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11th Grade Vocabulary Words

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

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

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Words 526–560 of 800
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
526	bill of attainder	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: bill + of + attainder. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	剥夺公民权法案	The measure was challenged as a bill of attainder.
527	eminent domain	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: eminent + domain. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	沒收	The city used eminent domain to acquire land for the rail line.
528	probable cause	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: probable + cause. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	相當理由	The affidavit supplied probable cause for the search.
529	search warrant	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: search + warrant. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	1. 搜查證 2. 搜查令	Officers obtained a search warrant for the warehouse.
530	exclusionary rule	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: exclusionary + rule. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	排除规则	The exclusionary rule kept the unlawfully seized records out of trial.
531	grand jury	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: grand + jury. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	大陪審團	The prosecutor presented witnesses to the grand jury.
532	indictment	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.	1. 起訴 2. 公訴	The indictment listed three counts of fraud.
533	arraignment	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.	傳訊	At the arraignment, the defendant pleaded not guilty.
534	plea bargain	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: plea + bargain. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	認罪協商	The defendant accepted a plea bargain that dismissed one count.
535	tort	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: tort is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	侵權行為	The unauthorized disclosure could constitute a privacy tort.
536	negligence	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	1. 過失 2. 疏忽 3. 失職	The jury found negligence because the company ignored the damaged railing.
537	malpractice	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: malpractice is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 職業不當行為 2. 過失	The lawsuit alleged medical malpractice during surgery.
538	contract law	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: contract + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	合同法	Contract law determines whether the unsigned promise can be enforced.
539	breach of contract	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: breach + of + contract. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	違約	Late delivery constituted a breach of contract.
540	trademark	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: trademark is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	的	The company registered its name as a trademark.
541	antitrust	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: antitrust is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 反托拉斯的 2. 反壟斷的	Antitrust regulators challenged the merger.
542	oligopoly	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: oligopoly is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	寡頭壟斷	The airline route operates as an oligopoly with three major carriers.
543	perfect competition	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: perfect + competition. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	完美竞争	In perfect competition, each small firm accepts the market price.
544	monopolistic competition	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: monopolistic + competition. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	垄断竞争	Restaurants often operate under monopolistic competition.
545	market failure	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: market + failure. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	1. 市場失靈 2. 市场失灵	Pollution creates market failure when its social cost is not priced.
546	public good	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: public + good. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	1. 公共物品 2. 公益	A warning siren is a public good for everyone nearby.
547	common resource	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: common + resource. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	公共资源	An unregulated fishery is a common resource vulnerable to depletion.
548	asymmetric information	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: asymmetric + information. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	信息不对称	Used-car sales may involve asymmetric information about hidden defects.
549	adverse selection	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: adverse + selection. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	逆向选择	Adverse selection raised insurance costs when healthier customers left.
550	moral hazard	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: moral + hazard. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	道德風險	Full reimbursement may create moral hazard if firms ignore prevention.
551	price ceiling	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: price + ceiling. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	最高限价	The price ceiling created shortages when set below equilibrium.
552	price floor	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: price + floor. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	价格下限	The agricultural price floor kept the market price above equilibrium.
553	minimum wage	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: minimum + wage. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	最低工資	The legislature raised the minimum wage.
554	price elasticity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: price + elasticity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	价格弹性	High price elasticity caused sales to fall sharply after the increase.
555	income elasticity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: income + elasticity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	收入弹性	Positive income elasticity indicates that demand rises with income.
556	cross-price elasticity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: cross + price + elasticity. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	交叉价格弹性	Positive cross-price elasticity suggested the two drinks were substitutes.
557	consumer surplus	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: consumer + surplus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	消费者剩余	The discount increased consumer surplus for early purchasers.
558	producer surplus	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: producer + surplus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	生产者剩余	Higher market prices expanded producer surplus.
559	deadweight loss	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: deadweight + loss. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	无谓损失	The tax created deadweight loss by preventing mutually beneficial trades.
560	marginal cost	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: marginal + cost. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	边际成本	The factory expanded output while price exceeded marginal cost.

Vocabulary reading and practice

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.

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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.

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