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vocabulary 7
Aaron Hedge
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English
11th Grade
01/19/2016

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Archipelago

(noun)

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Definition

A large group of islands.

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Careen

(verb)

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Definition

To rush headlong, often with a swerving or lurching motion.

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Cavlier

(adjective)

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Definition

Showing an offhand or carefree disregard;arrogant.

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Contigous 

(adjective)

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Definition

Sharing a boundary; being very close or in contact;adjacent.

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correlate

(verb)

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Definition

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

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Etymology

(noun)

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Definition

the history of a word.

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Frenetic

(adjective)

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Definition

Wildly excited;frantic.

 

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Kinetic

(adjective)

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Definition

Relating to motion.

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Presage

(verb)

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Definition

To foretell; to warn or indicate in advance.

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Pulverize

(verb)

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Definition

To crush or grind into dust or powder.

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Recondite

(adjective)

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Definition

Difficult to understand;abstruse.

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Repulse

(verb)

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Definition

To repel ;to drive back. To reject in a cool manner.

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Seismic

(adjective)

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Definition

Caused by or having to do with earthquakes. Powerful.

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Undulate

(verb)

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Definition

To form or move in waves. Wave like apperance.

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Upheaval

(noun)

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Definition

A radical or violent change. A forceful lifting.

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