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Archipelago
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- A large group of islands.
- A body of water containing a large number of islands.
Hawaii is anarchipelago. |
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- To rush headlong, often with a swerving or lurching motion.
- To cause to lean or tip to one side (as a ship).
Around this type of year the boats careen to the left. |
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Cavalier
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Showing an offhand or carefree disregard; arrogant.
The mougl was very cavalier at the charity. |
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Contiguous
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Sharing a boundary; being very close or in contact; adjacent.
Canada and the US are contiguous to each other. |
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Correlate
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Correlation
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To connect related things; to bring things into proper relation with one another.
The DNA test of the father was correlated with the child's DNA. |
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- The history of a word.
- The science that studies such histories.
Many words and phrases can be studied through etymology. |
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Frenetic
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Wildly excited; frantic.
I was frenetic about going shopping. |
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Kinetic
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Relating to motion.
We learned about kinetics in Physics. |
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To fortell; to warn or indicate in advance.
The visions were presage of bad events. |
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- To crush or grind into dust or powder.
- To demolish.
The buliding on Old 80 will be pulverized tomorrow. |
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Recondite
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Difficult to understand; abstruse.
Algebra II is one of my recondite subjects. |
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- To repel; to drive back.
- To reject in a cool or distant manner.
- To disgust.
The smell was repulsed by everyone in the room. |
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Seismic
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- Caused by or having to do with earthquakes.
- Having powerful and widespread effects.
The new changes were seismic to the country. |
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Undulate
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Undulation
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- To form or move in waves
- To have a wavelike apperance or motion.
The boat moved on the undulated sea. |
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- A radical or violent change.
- A forceful lifting or warping from beneath.
The upheaval of land is beautiful in the winter.
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