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week 15 vocab

   illicit — forbidden by law, rules, or custom

    elicit — evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact)    

2.) hypo- — below, beneath  ex/ hypothermia, hypothetical

3.) fract- -- break ex/fracture, fraction

4.) pre- -- before ex/ preview

5.) -ive, -ative, -itive -- adjective form of noun ex. active, comparative, sensitive

6.) achievement -- something someone has done/accomplished

7.) bias -- a leaning in favor or against someone or something

8.) hypothetical -- based on a suggested idea or theory

9.) pragmatic -- relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters

10.) epiphany --   a moment when you suddenly feel that you understand, or suddenly become conscious of, something

11.) catalyst --  a person or thing that precipitates an event or change

12.) cliché -- a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought ex/"Think outside the box." "better safe than sorry"

13.) nomenclature -- the choosing of names for things

14.) ostracize -- exclude from a society or group

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week 15 vocab

   illicit — forbidden by law, rules, or custom

    elicit — evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact)    

2.) hypo- — below, beneath  ex/ hypothermia, hypothetical

3.) fract- -- break ex/fracture, fraction

4.) pre- -- before ex/ preview

5.) -ive, -ative, -itive -- adjective form of noun ex. active, comparative, sensitive

6.) achievement -- something someone has done/accomplished

7.) bias -- a leaning in favor or against someone or something

8.) hypothetical -- based on a suggested idea or theory

9.) pragmatic -- relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters

10.) epiphany --   a moment when you suddenly feel that you understand, or suddenly become conscious of, something

11.) catalyst --  a person or thing that precipitates an event or change

12.) cliché -- a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought ex/"Think outside the box." "better safe than sorry"

13.) nomenclature -- the choosing of names for things

14.) ostracize -- exclude from a society or group