Monday, November 4, 2013

vocab #9

ultimate: being or happening at the end of a process; final.
The ultimate decision would be to cancel all plans this summer and go stay with your aunt.
interactive: (of two people or things) influencing or having an effect on each other.
My government class is very interactive; we always work in groups or partners.
principle: fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.
There are many principles to the working system. 
guidanceadvice or information aimed at resolving a problem or difficulty, esp. as given by someone in authority.
My cousin looks up to me for guidance, I am her role model.
collaborationthe action of working with someone to produce or create something.
Justin Bieber has many collaborations with other music artists on his last album.
formative: serving to form something, esp. having a profound and lasting influence on a person's development. Something that shaped or taught a person.
My childhood was very formative and I was able to learn how to use commonsense. 
summative: of or relating to a summation or produced by summation, the sum of a problem
After much investigation the summative of the problem was that there had only been two apple pies.
racism: the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, esp. so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
We are surrounded by racism everyday at school. 
intelligence: the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.
After scoring a 2200 on his SAT I decided he was the most intelligent person I have ever met. 

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