Top Class Words Part II

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Top Class Words Part II

• Introducing 30 of the 60 Most Used
• Academic Vocabulary
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  bulary_sixty.html

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General Approaches to Vocabulary Expansion

• Read Widely
• Use Words You Already Know
• Look for Millionaire Words to Replace
  Chump-Change Words

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The movie was thrilling and inspiring.
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Indicate, Individual, Interpretation

• 31 Children display pride, humility, envy, and
  jealousy--emotions that indicate growing
  "self-awareness." 
• 32 When an individual is diagnosed as having
  cancer, every effort is made to kill the
  cancerous growth. 
• 33 With the passage of time, the U.S.
  Constitution has also been changed through
  judicial interpretation and changes in political
  practice.

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Involved, Issues, Labor

• 34 More people are involved in local and state
  politics than in national affairs.
• 35 There are issues, such as the lack of decent
  housing and health care for inner-city African
  Americans and Hispanics.
• 36 Blue jeans were created more than a century
  ago as sturdy clothing for people engaged in
  physical labor. 

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Legal, Legislation,Major

• 37 The U.S. has been dominated by English
  social patterns and institutions, including
  language, economy, the legal system, and
  religion. 
• 38 Congress enacts legislation on agriculture,
  labor, education, housing, and welfare. 
• 39 Homeless beggars line the streets of the 
  major cities of the U.S. 

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Method, Occur, Percent

• 40 The method of infection with HIV affects the
  time interval before AIDS develops. 
• 41 Before 13 in language and human bonding must
  occur for humans to develop high intelligence and
  the ability to be sociable and follow social
  norms.
• 42 Liz Claiborne, Inc., reported that
  second-quarter net income fell from 39.5 
  million in 1992 to  31.1 million in 1993, a
  drop of 21 percent.

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Period, Policy, Principle

• 43 The accounting period may be a month, three
  months, six months, or a full year. 
• 44 The company pays 1,800 for an insurance
  policy that covers three years. 
• 45 Women's rising participation in the labor
  force involves changing patterns of marriage.
  Thus, the principle of cultural integration, the
  close relationship among various elements of a
  cultural system. 

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Procedure, Process, Required

• 46 In this section, we introduce the basic
  procedure for determining the geometric picture
  associated with an algebraic equation.
• 47 Culture in the United States is now a process
  of mass production, mass distribution, and mass
  consumption. 
• 48 But what besides language is required if a
  child is to develop into what we consider a
  healthy, balanced, intelligent human being? 

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Response, Role, Section

• 50 A new stimulus gets attention when first
  presented. But the more it is presented, the
  weaker the response becomes. 
• 51 In fact, the role of the independent variable
  in a function is simply that of a "placeholder."
  But nature (genes) plays a major role. 
• 52. This cross section of the brain highlights
  key structures and some of their principal
  functions.

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Significant, Similar, Source

• 54 Political power remains dispersed, and states
  remain active and significant.
• 55 Animals and humans are similar in many ways.
• 56 The Hindu veneration of the cow makes sense
  because the importance of these animals extends
  well beyond their value as a food source. 

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Structure, Theory, Variables

• 58 A formal fallacy is one that may be identified
  through mere inspection of the form or structure
  of an argument. 
• 59 The American Founders relied more on
  experience than abstract theory. 
• 60 Variables such as family structure and peer
  influences alter personality.

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Congratulations!

• You have studied the Top 60 Academic Vocabulary!
• Continue replacing common words with Millionaire
  Vocabulary!

The actor was OK.
He was awesome!