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Vocabulary Definitions. Unit 7. Accurate. Without errors, completely correct; conforming to the truth. Alert. Watchful and ready to act; quick to understand and act Readiness; an alarm; a time when an alarm is in effect To warn or make aware . Ancestor.
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Vocabulary Definitions Unit 7
Accurate • Without errors, completely correct; conforming to the truth
Alert • Watchful and ready to act; quick to understand and act • Readiness; an alarm; a time when an alarm is in effect • To warn or make aware
Ancestor • A family member who lived at an earlier time
Disaster • A sudden, terrible event that brings great damage or suffering; a great failure
Elementary • Related to the simplest or beginning level of something
Envy • A feeling of resentment caused by longing for what someone has; a person or object that is envied • To resent and want what someone else has
Epidemic • Spreading to a very large group at the same time; contagious • A rapid and widespread outbreak of a disease; sudden rapid growth or development
Feeble • Having little strength or force; without energy or authority
Penetrate • To enter or force a way through or into; to see into
Romp • Spirited, carefree, or noisy fun; something that suggests merry play • To run or play in a lively or carefree way; to win easily
Staple • A U-shaped wire that fastens material by piercing and bending; a major product, material, part, or item regularly used • To fasten by staples • Chief, principal; needed or used regularly
Survive • To stay alive or continue to exist; to keep on going; to live longer than