market + operations. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | operações de mercado aberto | The central bank used open market operations to add liquidity. |
| 569 | progressive tax | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: progressive + tax. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | imposto progressivo | The progressive tax applies higher rates to higher brackets. |
| 570 | regressive tax | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: regressive + tax. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | imposto regressivo | A uniform sales tax can be regressive tax policy. |
| 571 | proportional tax | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: proportional + tax. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | imposto proporcional | Under a proportional tax, every household pays ten percent of taxable income. |
| 572 | budget deficit | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: budget + deficit. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | défice orçamental | Emergency spending widened the annual budget deficit. |
| 573 | national debt | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: national + debt. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | dívida pública | Repeated deficits added to the national debt. |
| 574 | constitutional convention | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: constitutional + convention. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | convenção constitucional | Delegates debated representation at the constitutional convention. |
| 575 | amendment process | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: amendment + process. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | processo de alteração | The amendment process requires more agreement than ordinary legislation. |
| 576 | amicus curiae | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: amicus + curiae. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | amicus curiae | A medical association filed an amicus curiae brief. |
| 577 | appellate jurisdiction | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: appellate + jurisdiction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | jurisdição de apelação | The supreme court exercised appellate jurisdiction over the dispute. |
| 578 | original jurisdiction | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: original + jurisdiction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | jurisdição original | The trial court has original jurisdiction in the lawsuit. |
| 579 | judicial standing | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: judicial + standing. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | situação judicial | The court dismissed the case for lack of judicial standing. |
| 580 | mootness | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ness forms a noun naming a quality or state. | discutível | The student's graduation raised a question of mootness. |
| 581 | ripeness | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ness forms a noun naming a quality or state. | madureza | The challenge lacked ripeness because the rule had not taken effect. |
| 582 | class-action lawsuit | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: class + action + lawsuit. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | ação coletiva | Consumers joined a class-action lawsuit over the defective product. |
| 583 | injunction | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | injunção | The judge issued an injunction stopping demolition. |
| 584 | discovery | noun StudyField: 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. | descoberta | During discovery, each side produced relevant emails. |
| 585 | reasonable doubt | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: reasonable + doubt. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | dúvida razoável | The unexplained timeline created reasonable doubt. |
| 586 | preponderance of evidence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: preponderance + of + evidence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | preponderância de evidências | The plaintiff proved negligence by a preponderance of evidence. |
| 587 | strict liability | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: strict + liability. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | responsabilidade objetiva | The statute applies strict liability to sellers of the prohibited chemical. |
| 588 | mens rea | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: mens + rea. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | homens rea | The prosecution had to prove mens rea as well as the act. |
| 589 | actus reus | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: actus + reus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | ato reus | The court identified the unauthorized transfer as the actus reus. |
| 590 | felony | noun StudyField: 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. | crime grave | The charge was classified as a felony. |
| 591 | misdemeanor | noun StudyField: 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. | contravenção | The first offense was treated as a misdemeanor. |
| 592 | sentencing guideline | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: sentencing + guideline. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | diretriz de sentença | The judge considered the sentencing guideline and the defendant's circumstances. |
| 593 | parole | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. condicional 2. liberdade condicional | The board granted parole after evidence of rehabilitation. |
| 594 | probation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | condicional | Probation required regular reporting and treatment. |
| 595 | recidivism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | reincidência | Education programs were associated with lower recidivism. |
Page 18: words 596–630
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 596 | restorative justice | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: restorative + justice. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | justiça restaurativa | The restorative justice meeting produced restitution and a safety plan. |
| 597 | retributive justice | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: retributive + justice. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | justiça retributiva | Retributive justice focuses on what penalty the offense deserves. |
| 598 | lobbying | noun StudyField: 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. | lobby | Environmental groups used lobbying to support the conservation bill. |
| 599 | political action committee | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: political + action + committee. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | comitê de ação política | The political action committee contributed to several candidates. |
| 600 | super PAC | noun StudyField: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: super + PAC. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | super PAC | The super PAC purchased advertisements but could not direct the campaign. |
| 601 | sociological imagination | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: sociological + imagination. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | imaginação sociológica | Sociological imagination links one worker's layoff to changes in the regional economy. |
| 602 | social structure | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + structure. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | estrutura social | The social structure shapes who controls land and education. |
| 603 | social institution | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + institution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | instituição social | The family is a social institution that varies across cultures. |
| 604 | ascribed status | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: ascribed + status. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | status atribuído | Age can function as an ascribed status. |
| 605 | achieved status | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: achieved + status. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | status alcançado | Licensed physician is an achieved status requiring extensive training. |
| 606 | role conflict | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: role + conflict. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | conflito de papéis | Role conflict arose when the manager had to evaluate a close friend. |
| 607 | role strain | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: role + strain. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | tensão de papel | The teacher experienced role strain while supporting students and enforcing deadlines. |
| 608 | reference group | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: reference + group. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | grupo de referência | The young musician treated the orchestra as a reference group. |
| 609 | in-group | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: in + group. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | em grupo | Team rituals strengthened loyalty to the in-group. |
| 610 | out-group | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: out + group. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | grupo externo | The campaign unfairly blamed an out-group for complex problems. |
| 611 | primary group | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: primary + group. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | grupo primário | Her family formed a primary group providing daily emotional support. |
| 612 | secondary group | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: secondary + group. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | grupo secundário | The professional association is a secondary group. |
| 613 | rationalization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming. | racionalização | Rationalization turned the informal workshop into a timed production system. |
| 614 | alienation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | alienação | Repetitive tasks created alienation from the finished product. |
| 615 | anomie | noun StudyField: 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. | anomia | Rapid economic collapse produced anomie as old rules lost authority. |
| 616 | deviance | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | aberração | What counts as deviance differs across communities and eras. |
| 617 | social control | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + control. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | controle social | Praise, ridicule, school rules, and laws all exercise social control. |
| 618 | mores | noun StudyField: 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. | 1. moras 2. costumes | The community's mores condemn deliberate betrayal. |
| 619 | folkways | noun StudyField: 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. | costumes populares | Greeting practices are folkways that vary by region. |
| 620 | taboo | noun StudyField: 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. | tabu | The novel breaks a taboo by discussing the hidden illness openly. |
| 621 | cultural diffusion | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: cultural + diffusion. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | difusão cultural | Trade accelerated cultural diffusion of foods and musical instruments. |
| 622 | cultural lag | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: cultural + lag. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | atraso cultural | Privacy law showed cultural lag after facial recognition spread. |
| 623 | subculture | noun StudyField: 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. | subcultura | Skateboarders formed a subculture with their own vocabulary and style. |
| 624 | counterculture | noun StudyField: 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. | contracultura | The counterculture challenged conventional ideas about work and consumption. |
| 625 | pluralism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | pluralismo | Religious pluralism permits different communities to practice openly. |
| 626 | multiculturalism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | multiculturalismo | The curriculum's multiculturalism includes histories from several communities. |
| 627 | stratification | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | estratificação | Property ownership contributed to long-term stratification. |
| 628 | social mobility | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + mobility. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | mobilidade social | Expanded schooling increased some students' social mobility. |
| 629 | intergenerational mobility | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: intergenerational + mobility. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | mobilidade intergeracional | The survey measured intergenerational mobility by comparing parents' and children's incomes. |
| 630 | intragenerational mobility | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: intragenerational + mobility. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | mobilidade intrageracional | Her move from apprentice to company director shows intragenerational mobility. |
Page 19: words 631–665
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 631 | meritocracy | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Root and suffix focus: -cracy relates to rule or a system of government. | meritocracia | A true meritocracy would require fair access to preparation. |
| 632 | socioeconomic status | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: socioeconomic + status. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | status socioeconômico | Socioeconomic status influenced access to stable housing. |
| 633 | cultural capital | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: cultural + capital. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | capital cultural | Familiarity with academic conventions served as cultural capital. |
| 634 | social capital | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + capital. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | capital social | Neighbors used social capital to organize childcare after the storm. |
| 635 | intersectionality | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | interseccionalidade | Intersectionality explains why one policy affects women differently across class and race. |
| 636 | institutional discrimination | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: institutional + discrimination. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | discriminação institucional | The inaccessible application process created institutional discrimination against disabled applicants. |
| 637 | implicit bias | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: implicit + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | preconceito implícito | Blind review reduced implicit bias linked to applicants' names. |
| 638 | stereotype threat | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: stereotype + threat. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | ameaça de estereótipo | Stereotype threat reduced scores when identity was emphasized before the test. |
| 639 | self-fulfilling prophecy | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: self + fulfilling + prophecy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | profecia auto-realizável | Low expectations became a self-fulfilling prophecy when students received fewer opportunities. |
| 640 | labeling theory | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: labeling + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teoria da rotulagem | Labeling theory examines how being called delinquent changes later treatment. |
| 641 | conflict theory | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: conflict + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teoria do conflito | Conflict theory asks who benefits from the housing policy. |
| 642 | functionalism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | funcionalismo | Functionalism studies how schools transmit shared norms. |
| 643 | symbolic interactionism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: symbolic + interactionism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | interacionismo simbólico | Symbolic interactionism examines how a uniform signals authority. |
| 644 | feminist theory | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: feminist + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teoria feminista | Feminist theory revealed unpaid care work missing from the economic model. |
| 645 | critical race theory | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: critical + race + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teoria crítica da raça | Critical race theory analyzes the long-term effects of housing rules. |
| 646 | social construction | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + construction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | construção social | The meaning of childhood is partly a social construction that changes over time. |
| 647 | collective behavior | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: collective + behavior. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | comportamento coletivo | The sudden crowd response was a form of collective behavior. |
| 648 | social movement | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + movement. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | movimento social | The social movement built support for disability access. |
| 649 | resource mobilization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: resource + mobilization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | mobilização de recursos | Resource mobilization allowed the campaign to open regional offices. |
| 650 | framing process | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: framing + process. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | processo de enquadramento | The framing process presented clean water as a public-health right. |
| 651 | diffusion of responsibility | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: diffusion + of + responsibility. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | difusão de responsabilidade | Diffusion of responsibility made each witness wait for someone else to call. |
| 652 | bystander effect | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: bystander + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | efeito espectador | The bystander effect weakened when one person directly requested assistance. |
| 653 | groupthink | noun StudyField: 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. | pensamento de grupo | Groupthink prevented the committee from testing its favored plan. |
| 654 | persuasion | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -sion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | persuasão | The campaign's persuasion relied on credible evidence and trusted messengers. |
| 655 | moral reasoning | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: moral + reasoning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | raciocínio moral | Her moral reasoning weighed fairness against the risk of harm. |
| 656 | moral relativism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: moral + relativism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | relativismo moral | Moral relativism questions whether one society's customs provide a universal standard. |
| 657 | moral absolutism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: moral + absolutism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | absolutismo moral | Moral absolutism led him to reject lying even to prevent embarrassment. |
| 658 | beneficence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | beneficência | Beneficence supported offering treatment after the trial. |
| 659 | nonmaleficence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | não maleficência | Nonmaleficence required stopping the procedure when risk increased. |
| 660 | cultivation theory | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: cultivation + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teoria do cultivo | Cultivation theory predicts that constant crime dramas may exaggerate perceived danger. |
| 661 | spiral of silence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: spiral + of + silence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | espiral do silêncio | A spiral of silence formed when dissenters feared public ridicule. |
| 662 | algorithmic bias | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: algorithmic + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | viés algorítmico | Algorithmic bias caused the screening tool to reject qualified applicants unevenly. |
| 663 | surveillance | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | vigilância | Workplace surveillance recorded every keyboard pause. |
| 664 | dramaturgical analysis | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: dramaturgical + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | análise dramatúrgica | Dramaturgical analysis compares the employee's formal meeting behavior with backstage conversation. |
| 665 | presentation of self | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: presentation + of + self. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | apresentação de si | 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.
Portuguese translation
A reviewed translation is not available for this passage yet.
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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 666 | impression management | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: impression + management. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | gerenciamento de impressões | The company used selective photographs for impression management. |
| 667 | total institution | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: total + institution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | instituição total | A prison is a total institution with tightly scheduled routines. |
| 668 | resocialization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming. | ressocialização | Military training uses resocialization to establish new expectations. |
| 669 | anticipatory socialization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: anticipatory + socialization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | socialização antecipatória | The internship provided anticipatory socialization for future engineers. |
| 670 | hidden curriculum | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: hidden + curriculum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | currículo oculto | Waiting silently for permission was part of the school's hidden curriculum. |
| 671 | credentialism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | credencialismo | Credentialism excluded experienced workers who lacked a degree. |
| 672 | tracking | noun StudyField: 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. | monitorando | Early tracking limited access to advanced mathematics. |
| 673 | social reproduction | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + reproduction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | reprodução social | Unequal school funding contributed to social reproduction. |
| 674 | medicalization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming. | medicalização | Medicalization changed shyness from a personality description into a possible diagnosis. |
| 675 | secularization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming. | secularização | Secularization moved some schools from church control to public administration. |
| 676 | rational choice theory | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: rational + choice + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teoria da escolha racional | Rational choice theory predicts voting when expected benefits outweigh effort. |
| 677 | exchange theory | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: exchange + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teoria da troca | Exchange theory examines how unequal dependence shifts power. |
| 678 | network theory | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: network + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teoria da rede | Network theory showed how one central account spread the message. |
| 679 | social network | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + network. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | rede social | Her social network connected job seekers with local employers. |
| 680 | weak ties | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: weak + ties. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | laços fracos | Weak ties introduced the graduate to opportunities outside her close friends. |
| 681 | strong ties | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: strong + ties. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | laços fortes | Strong ties supplied daily care during recovery. |
| 682 | group polarization | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: group + polarization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | polarização de grupo | Group polarization made the online forum's opinions more severe. |
| 683 | deindividuation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | desindividuação | Masks and darkness increased deindividuation in the crowd. |
| 684 | social facilitation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + facilitation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | facilitação social | Social facilitation helped the runner maintain pace before spectators. |
| 685 | social loafing | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + loafing. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | vadia social | Assigning visible responsibilities reduced social loafing. |
| 686 | normative influence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: normative + influence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | influência normativa | Normative influence led him to applaud a joke he disliked. |
| 687 | informational influence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: informational + influence. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | influência informativa | During the emergency, informational influence made travelers follow local residents. |
| 688 | reciprocity norm | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: reciprocity + norm. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | norma de reciprocidade | The reciprocity norm encouraged neighbors to repay earlier help. |
| 689 | door-in-the-face technique | noun StudyField: 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. | técnica porta-na-cara | The fundraiser used the door-in-the-face technique by requesting a huge donation first. |
| 690 | foot-in-the-door technique | noun StudyField: 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. | técnica do pé na porta | The foot-in-the-door technique began with signing a petition and ended with volunteering. |
| 691 | elaboration likelihood model | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: elaboration + likelihood + model. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | modelo de probabilidade de elaboração | The elaboration likelihood model predicts deeper change when listeners examine evidence closely. |
| 692 | central route | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: central + route. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | rota central | The detailed policy comparison appealed through the central route. |
| 693 | peripheral route | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: peripheral + route. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | rota periférica | The celebrity endorsement relied on the peripheral route. |
| 694 | attribution theory | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: attribution + theory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | teoria da atribuição | Attribution theory examines whether observers blame personality or circumstances. |
| 695 | dispositional attribution | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: dispositional + attribution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | atribuição disposicional | Calling the late employee careless is a dispositional attribution. |
| 696 | situational attribution | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: situational + attribution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | atribuição situacional | Blaming the transit breakdown is a situational attribution. |
| 697 | overconfidence bias | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: overconfidence + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | viés de excesso de confiança | Overconfidence bias made forecasters report narrower ranges than their record justified. |
| 698 | sunk cost fallacy | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: sunk + cost + fallacy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | falácia do custo irrecuperável | The sunk cost fallacy kept the company funding an ineffective project. |
| 699 | halo effect | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: halo + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | efeito halo | The candidate's confident speech created a halo effect around her technical answers. |
| 700 | availability cascade | noun StudyField: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: availability + cascade. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit. | cascata de disponibilidade | An availability cascade made the rare danger seem common. |
Page 21: words 701–735
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | abeyance | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | 1. suspensão 2. pendência | The disputed permit remained in abeyance until the court ruled. |
| 702 | abjure | verb StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: abjure is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | abjurar | The witness agreed to abjure violence and support peaceful negotiation. |
| 703 | abscond | verb StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: abscond is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | esconder-se | The treasurer tried to abscond with the missing funds. |
| 704 | acerbity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | acerbidade | The review's acerbity turned criticism into personal attack. |
| 705 | adumbrate | verb StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: adumbrate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | adumbrar | Writers often adumbrate a later conflict through an opening image. |
| 706 | aggrandize | verb StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ize commonly forms a verb meaning to make, become, or apply. | engrandecer | The ruler used monuments to aggrandize his dynasty. |
| 707 | approbatory | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: approbatory is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | aprovador | The committee's approbatory report recommended immediate renewal. |
| 708 | asceticism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | 1. ascetismo 2. asceticismo 3. ascética | Her asceticism included simple food and few possessions. |
| 709 | asperity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | 1. aspereza 2. asperidade | He answered with asperity after the repeated accusation. |
| 710 | atavistic | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: atavistic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. atávico 2. atavístico | The novel depicts the feud as an atavistic return to clan violence. |
| 711 | baleful | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: baleful is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | prejuízo | The guard cast a baleful glance toward the intruder. |
| 712 | beatific | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: beatific is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | beatífico | A beatific smile spread across her face as the choir began. |
| 713 | bilious | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by. | abominável | The bilious columnist attacked every proposal without offering an alternative. |
| 714 | blandishment | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result. | lisonja | No blandishment could persuade the auditor to ignore the missing records. |
| 715 | bovine | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: bovine is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | bovino | The audience's bovine stare suggested boredom rather than calm attention. |
| 716 | carping | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: carping is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | carpa | The carping review complains about punctuation but ignores the argument. |
| 717 | chronicity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | cronicidade | The condition's chronicity requires long-term management. |
| 718 | circumstantial | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: circumstantial is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | circunstancial | The case was circumstantial, relying on timing and location rather than an eyewitness. |
| 719 | complaisant | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: complaisant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | complacente | The complaisant aide approved every request without examining its cost. |
| 720 | compunction | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | compunção | She felt compunction after taking credit for her colleague's idea. |
| 721 | concomitant | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: concomitant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | concomitante | Temporary noise was an unavoidable concomitant of the renovation. |
| 722 | consanguineous | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by. | 1. carnal 2. consanguíneo | The archive traces consanguineous ties among the region's ruling families. |
| 723 | contravene | verb StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: contravene is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | gegen infringir | The secret search would contravene the agency's privacy policy. |
| 724 | contumacious | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by. | desobediente | The judge sanctioned the contumacious witness for refusing every lawful order. |
| 725 | corpulent | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: corpulent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | corpulento | The portrait shows a corpulent merchant seated beside a lavish meal. |
| 726 | diffidence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | timidez | Her diffidence disappeared when the discussion turned to her research. |
| 727 | eclecticism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | ecletismo | The building's eclecticism combines classical columns with modern glass. |
| 728 | elegiac | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: elegiac is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | elegíaco | The memoir's elegiac final chapter remembers a vanished neighborhood. |
| 729 | emollient | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: emollient is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | emoliente | The pharmacist recommended an emollient for the dry, irritated skin. |
| 730 | encomiastic | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: encomiastic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | encomiástico | The encomiastic biography overlooks the leader's documented failures. |
| 731 | ennui | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: ennui is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. tédio 2. enfado 3. fastio | Months of identical routine left him in deep ennui. |
| 732 | epigrammatic | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: epigrammatic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | epigramático | Her epigrammatic conclusion compresses the essay into one sharp sentence. |
| 733 | ersatz | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: ersatz is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. cópia 2. imitação | The set used ersatz marble made from painted plastic. |
| 734 | execrable | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -able means capable of, suitable for, or worthy of an action. | execrável | The restaurant closed after an inspection found execrable hygiene. |
| 735 | extirpate | verb StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: extirpate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | extirpar | The conservation team worked to extirpate the invasive weed from the island. |
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| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 736 | feign | verb StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: feign is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. inventar 2. imaginar 3. fingir | The spy chose to feign illness to avoid the meeting. |
| 737 | fulsome | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: fulsome is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | abominável | The advertisement's fulsome praise made the ordinary device sound miraculous. |
| 738 | iconoclasm | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: iconoclasm is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | iconoclastia | The artist's iconoclasm challenged the museum's definition of fine art. |
| 739 | idiosyncratic | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: idiosyncratic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. idiossincrático 2. idiossincrásico | The director's idiosyncratic style uses long silences and abrupt music. |
| 740 | insouciant | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: insouciant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | despreocupado | His insouciant response ignored the seriousness of the safety warning. |
| 741 | lugubrious | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by. | 1. lúgubre 2. lôbrego | The actor delivered the comic complaint in a lugubrious voice. |
| 742 | mendacious | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by. | 1. mentiroso 2. mendaz | The mendacious report concealed both the cost and the delay. |
| 743 | meretricious | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by. | meretrício | The proposal's meretricious graphics could not hide its weak evidence. |
| 744 | munificent | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: munificent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | dadivoso | A munificent donor funded the clinic for ten years. |
| 745 | palatable | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -able means capable of, suitable for, or worthy of an action. | 1. palatável 2. saboroso 3. gostoso | The compromise made the reform more palatable to cautious voters. |
| 746 | pejorative | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency. | pejorativo | The editor removed a pejorative label from the neutral report. |
| 747 | portentous | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by. | vão | The narrator's portentous warning prepares readers for the collapse. |
| 748 | rarefy | verb StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: rarefy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | rarefazer | High altitude can rarefy the air enough to impair breathing. |
| 749 | refractory | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: refractory is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | refratário | The refractory infection did not respond to standard antibiotics. |
| 750 | seminal | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: seminal is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | seminal | The scientist's seminal paper established a new research field. |
| 751 | truculent | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: truculent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | truculento | The minister's truculent reply threatened the fragile truce. |
| 752 | whimsical | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: whimsical is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. caprichoso 2. divertido 3. extravagante | The illustrator filled the map with whimsical sea creatures. |
| 753 | quiescent | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: quiescent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | quiescente | The volcano has remained quiescent for decades. |
| 754 | redoubtable | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -able means capable of, suitable for, or worthy of an action. | arriscado | She became a redoubtable opponent of censorship. |
| 755 | remiss | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: remiss is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | frouxo | The agency was remiss in failing to inspect the bridge. |
| 756 | risible | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: risible is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | risível | The spokesperson's risible excuse convinced no one. |
| 757 | sardonic | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: sardonic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. sardónico 2. sardônico | The narrator offers a sardonic comment on every ceremony. |
| 758 | solipsistic | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: solipsistic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | egocêntrico | The memoir becomes solipsistic when it ignores every other perspective. |
| 759 | stultify | verb StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ify commonly forms a verb meaning to make or become. | desalentar | Rigid rules can stultify creative teaching. |
| 760 | supplant | verb StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: supplant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. suplantar 2. substituir | Digital photography began to supplant film. |
| 761 | transmute | verb StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: transmute is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | tornar#Portugali se#Portugali | The poet can transmute grief into art. |
| 762 | trenchant | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: trenchant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. cortante 2. afiado | Her trenchant critique exposed the policy's contradiction. |
| 763 | unassailable | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -able means capable of, suitable for, or worthy of an action. | incontestável | The conclusion seemed unassailable until new data appeared. |
| 764 | unfettered | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: unfettered is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | gratuito | The law does not permit unfettered surveillance. |
| 765 | vaunted | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: vaunted is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | aclamado | The company's vaunted efficiency failed during the emergency. |
| 766 | veritable | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -able means capable of, suitable for, or worthy of an action. | verdadeiro | The archive is a veritable treasure of firsthand accounts. |
| 767 | wan | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: wan is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | cadavérico | After the long illness, he looked wan. |
| 768 | zealot | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: zealot is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. zeloso 2. fanático | The novel distinguishes a committed activist from a violent zealot. |
| 769 | abstemious | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by. | abstêmio | Her abstemious habits contrasted with the banquet's excess. |
| 770 | arrant | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: arrant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | providenciar | 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.
Portuguese translation
A reviewed translation is not available for this passage yet.
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
| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 771 | aver | verb StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: aver is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | assegurar | The witness continued to aver that the signature was genuine. |
| 772 | bellicose | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: bellicose is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | bélico | The leader's bellicose speech alarmed neighboring states. |
| 773 | beneficent | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: beneficent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | beneficente | The beneficent foundation supplied clean water to remote villages. |
| 774 | cavil | verb StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: cavil is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. chicana 2. sofisma 3. chicanar | Reviewers may cavil at the font, but the data remain convincing. |
| 775 | chauvinism | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice. | chauvinismo | National chauvinism led the speaker to dismiss every foreign achievement. |
| 776 | circumspection | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | circunspeção | The unresolved evidence required circumspection from investigators. |
| 777 | commensurability | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ability forms a noun for the capacity to have a quality or perform an action. | comensurabilidade | Different grading scales complicated the scores' commensurability. |
| 778 | contrition | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ition commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | contrição | His contrition was evident in the apology and restitution. |
| 779 | declivity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | declive | Loose stones made the steep declivity dangerous. |
| 780 | desiccated | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: desiccated is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | dessecado | The desiccated specimen crumbled when exposed to air. |
| 781 | dispositive | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency. | dispositivo | The newly dated letter was dispositive evidence of ownership. |
| 782 | effulgent | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: effulgent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | fúlgido | The moon appeared effulgent above the dark lake. |
| 783 | enjoin | verb StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: enjoin is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | injungir | The court will enjoin the company from dumping waste. |
| 784 | enmity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: enmity is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | inimizade | Years of enmity made cooperation difficult. |
| 785 | equable | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: equable is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | moderado | Her equable temperament helped during the crisis. |
| 786 | extemporize | verb StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ize commonly forms a verb meaning to make, become, or apply. | improvisar | When the notes disappeared, the lecturer had to extemporize. |
| 787 | factitious | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by. | artificial | The advertisement manufactured a factitious sense of urgency. |
| 788 | fecundity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | 1. fecundidade 2. fertilidade | The writer's fecundity yielded three novels in two years. |
| 789 | hector | verb StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: hector is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | intimidar | The supervisor tried to hector employees into unpaid overtime. |
| 790 | imprecation | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | maldição | The angry character ends his speech with an imprecation. |
| 791 | indigence | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | indigência | The relief program provides legal aid to people facing indigence. |
| 792 | inefficacious | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by. | ineficaz | The diluted treatment proved inefficacious against the infection. |
| 793 | interdict | verb StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: interdict is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | proibir | The treaty will interdict the sale of the banned weapon. |
| 794 | lassitude | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: lassitude is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | lassidão | The fever left her with several days of lassitude. |
| 795 | mendacity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | 1. mendacidade 2. falsidade | Repeated contradictions exposed the official's mendacity. |
| 796 | pecuniary | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: pecuniary is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. monetário 2. pecuniário | The court awarded pecuniary damages for lost wages. |
| 797 | perspicuity | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | clareza | The manual's perspicuity helped beginners complete the repair. |
| 798 | quotidian | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: quotidian is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. quotidiano 2. cotidiano | The novel finds meaning in quotidian routines such as cooking and commuting. |
| 799 | recalcitrance | noun StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state. | recalcitrância | The agency's recalcitrance delayed release of the records. |
| 800 | sanguinary | adjective StudyField: Grade 11 precise interdisciplinary word Word study: Base-form focus: sanguinary is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | sanguinário | The historian rejects the general's sanguinary plan as needless slaughter. |
Sources and curriculum references
These references guide selection and calibration. Definitions, sample sentences, readings, questions, and teaching notes are independently written and reviewed.
- Common Core: Language Standards for Grades 11–12
- OpenStax: Writing Guide with Handbook
- OpenStax: Anatomy and Physiology 2e
- OpenStax: Physics
- OpenStax: Calculus Volume 1
- OpenStax: American Government 3e
- OpenStax: Principles of Economics 3e
- OpenStax: Introduction to Sociology 3e
- WikDict downloadable bilingual dictionaries
- Kaikki.org / Wiktextract machine-readable Wiktionary data
- Language-Learning-decks public flashcard datasets
- SBBIC English-to-Khmer Dictionary
- English–Khmer Dictionary Dataset (machine-generated Khmer fallback; human review required)
- PanLex meanings snapshot (direct CC0 gap candidates; human review required)
- Cambridge bilingual dictionaries (individual editorial sense checks)
- Collins English–Hindi Dictionary (individual editorial checks)
- Hindwi and Rekhta dictionaries (individual Hindi/Urdu checks)
- National Institute of Korean Language: Basic Korean Dictionary
- JMdict/EDRDG Japanese dictionary project
- CC-CEDICT Chinese dictionary project
- VDict Vietnamese Dictionary (individual editorial check)
- Google Translate (machine-assisted lesson-reading draft; fluent review required)
- Kuperman et al.: Age-of-acquisition ratings for 30,000 English words
- The Princeton Review, Word Smart: Building an Educated Vocabulary (Privately Owned KSSR Materials; bibliographic calibration only).

