LEVEL 2 Week of January 28 Delegate to assign responsibility or authority Specifications an explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material product or service Ergonomics designing and arranging things people use so that they interact efficiently and safely ID: 495685
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CTE VOCABULARYLEVEL 2Slide2
Week of January 28
Delegate:
to assign responsibility or authority
Specifications:
an explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service
Ergonomics:
designing and arranging things people use so that they interact efficiently and safely
Corroborate:
to make more certain; confirm
Simplify:
to make less complex or complicated Slide3
Week of February 4
Network:
an interconnected system of things or people
Decipher:
to make out the meaning of
Disclose:
to make known; reveal or uncover
Insight:
an instance of apprehending the true nature of a thing
Aesthetic:
pleasing in appearance or to the senses Slide4
Week of February 11
Affiliate
: To adopt or accept as a member
Evident
: Plain or clear to the sight or understanding
Anecdote
: Short account of an event
Camaraderie
: Trust among
friends
Compromise
: To settle a difference Slide5
Week of February 18
Conformist:
Follower of customs
Frugal:
Prudently saving or sparing
Hypothesis:
Theory requiring proof
Incompatible:
Unable to work together
Integrity:
Soundness of moral characterSlide6
Week of February 25
Earnest
: Characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
Liberal
: Having a political or social views favoring reform and progress
Contempt
: Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
Contrived
: Artificially formal
Besiege
: Harass, as with questions or requestsSlide7
Week of March 4
Fathom
: Come to understand
Rebuke
: An act or expression of criticism and censure
Rhetoric
: Using language effectively to please or persuade
Hyperbole
: Extravagant exaggeration
Mundane
: Ordinary, often boringSlide8
Week of March 11
Cringe-
Recoil; flinch; shy away
Accolade
- Tribute; honor; praise
Plummet-
Fall suddenly and steeply
Tentative
- Not a certain time or action
Plagiarism-
Taking credit for someone else's writing or ideasSlide9
Week of March 18
Adamant
: Forceful; inflexible
Decorum
: Dignified, correct behavior
Obsolete
: No longer valid
Retraction
: Withdrawal; cancellation of a statement
Defoliate
: Cause leaves to fall offSlide10
Week of April 8
Adversity:
A state, condition, or instance of serious or continued difficulty.
Poseur:
Someone who puts on an act.
Aesthetic:
Concerning art or beauty.
Hypochondriac:
A person obsessed with health; having imaginary illnesses.
Euphemism:
A polite phrase to cover something unpleasant.Slide11
Week of April 15
Nostalgia
: Longing for the past
Conventional
: Usual; customary; common
Pivotal
: Of central importance
Notoriety
: Infamy; known for wrong doing
Relegate
: Dismiss to a lower positionSlide12
Week of April 22
Virtual
: Being
in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance.
Indicator
: One
who or that which points
out
Digress
: To
turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental
matter.
Citadel
: Any
strong
fortress
Epidemic
: Wide-spread
occurrence of a disease in a certain regionSlide13
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