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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.

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Words 596–630 of 800
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
596	restorative justice	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: restorative + justice. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	1. 恢復性司法 2. 恢复性司法	The restorative justice meeting produced restitution and a safety plan.
597	retributive justice	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: retributive + justice. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	报应性正义	Retributive justice focuses on what penalty the offense deserves.
598	lobbying	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Base-form focus: lobbying is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	游说	Environmental groups used lobbying to support the conservation bill.
599	political action committee	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: political + action + committee. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	政治行动委员会	The political action committee contributed to several candidates.
600	super PAC	noun Study Field: Grade 11 government, law, and economics term Word study: Term structure: super + PAC. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	超级政治行动委员会	The super PAC purchased advertisements but could not direct the campaign.
601	sociological imagination	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: sociological + imagination. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	社会学想象力	Sociological imagination links one worker's layoff to changes in the regional economy.
602	social structure	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + structure. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	社会结构	The social structure shapes who controls land and education.
603	social institution	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + institution. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	社会机构	The family is a social institution that varies across cultures.
604	ascribed status	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: ascribed + status. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	归属地位	Age can function as an ascribed status.
605	achieved status	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: achieved + status. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	取得的地位	Licensed physician is an achieved status requiring extensive training.
606	role conflict	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: role + conflict. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	角色冲突	Role conflict arose when the manager had to evaluate a close friend.
607	role strain	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: role + strain. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	角色压力	The teacher experienced role strain while supporting students and enforcing deadlines.
608	reference group	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: reference + group. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	参考组	The young musician treated the orchestra as a reference group.
609	in-group	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: in + group. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	组内	Team rituals strengthened loyalty to the in-group.
610	out-group	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: out + group. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	外群体	The campaign unfairly blamed an out-group for complex problems.
611	primary group	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: primary + group. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	主要群体	Her family formed a primary group providing daily emotional support.
612	secondary group	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: secondary + group. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	次要组	The professional association is a secondary group.
613	rationalization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	合理化	Rationalization turned the informal workshop into a timed production system.
614	alienation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	疏離	Repetitive tasks created alienation from the finished product.
615	anomie	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: anomie is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	失范	Rapid economic collapse produced anomie as old rules lost authority.
616	deviance	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	越轨行为	What counts as deviance differs across communities and eras.
617	social control	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + control. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	社會控制	Praise, ridicule, school rules, and laws all exercise social control.
618	mores	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: mores is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 習俗 2. 風俗	The community's mores condemn deliberate betrayal.
619	folkways	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: folkways is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	民俗	Greeting practices are folkways that vary by region.
620	taboo	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: taboo is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	禁忌	The novel breaks a taboo by discussing the hidden illness openly.
621	cultural diffusion	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: cultural + diffusion. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	文化传播	Trade accelerated cultural diffusion of foods and musical instruments.
622	cultural lag	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: cultural + lag. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	文化滞后	Privacy law showed cultural lag after facial recognition spread.
623	subculture	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: subculture is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 亞文化 2. 次文化	Skateboarders formed a subculture with their own vocabulary and style.
624	counterculture	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: counterculture is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	反文化	The counterculture challenged conventional ideas about work and consumption.
625	pluralism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	1. 多元主義 2. 多元	Religious pluralism permits different communities to practice openly.
626	multiculturalism	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	多元文化主義	The curriculum's multiculturalism includes histories from several communities.
627	stratification	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	階層	Property ownership contributed to long-term stratification.
628	social mobility	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: social + mobility. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	社會流動	Expanded schooling increased some students' social mobility.
629	intergenerational mobility	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: intergenerational + mobility. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	代际流动性	The survey measured intergenerational mobility by comparing parents' and children's incomes.
630	intragenerational mobility	noun Study Field: Grade 11 sociology, psychology, ethics, and media term Word study: Term structure: intragenerational + mobility. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	代内流动性	Her move from apprentice to company director shows intragenerational mobility.

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