Vocabulary Words for Government Honors Wk 2.

1. accord-to be in agreement, to come to a compromise or understanding
2. bias-prejudice, a previously held view or opinion
3. incognito-disguised, concealed
4. deduct-to conclude, to figure out
5. paradigm-a model or pattern for something to come
6. plagiarize-using other people's thoughts without giving them credit
7. objectivity-a state of mind without prejudices or biases
8. precipitous-steep
9. recapitulate-to go over again
10. reciprocate-to give back, to return in kind
11. empathy-feeling like someone else is, identifying with them and their emotions or reasonings
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Vocabulary Words for Government Honors

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FLOURISH - to thrive, to live thoroughly. The bean tree started to flourish once it was moved to a bigger pot and put in the sun.

guerilla - an unexpected, unconventional type of warfare or marketing. When warfare, often consists of wearing the enemy down with rape, traps, and other secret activities until they can be defeated in normal combat. The guerilla marketing plan was simple but effective; thousands of flyers were printed and placed on all the windows of gas station bathrooms.

renegade - outlaw, criminal, running from the law. The renegade quickly flipped up the kickstand and sped off, sending gravel flying.

Photo Credits: http://www.web-wise-wizard.com/web-graphics-design/wild-animals-gallery-photos-photographs.html REPOSE - rest, a short hiatus. The lady in the painting was shown in repose; her arm lay limply along the sofa, holding a fan.

Photo Credits:xunax.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/stereotypes.jpg STEREOTYPE - a greatly exaggerated and often made up caricature of a type of person, often intended as humorous. The stereotype of blondes is that they are unintelligent.

Photo Credits: http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Symbiosis-Posters_i838292_.htm SYMBIOSIS - the state when two or more organisms or things live in harmony, assisting each other and being assisted. Clown fish live in a symbiotic relationship with anemone. Clown fish trick other fish into believing the trap is safe, while anemones provide a safe home for the clown fish.

tariff - taxes. Ships coming into the San Diego port must pay a tariff to the port authority on all brown sugar held in the holds.

Photo Credits: www.myspace.com/tempojazz TEMPO - beat, rhythm (as of music). The quick tempo of the brainwashing tape made his heart beat faster.

tranquility - peace, a sense of well being, calmness. She floated in a sea of tranquility...nothing mattered anymore.

tumult - chaos, quickly moving. Her thoughts were tumultuous and ever changing. She couldn't focus on anything and felt she was going insane.

tundra - a treeless region near the poles of the Earth, or at high elevation. Poison oak, the scourge of the planet, cannot survive in a tundra.

Photo Credits: www.inmagine.com/bldvcd033/bld060195-photo UNANIMOUS - every last person agrees on something. The decision to go graffiti afterschool was unanimous.

Deviancy Experiment

Our latest project involved Starbucks, milkshakes, and tantrums. Check out my friend's blog below to see the video and read more about the project.
http://melaniesattempttopassgovernmet.blogspot.com/2009/10/sociology-experiment.html

Investigating Novalina Jennie Betancourt

For this project, our teacher brought in someone we knew nothing about. We had about 45 minutes to ask them any questions we wanted to try to find out their life story. Then, we wrote a short biography. Following is mine.

Love, connection, growth, authenticity, and relationships. These five words not only describe Novalina Jennie Betancourt’s most important values, but also influenced the path she chose for her life. From her book, The Total Female Package, to what she looks for in a relationship, Novalina is always searching for her five important values. Her basic core values were instilled her close-knit Puerto Rican family in San Francisco, especially her father who followed his true dream instead of the sanitation career suggested by his parents. These values determined her life path-from her choice to go to college at UC Davis, far away from her hometown, because of the extremely connected professors she found there, to her decision to quit her long term job for a technology company. She worked at the company as a personal development director, making teams work together well, but when she left she become a radio DJ, combining her love of women and music, especially hip hop, with a great speaking voice. She now works as a writer whose new book (The Total Female Package), along with the book she co-authored with some of the authors from the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and the book The Secret, called Strategies for Success, is helping women to become fulfilled people through her five values. Novelina also knows what she wants in a relationship. She intends to get married someday and have two children of her own before adopting “lots” and she is convinced she will know the right person when she finds them. Novalina has had a few long relationships, which ended on mutual and friendly notes. In fact, she still remains good friends with her old flames. What’s in the future for Novalina? Her ideal world would include, of course, her ultimate marriage- “A perfect me, for a perfect mate. Imperfectly.” Her book would have expanded into a franchise series that she discussed on her reality talk show where she would have 13 weeks to turn a woman with a dream into a passionate, fulfilled, woman “package”. The love that Novalina gives to everyone she meets and everything she does shines through brightly. This is one woman to watch out for in the years to come!