Flashcards: Quarter 4 Vocabulary

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Harleyki on April 6, 2010

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english 9

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WMHS English 9, JFK English 9

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Flashcards: Quarter 4 Vocabulary

Solstice
either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
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Solstice either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
Spectrum broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities
Stereotype a conventional or formulaic conception or image
Strategy an elaborate and systematic plan of action
Suffrage a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution
Symbiosis the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent
Tariff a government tax on imports or exports
Technique skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
Tempo (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
Toxin a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species
Tranquility a state of peace and quiet
Tumult the act of making a noisy disturbance
Tundra a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line
Ultraviolet having or employing wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X-rays
Unanimous in complete agreement
Undulate increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves
Vaccine immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
Vaccilate to sway form one side to the other
Vertebrate having a backbone or spinal column
Virtuoso someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Voracious excessively greedy and grasping
Wretched characterized by physical misery
Xylem the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels
Yacht an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
Zoology the branch of biology that studies animals

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