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Vocabulary 16

Vocabulary 16. Using Context Clues. Abyss. Bottomless gulf; anything too deep to measure. Agenda. A list or program of things to be done or considered. Ephemeral. Short-lived; lasting for a markedly brief time. Equilibrium. A state of balance between opposing forces. Expend.

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Vocabulary 16

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  1. Vocabulary 16 Using Context Clues

  2. Abyss • Bottomless gulf; anything too deep to measure

  3. Agenda • A list or program of things to be done or considered

  4. Ephemeral • Short-lived; lasting for a markedly brief time

  5. Equilibrium • A state of balance between opposing forces

  6. Expend • To lay out or use up

  7. Fortuitous • Happening by chance or accident

  8. Grapple • To try to cope with

  9. Ideology • A set of beliefs of an individual or a group

  10. Palpable • Easily perceived by the senses; obvious; touchable

  11. Transient • Temporary; passing with time

  12. Vocabulary 17 Using definitions

  13. Fraught • Involving; full of; accompanied by

  14. Frivolous • Of little or no worth or importance; not worthy of serious notice; characterized by lack of seriousness or sense; trifling, petty, paltry, silly, foolish

  15. gratify • To give pleasure to by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings; to satisfy; indulge; humor, as one’s desires or appetites

  16. Momentum • Force or speed of movement; impetus

  17. Narrate • To give an account or tell the story of; to relate or recount events, experiences, etc. in speech or writing

  18. Serendipity • An aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident

  19. Torrid • Subject to parching or burning heat from the sun; oppressively hot, parching, burning; ardent; passionate; tropical, scorching, fiery

  20. Ultimate • Last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series; maximum; decisive or conclusive; highest; extreme, remotest, uttermost

  21. Vigilant • Keenly watchful to detect danger or trouble; ever awake and alert; sleeplessly watchful

  22. Wend • To pursue or direct one’s way

  23. Vocabulary 18 Prefixes That Tell Where

  24. Circumlocution • The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language; evasion in speech or writing; roundabout expression

  25. Circumstance • Condition or fact attending an event and having some bearing on it; a determining or modifying factor

  26. Interact • To act upon one another

  27. Intersperse • To distribute among other things at intervals

  28. Intervention • The act of coming between to modify, settle, or hinder some action

  29. Midcontinent • Located in the center of a land mass

  30. Midlife • Located in the middle of one’s period of existence

  31. Subconscious • Part of the mind below the level of awareness

  32. Submerge • To place under water; cover from view; obscure

  33. Substandard • Failing to meet a criterion or requirement

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