| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abnomal | not normal |
| abruptly | suddenly |
| accurate | correct |
| achieve | attain |
| acoustics | the quality of sound in a place |
| adapt | get along |
| adjustment | slight change |
| advantage | upper hand |
| agency | a business that represents clients |
| aggressive | quick to fight |
| alert | paying close attention |
| amusing | funning |
| anatomy | the study of the body |
| ancient | very old |
| announce | tell something new |
| antics | clowning behavior |
| anxiety | worry |
| apparatus | equipment |
| apparent | obvious |
| approval | an ok |
| area | a region; a place |
| aroused | awakened; stirred up |
| arranged | made plans |
| assess | evaluate |
| associated | related |
| associates | people who work together |
| assuming | supposing |
| assured | guaranteed |
| attained | reached |
| attentive | paying attention |
| bacteria | germ that produce diseses |
| bargain | try to buy something at a reduced price |
| barge | a long flat-bottomed boat used for carring things |
| beaker | a container used in chemistry labs |
| bellow | short loudly |
| beneficial | good |
| bill of lading | a list of everything in a truckload or carload of things |
| bombbardment | shower |
| bonds | forces that hold things together |
| bounding | jumping and leaping |
| breadfruit | a large tropical fruit |
| breaker | a big wave |
| brilliance | sparkle and shine |
| brittle | breaks doesn't bend |
| brochure | folder |
| buckles | folds collapses |
| budget | a breakdown of how money is to be spent |
| buoy | a floatthat marks something in the water |
| calculated | figure out |
| campaign | organized affort |
| canopy | roof |
| cascading | falling or tumbling |
| champion | a person who is best at something |
| charred | burned and blackened |
| chores | daily jobs |
| chowder | a thick soup |
| churned | stirred up very hard |
| claim | pick up something you own |
| clients | people who pay a company for work |
| climate | weather conditions |
| coastal | along the edge or coast of an ocean |
| coincidence | something that happens by chance |
| collapes | fall part |
| colleagues | associates |
| collide | crash into each other |
| comment | say something |
| commission | money paid for selling something |
| composed | made up of |
| computer program | set of directions that tells the computer what it is supposed to do |
| concealed | hidden |
| concerned | intertesting |
| confedence | meeting |
| confidential | secret |
| confirm | show that something is right |
| considing | thinking about |
| contine | keep going |
| contract | pledge |
| convert | change |
| convey | get across |
| convince | make someone believe |
| coordinated | working together smoothly |
| copyright | the right to make copies of something that is printed |
| craft | boat |
| crease | a mark that left after something has been folded |
| crest | top |
| data | facts |
| deadlocked | when neither side can win |
| deafening | very loud |
| deceit | lying |
| deceive | trick or fool someone |
| deceptive | misleading |
| delicately | gently, carefully |
| demand | need |
| demand | insist |
| descend | to go down |
| deserve | earn |
| detect | find |
| determined | firm in your decision |
| develop | invent |
| device | an object made to do something special |
| devote | give a lot of attenion |
| diet | all the things you eat |
| disassembled | taken apart |
| dismantled | taken apart |
| distinguish | tell how things are different |
| disturbed | worried or upset |
| doctors degree | the highest college degree you can get |
| domestic | not foreign |
| dressings | bandages that cover a wound |
| ducts | tubes |
| duplication | made a copy |
| dwellings | places in which people live |
| efficiently | without wasted movement |
| elaborate | complicated |
| electromagnetic | very small waves that travel through space very fast |
| eliminate | get rid of |
| emerge | come out of |
| encounter | come up againist |
| endure | put up with something unpleasement |
| enlarge | made bigger |
| erupted | suddenly |
| estimate | a smart guess |
| evolution | slow change |
| exaggerated | stretch the truth |
| examine | carefully look over |
| exceed | go beyond |
| exceptionally | unusually |
| exclaim | cry out |
| executive | a person who runs a company |
| exhaust | use up |
| expectation | thoughts that something will happens |
| expert | soneone who knows a great deal about something |
| extenison | something that is added |
| extinct | no longer living |
| extracted | pulled out |
| extreme | far from normal |
| facilities | things built to be used for a special purpose |
| faint | very weak |
| faked | pretended |
| fascinated | really interested |
| fault | something wrong |
| feat | a great achievement |
| fidget | twist and turn |
| fierce | very violent |
| figure head | carved figure on the front of a ship |
| filtering | straining |
| flail | swing around like crazy |
| flexible | bends easily |
| flounder | flop around |
| flutter | move back and forth rapidly |
| focused | concentrated |
| foliage | leaves on a bush or tree |
| formal | stiff and polite |
| formulas | sets of rules |
| fossil | remains of a living thing from a past geological age |
| foul-tasting | bad-tasting |
| franchise | the right to sell something |
| frantic | very excited and upset |
| fraud | a trick to cheat somebody |
| frequently | often |
| fret | worry |
| function | purpose |
| futile | cannot succed |
| gale | a strong wind |
| gallows | a device for hanging people |
| gamble | risk |
| gash | a deep cut |
| gasping | breathing with short fast breaths |
| gear | eqiupment |
| genetic | a living thing's inhertied pattern growth |
| gimmick | trick used to do something |
| glance | bounce off |
| glands | parts of the body that produces important chemicals |
| glimpse | a quick look |
| glistening | sparkling |
| grade | slope |
| graduate student | someone who has an undergraduate degree and is working on a higher degree |
| grant | money that reseachers receive for doing a particular job |
| grazed | eating grass |
| hailed | called to |
| hazy | not clear |
| heave | throw |
| hectic | frantic |
| hesitate | pause for a moment |
| himalayas | the highest mountain chain in the world |
| hoist | lift |
| holster | a pouch for carrying a gun |
| hostility | unfriendliness |
| hulk | a perso who is clumsy and overweight |
| hull | body of a ship |
| humiliating | very embarrassing |
| hurl | throw |
| hurtle | fling; hurl violently |
| husks | the dry outer coverings of some fruits |
| ignore | not pay attention |
| illegal | against the law |
| image | picture; reflection |
| impatient | tired of waiting |
| impish | full of mischief |
| import | bring into the country |
| impressive | exceptionally good |
| impure | not pure |
| incident | something that happens |
| incredible | very hard to believe |
| incurable | can't be cured |
| incurred | caused |
| indeed | for sure |
| indicate | point out |
| infected | disease |
| inhabitants | peoplewho live in a place |
| initial | first |
| innocent | not guilty |
| inscribed | written |
| insist | demand |
| inspect | look over carefully |
| instant | very fast |
| intent | aim; purpose |
| internal | inside the body |
| interpretation | explanation |
| interruption | break |
| intriguing | interesting |
| intruder | someone who goes where they aren't wanted |
| invent | develop |
| invoice | list of prices for things being sold |
| irritated | a little angry |
| jostled | tossed around |
| keen | sharp |
| labratory | a place where experiments are done |
| lava | hot melted rock that comes out of a volcano |
| ledge | a narrow shelf |
| leisurely | a slow and easy pace |
| life expectancy | number of years a person is expected to live |
| limbs | arms and legs |
| lingered | hung around for a long time |
| location | place |
| logical | makes sense |
| mammal | warm blooded animal that has hair |
| manner | way |
| marine | sea |
| masterpieces | fine works of art |
| matted | pushed and flattened |
| mature | full-grown |
| microscope | an instrument used to look at things that are very small |
| mission | seriousduty |
| modeled | demonstrated |
| moderator | a person who runs a meeting, dicussion, or debate |
| modified | changed |
| mole | a small animal that spends most of its life underground |
| momentary | lasts for only a moment |
| motive | reason |
| mounting | base |
| nervous | edgy or jumping |
| nitrogen | a gas that has no smell or color |
| nonsense | something that makes no sense |
| nudge | a gentle push |
| nutrition | the food needs of a body |
| occasional | once in a while |
| official | backed by an authority |
| offspring | descendent; children |
| organism | something that is living |
| original | first |
| outfit | a set of clothes |
| outskirts | the areas on the edge of town |
| paleontologist | a sientist who studies fossils and ancient forms of life |
| panic | sudden fear |
| particularly | especially |
| patent | a license that protects the person who invents an object |
| peak | thehighest point of a mountain |
| peveved | irritated |
| penetrate | go through |
| perch | a small fich |
| personality | charactor |
| physicist | a person who works in the fields of physics |
| plead | beg |
| plumes | fancy feathers |
| plunge | dive |
| podium | a high desk used by speakers on a stage |
| potent | very strong |
| pounce | jumped up |
| prance | step high and move in a frisky way |
| precious | very special and rare |
| predator | an animal that kills other animal |
| presentation | speech |
| prevented | kept something from happening |
| prickly | sharp and will sting |
| prior | before |
| procedure | aseries of steps for doing something |
| proceed | go ahead |
| prcess | a series of steps |
| proclaimed | announced |
| productive | achieved a great deal |
| profit | money left after all expenses have been paid |
| programmed | always follows the same steps |
| prominent | well known important |
| property | trait; feature |
| proposition | plan |
| protection | something that guards |
| protest | speak strongly against |
| provides | gives |
| punctured | poked a whole in |
| puny | small and weak |
| purify | kills germs |
| range | the spread of differences |
| reaction | response |
| receipt | a paper that proves that something was paid for |
| recommend | suggest |
| referred | directed attention to |
| refused | turned down |
| reinforced | strengthened |
| rejected | turned down |
| related to | has to do with |
| reliable | can be counted on |
| remarkable | surprising or amazing |
| remarked | said; commented |
| remodel | change the way something looks |
| represent | stand for |
| reputation | what people think of you |
| request | ask for |
| researcher | a person who tries to discover new facts |
| resignation | statement that one quits a job |
| resist | not give in |
| respected | treated as a special person |
| respond | answer |
| resume | begin again |
| retrieve | recover |
| rig | device |
| rigged | fixed up |
| roamed | wandered |
| routine | something that is presented in the same way over and over |
| salvage | valuable objects saved from someplace |
| scan | lokk over quickly |
| scarcely | only just |
| scavengers | animals that eat what ever animals leave behind |
| scent | odor |
| schedule | set up a time |
| scramble | to move quickly |
| screens | keep out |
| scurried | moved fast |
| sea level | the height of the ocean at the edge of the land |
| secluded | well hidden |
| secured | put firmly in place |
| selection | a portion of something |
| sensed | felt |
| serious | important and not funny |
| severe | very fierce |
| sheer | very steep |
| shimmering | seems to be coveed with shiny, moving lights |
| shorings | things that are used to hold something up |
| shortage | not enough |
| shrill | high-pitched |
| silt | very fine mud |
| site | place |
| situation | what goes one |
| slanting | not flat or level |
| slime | slippery coating |
| slither | to slide along |
| sluggish | slow |
| smouldering | burning and smoking without flame |
| snaked | twisted |
| solution | answer |
| sound | in good condition |
| sprawl | stretch out |
| sprouts | new shoots or buds |
| staggering | very hard to believe |
| stale | not fresh |
| stern | back end of a boat |
| stout | strong and heavy |
| strain | put forth too much effort |
| stranded | cannot move |
| strategy | procedure |
| strewn | scattered |
| strides | long steps |
| stunt | a hard trick done to get attention |
| subsided | died down |
| substance | material |
| suggests | hints |
| suitable | just right |
| summary | a short version of a speech or story |
| superb | very, very good |
| surface | the top |
| surge | sudden movement |
| surpass | outdo |
| survive | live through |
| suspended | hanging |
| sways | moves back and forth |
| swirl | twist around |
| symptoms | signs |
| tantrums | fits of anger |
| taut | stretched tight |
| term | a part of a contract |
| termites | bugs that eat wood |
| theory | explanation |
| thrash | to move about violently |
| tick | an insect that sucks blood |
| tiller | handle that steers a boat |
| tingly | a slightly stinging feeling |
| tomb | a building for the dead |
| topples | falls over |
| trace | track down |
| trample | stamp into the ground |
| trance | daze |
| transform | change |
| transmit | send; convey |
| trough | a container with its bottom shaped like a long v |
| typical | predictable |
| unconscious | aslepp; knocked out |
| unconvincing | weak |
| undergraduate | a college student who is studying for a regular college degree |
| unfortunate | unlucky |
| unison | at the same time |
| urge | a desire to do something |
| valves | moveable parts that let air out or liquid in or out |
| vast | very big |
| vegetation | plant life |
| vein | a thin line in rocks |
| venom | the poison that poisonous snakes spit |
| venture | a risky situation |
| verses | the parts of a song that are not sung over and over |
| viciously | fiercely |
| violate | brake |
| visible | able to be seen |
| volume | book |
| wail | cry out in pain |
| whir | a soft humming noise |
| wispy | very light and dainty |
| withdraw | take back |
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