Monday, April 21, 2008

Vocab from Newsweeks

1. centrist
2. general sense: Because "centrist" sounds similar to "center," it hints at the definition.
3. The campaign manager tried to make his candidate look more centrist to the public in order to get more votes.
4. a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
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1. anonymity
2. syn: obscurity
3. The person who called the police about the domestic disturbance preferred to remain annoynomous.
4. the state or quality of being anonymous.


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1.
xenophobic
2. general sense: Because the word contains "phobia" it infers that it is a fear of something.
3. The level of xenophobia has risen dramatically in the U.S. since September11, 2001.
4. an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange.

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