Vocab units 5 and 6
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Lorcutt on September 8, 2011
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11th Grade ISS (Class of 2014)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Adumbrate | to describe roughly, to give a sketchy outline of to foreshadow, to give a distinct hint of something that will happen to overshadow, to shadow or obscure |
| arcane | known or understood by only a few, mysterious |
| covert | concealed or hidden, not openly practiced or shown |
| educe | to draw or bring out, elicit to assume from evidence or facts, to deduce |
| fathom | to understand or comprehend |
| impenetrable | impossible to pierce, break through or enter impossible to understand, incomprehensible |
| impervious | incapable of being affected, harmed or broken into |
| limpid | transparent, clear calm untroubled and serene easily intelligible or understood |
| manifest | clearly apparent or obvious th show or demonstrate plainly to reveal a list of passengers or cargo on a ship, plane truck or train |
| nebulous | cloudy, misty, or hazy vague without defined form or limits |
| adjunct | something or someoe attached to another in a dependent or sunbordinate position added or connected in a subordinate, temporary or auxiliary position |
| amalgamate | to combine into a unified or an integrated whole; to unite |
| compatriot | a person from one's country; colleague |
| conclave | a secret or confidential meeting a meeing of family members or associates |
| contiguous | sharing an edge or boundary , neighboring or adjacent connecting in time without break, uninterrupted |
| diffuse | widely spread or scattered; not concentrated wordy or unclear to depart from a set course or norm; deviate |
| diverge | ti exted in diffferent directions from a common point; to branch out to differ in opinion and manner to depart from a set course or norm; to deviate |
| parity | equality in amount status or value; functional equivalence |
| synergy | the interaction or cooperation of agents or forces so that their combined effects is greater than the sum if their individual effects |
| transcend | to pass beyond the limits of, to greater than, to surpass to exist above and independent of |
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