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Wordly Wise #7

Terms in this set (15)

archipelago
1. a large group of islands
2. a body of water containing a large number of islands
careen
1. to rush headlong, often with a swerving or lurching motion
2. to cause to lean or tip to one side (as a ship)
cavalier
Showing an offhand or carefree disregard; arrogant
contiguous
sharing a boundary; being very close or in contact; adjacent
correlate
To connect related things; to bring things into proper relation with one another
etymology
1. history of the word
2. the science that studies such histories
frenetic
wildly excited; franitic
kinetic
relating to motion
presage
to foretell; to warn or indicate in advance
pulverize
1. to crush or grind into dust or powder
2. to demolish
recondite
difficult to understand; abstruse
repulse
1. to repel; to drive back
2. to reject in a cool or distant manner
3. to disgust
seismic
1. caused by or having to do with earthquakes
2. having powerful and widespread effects
undulate
1. to form or move in waves
2. to have a wavelike appearance or motion
upheaval
1. a radical or violent change
2. a forceful lifting or warping from beneath
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