Vocabulary 5.15-5.17
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 assimilate | 1. make similar or like 2. to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb |
| dissimilar | opposite of similar; unlike; different |
| similarity | likeness; resemblance |
| simile | comparison of two different things introduced by like or as |
| simulate | give the appearance of; feign; imitate |
| simultaneous | existing or happening at the same times; contemporary; concurrent |
| desolate | lay waste; ravage; devastate |
| desolate | left alone; deserted; abandoned; forsaken; forlorn |
| sole | one and only; single; lone |
| soliloquy | speech made to oneself when alone |
| solitary | opposite of accompanied; being or living alone; without companions |
| solitude | condition of being alone; loneliness; seclusion |
| solo | musical composition (or anything) performed by a single person |
| absolute | 1. completely free of constitutional or other restraint; autocratic; despotic 2. utter; outright; unquestionable |
| dissolution | act of loosening or breaking up into component parts |
| dissolve | 1. break up; disintegrate; disband 2. cause to disappear; end |
| resolution | solving; solution; answer |
| resolve | break up; solve; explain; unravel |
| soluble | 1. capable of being dissolved or made into a liquid 2. solvable |
| solvent | substance, usually liquid, able to dissolve another substance, known as the solute |
| solvent | able to pay all one's debts |
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