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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 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 • To lay out or use up
Fortuitous • Happening by chance or accident
Grapple • To try to cope with
Ideology • A set of beliefs of an individual or a group
Palpable • Easily perceived by the senses; obvious; touchable
Transient • Temporary; passing with time
Vocabulary 17 Using definitions
Fraught • Involving; full of; accompanied by
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
gratify • To give pleasure to by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings; to satisfy; indulge; humor, as one’s desires or appetites
Momentum • Force or speed of movement; impetus
Narrate • To give an account or tell the story of; to relate or recount events, experiences, etc. in speech or writing
Serendipity • An aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident
Torrid • Subject to parching or burning heat from the sun; oppressively hot, parching, burning; ardent; passionate; tropical, scorching, fiery
Ultimate • Last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series; maximum; decisive or conclusive; highest; extreme, remotest, uttermost
Vigilant • Keenly watchful to detect danger or trouble; ever awake and alert; sleeplessly watchful
Wend • To pursue or direct one’s way
Vocabulary 18 Prefixes That Tell Where
Circumlocution • The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language; evasion in speech or writing; roundabout expression
Circumstance • Condition or fact attending an event and having some bearing on it; a determining or modifying factor
Interact • To act upon one another
Intersperse • To distribute among other things at intervals
Intervention • The act of coming between to modify, settle, or hinder some action
Midcontinent • Located in the center of a land mass
Midlife • Located in the middle of one’s period of existence
Subconscious • Part of the mind below the level of awareness
Submerge • To place under water; cover from view; obscure
Substandard • Failing to meet a criterion or requirement