Outliers Intro-Ch 3 Vocab

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Laborious

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(Especially of a task, process, or journey) Requiring considerable effort and time.

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Fractious

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(Of a group or organization) difficult to control; unruly.

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Skewed

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Make biased or distorted in a way that is regarded as inaccurate, unfair, or misleading.

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Drudgery

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Hard menial or dull work.

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Desperation

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A state of despair, typically one which results in rash or extreme behavior.

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand; obscure.

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Erudition

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The quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship.

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Subversive

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Seeking or intended to disrupt an established system or institution.

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Hinderance

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A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.

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Poised

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Having a composed and self-assured manner.