Unit 1 Vocabulary

The word Stock MOST NEARLY means:

• weave or become woven together.

• Variety (usually in terms of different social and ethnic backgrounds)

• Process of becoming a citizen

• Descendants of a particular individual or ethnic group; family or lineage

The word Naturalization MOST NEARLY means:

• Variety (usually in terms of different social and ethnic backgrounds)

• The process of adapting to the culture of an adopted country

• different.

• Process of becoming a citizen

The word coalescing MOST NEARLY means:

• Group of people that differs in some way from the larger population

• Groups of people inside a political party, club, government, etc., working against another group

• come together and form one mass or whole.

• different.

The word discordant MOST NEARLY means:

• lacking harmony or agreement.

• consisting of many ethnic and cultural groups

• Groups of people inside a political party, club, government, etc., working against another group

• different.

The word pluralistic MOST NEARLY means:

• different.

• lacking harmony or agreement.

• People who are the offspring of an ancestor

• consisting of many ethnic and cultural groups

The word interwoven MOST NEARLY means:

• People who are the offspring of an ancestor

• weave or become woven together.

• Groups of people inside a political party, club, government, etc., working against another group

• consisting of many ethnic and cultural groups

The word diversity MOST NEARLY means:

• consisting of many ethnic and cultural groups

• different.

• come together and form one mass or whole.

• Variety (usually in terms of different social and ethnic backgrounds)

The word Factions MOST NEARLY means:

• Descendants of a particular individual or ethnic group; family or lineage

• lacking harmony or agreement.

• Groups of people inside a political party, club, government, etc., working against another group

• different.

The word disparate MOST NEARLY means:

• weave or become woven together.

• The process of adapting to the culture of an adopted country

• Variety (usually in terms of different social and ethnic backgrounds)

• different.

The word Descendants MOST NEARLY means:

• People who are the offspring of an ancestor

• weave or become woven together.

• Descendants of a particular individual or ethnic group; family or lineage

• Groups of people inside a political party, club, government, etc., working against another group