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Tyailieka Lay
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English
11th Grade
01/19/2016

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Term

archipelago

(n.)


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Definition

a large group of islands


- a body of water containing a large number of islands



The archipelago is a place I have always wanted to visit.

Term

careen

(v.)


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Definition

to rush headlong, often with a swerving or lurching motion

-to cause to lean or tip to one side



The titanic is a great example of careen.

Term

cavalier

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Definition

showing an offhand or carefree disregard; arrogrant



I am a very cavalier type of person.

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contiguous

(adj.)


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Definition

sharing a boundary; being very close or in contact; adjacent



The contiguous of the bulidings is like math.

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correlate

(v.)

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Definition

to connect related things; to bring things into a proper relation with one another



Math also uses correlation with line graphs.

Term

etymology

(n.)

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Definition

the history of a word

-the science tha studies such histories



Most people use a dictonary to find the etymolgy.

Term

frenetic

(adj.)

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Definition

wildly excited; frantic



The man had to many bills and it had him all frenetic.

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kinetic

(adj.)

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Definition

relating to motion



The kinetic of the ball.

Term

presage

(v.)

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Definition

to foretell; to warn ot indicate in advance



The fortune teller told me some presage information.

Term

pulverize

(v.)

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Definition

to crush or grind into dust or powder; to demolish



The bulldozer will pulverize that building.

Term

recondite

(adj.)

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Definition

difficult to understand; abstruse



The message in English class is very recondite to me.

Term

repulse

(v.)

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Definition

to repel; to drive back

- to reject in a cool or distant manner



The mosquitos made me need something to repluse

Term

seismic

(adj.)

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Definition

caused by or having to do with eathquake

- having powerful and widespread effects



The boy was so big that when he walked by i thought about something that was seismic.

Term

undulate

(v.)

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Definition

to form or move in a wave motion



The undulate made me think of the beach.

Term

upheaval

(n)

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Definition

a radical or violent change 



The war makes me think of something upheaval.

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