Vocabulary Terms

Vocabulary Term

Definition

Ameliorate (v)

to make something bad or

unsatisfactory better

Aptitude (n)

a natural ability to do
something

Conscious (adj)

having knowledge of
something; aware

Depress (v)

to push or pull something

down into a lower position

Discriminate (v)

to make an unjust or
prejudicial distinction in the
treatment of different
categories of things,
especially on the grounds of
race, sex, or age

Inevitable (adj)

certain to happen;
unavoidable

Inherent (adj)

existing in something as a
permanent, essential, or
characteristic attribute

Innate (adj)

inborn; natural

Salient (adj)

most noticeable or important

Society (n)

the aggregate of people living

together in a more or less
ordered community

Stereotype (n)

a widely held but fixed and

oversimplified image or idea
of a particular type of person
or thing

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