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Vocabulary 15 &16
8th Grade Vocabulary Chapter 15 & 16
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English
8th Grade
12/08/2014

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Term

Administration (noun)

Administrator (noun)

administer (verb)

 

Definition

1)management or control of a business or political unit;

2)the giving of; the distribution of

Term

animation (noun)

animate (verb)

animator (noun)

Definition
the process of or result of giving life or motion to
Term

apportion (verb)

apportionment (noun)

Definition
to measure out or assign something to different people, according to a plan
Term

concoct (verb)

concoction (noun)

Definition

1) to make up or invent

2) to make by mixing ingredients

Term
devise (verb)
Definition
to create by arranging or inventing
Term

dogged (adj)

doggedness (noun)

Definition
stubbornly pursuing a goal
Term
endeavor (noun or verb)
Definition

(noun)- an attempt or effort to do something

(verb) - to try to do something

Term

execute (verb)

execution (noun)

Definition
to do; to put into effect; to carry out
Term

reactivate (verb)

reactivation (noun)

 

Definition
to restore the ability to function; to make active again
Term

render (verb)

 

Definition

1) to give or to make available

2) to cause to become; make

Term

access (noun or verb)

accessibilty (noun)

accessible (adj)

 

Definition

(noun) - Entry; a means of getting to something

(verb) - to enter or make available

Term
cache (noun)
Definition

1) a hiding place for supplies or provisions

2) a hidden supply of goods or valuables

Term

conspicuous (adj)

conspicuously (adv)

conspicuousness (noun)

Definition
noticeable; attracting attention
Term

elusive (adj)

elude (verb)

elusiveness (noun)

 

Definition
hard to grasp or capture
Term

inter (verb)

interment (noun)

Definition
to bury; to place in a grave
Term

intrigue (noun or verb)

intriguing

intrigued

Definition

(noun) a secret plot

(verb) to plot secretly

(verb) to fascinate

Term

obscurity (noun)

obscure (adj)

 

Definition

1) darkness

2) the condition of being difficult to understand

3) the condition of being unknown or not famous

Term

seclude (verb)

secluded (adj)

seclusion (noun)

Definition
to set apart; to hide from view
Term

unavailable (adj)

unavailablity (noun)

Definition
not at hand or not capable of being gotten; not ready for use
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unearth (verb)
Definition
to bring up out of the earth or from an unknown storage place; to uncover
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