Quizlet Chapter 12

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  1. Confluence: the flowing together of two or more elements: streams, ideas, influences, or cultures 2. an assembling or flocking together in a crowd
  2. Cormorant: a greedy person; a dark hook-billed sea bird
  3. Dehydrate: to remove water or moisture; to lose water or moisture
  4. Effluent: a stream or overflow from a larger body of water, or from a channel or sewer 2. flowing out
  5. Flux: a flow 2. a continuous succession of changes
  6. Hydrology: The study of water and its effects on and in the earth and in the atmosphere
  7. Inundate: To submerge or overlow with water; to flood 2. to overwhelm
  8. Marinade: a liquid often seasoned with spices or herbs to flavor meat or fish for a period of time before cooking
  9. Nauseate: to cause queasiness; to feel sick 2. to cause the feeling of repulsion or disgust
  10. Nave: The long central part of the church extending from the entrance to the altar with aisles along the sides
  11. Pontiff: pope or bishop
  12. Pontificate: To speak with pompous authority
  13. Redound: to reflect or come back either favorable or unfavorably
  14. Redundant: superfluous; exceeding what is needed, or what is needed no longer 2. verbose; needlessly repetitious
  15. Undulate: to cause a wave-like motion