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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
penetrate: go through
perch: a small fich
personality: charactor
peveved: irritated
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
prcess: a series of steps
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
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