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Wordly wise 7
marquez rossom
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English
11th Grade
01/19/2016

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Term

archipelago

noun [image]

Definition

a large group of islands. 

a body of water containing a large number of islands

 

Hawaii is a archipelago.

Term

Careen

verb

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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 car leaned after we hit the ramp.

Term

cavalier

adj

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Definition

showing and offhand or careree diregard; arrogant

 

Kevin love has been acting cavalier lately

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contiguous

adj

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Definition

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

 

Russia and Germany is contiguous

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correlate

verb

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Definition

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

 

we learn about correlater things everyday

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etymology

noun

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Definition

the history of a word.

the science that studies such histories.

 

Every word has a etymology

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frenetic

adj

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Definition

wildly excited; frantic

they were frantic when went into the movie theater

 

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kinetic

adj

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Definition

relating to motion

 

Most objects is kinetic.

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presage

verb

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Definition

 to foretell; to warn or indicate in advance

 

The news presage the weather for about a week.

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pulverize

verb

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Definition

to crush or grind into dust or powder.

to demolish

 

A wood chipper pulverize wood.

Term

recondite

adj

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Definition

Difficult to understand; abstruse

 

When u talk low it is hard for people to understand you

Term

repulse

verb

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Definition

to repel; to drive back

to reject in a cool or distant manner

to disgust

 

The bank repusle the man because of his bad credit.

Term

seismic

adj

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Definition

caused by or having to do with earthquakes

having a powerful and widespread effects


california  have a lot of seismic waves

Term

undulate

verb

 

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Definition

to form or move in waves

to have a wavelike appearance or motion

 

The crowd at the basball game move undulated

Term

upheaval

noun

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Definition

A radical or violent change

A forceful lifting or warping from beneath

 

In the last couple of years the u.s. violence has changed.

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