Collection 4: The Math Instinct

As you read Keith Devlin's "The Math Instinct," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 10's Collection 4: poems by Emily Dickinson, Coming to Our Senses, The Night Face Up, The Math Instinct, Musee des Beaux Arts
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  1. obliterate
    remove completely from recognition or memory
  2. reckoning
    problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
  3. elapse
    pass by
  4. trigonometry
    the mathematics of three-sided figures and their functions
  5. reliable
    conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
  6. impetus
    a force that makes something happen
  7. navigate
    direct and plot the path and position of a conveyance
  8. precise
    sharply exact or accurate or delimited
  9. destination
    the place designated as the end, as of a race or journey
  10. relevant
    having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
  11. instinct
    inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to stimuli
  12. trivial
    (informal) small and of little importance
  13. intensive
    characterized by a heightened level or degree
  14. falter
    walk unsteadily
  15. repertoire
    the range of skills in a particular field or occupation
Created on Mon Jul 14 23:51:11 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:32:53 EDT 2014)

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