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Writing Connections: You, College, and Careers
Book I: Sentences and Paragraphs

Lee Brandon, Mt. San Antonio College
Additional Reading Selection
Exercise 1: Vocabulary Highlights

Write a short definition of each word as it is used in the context of the essay "How to Deal with a Difficult Boss." (Paragraph numbers are given in parenthesis.) Be prepared to use the words in your own sentences. Either print your answers out for submission or email them to your instructor.

modus operandi (6)invades (17)
cower (8)rapport (19)
browbeating (8) recurring (19)
litmus test (10) paraphrase (26)
subservient (12) prioritize (27)
vulnerable (14) brusque (29)



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