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Vocab Lists 1-10 '13
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Term | Definition |
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Noun | a word that is the name of something (as a person, animal, place, thing, quality, idea, or action) |
Verb | a word that expresses an act, occurrence, or state of being, an action word |
Adjective | a word that modifies a noun by describing what it is like |
Adverb | a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb |
Pronoun | a word that is used as a substitute for a noun |
Conjunction | a word or expression that joins together sentences, clauses, phrases, or words |
Figurative language | Words that are used in ways that aren’t purely literal |
Personification | Describing something not human by giving it human characteristics |
Simile | a comparison that isn't literal and uses like or as |
Metaphor | a non-literal comparison that doesn't use like or as. |
axis | straight line around which something rotates |
fragrant | sweet-smelling |
teeming | filled to overflowing |
accomplice | assistant to a crime |
arc | curved path |
ebb | to decrease in force or level |
impulse | sudden act |
indefinitely | for an unlimited time |
ponderous | of great weight |
pry | to pull by using a lever |
Implore | To beg |
Climate | Typical weather of a region |
Humid | Damp; with a relatively high level of moisture in the air |
Temperate | Without extremes, has a range of temperatures within moderate limits |
Frigid | Very cold |
Tundra | The level or nearly level treeless plain between the ice cap and the timber line of North America, Europe, and Asia that has permanently frozen subsoil |
Steppe | An extensive, usually treeless plain, often dry and grass-covered |
Savanna | A flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical region |
Marine | Relating to, found in, or living in the sea |
Tropical | Very hot and often combined with a high degree of humidity |
Biome | A division of the world's vegetation that corresponds to a defined climate and is characterized by specific types of plants and animals |
Objective | Something worked toward or striven for; a goal. |
Rubric | A tool to assess work describing different levels of performance. |
Evaluation | Examining and carefully judging something |
Assessment | An activity that shows what you know and can do. |
Geography | Geography is the study of the earth in all its variety—human and natural—focusing on how locations affect all other aspects of a place. |
Standard | A degree or level of requirement, excellence, or attainment |
Strategy | A way of doing something difficult |
Percent | Out of each hundred, per hundred |
Grammar | Rules of language and how words and punctuation combine to form sentences. |
Punctuation | The standard marks and signs, besides letters, in writing and printing |
canyon | a deep and narrow valley with steep walls |
cape | a point of land that extends into a river, lake or ocean |
lake | a sizable inland body of water |
mesa | broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau |
mountain | land with steep sides that rises sharply (1,000 feet or more) from surrounding land; generally larger and more rugged than a hill |
basin | an area of land drained by a given river and its branches; an area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevations |
ocean | one of the 4 major bodies of salt water that surround the continents |
pastor | a minister or priest in charge of a church or parish |
imams | Muslim religious leaders |
priest | Christian religious leader |
mouth (of a river) | a place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water |
bay | the part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf |
source (of a river) | a place where a river or stream begins, often in highlands |
strait | a narrow stretch of water joining 2 larger bodies of water |
Tributary | a small river or stream that flows into a large river or stream; a branch of the river |
gulf | part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay |
peninsula | a body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on 3 sides by water |
hill | elevated land with sloping sides and a rounded summit; generally smaller than a mountain |
island | a land area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water |
isthmus | a narrow stretch of land connecting 2 larger land areas |
extravagant | excessive, going beyond reasonable bounds |
tangible | able to be touched or felt |
leaden | heavy and sad |
sullen | gloomy, sad, in a bad mood |
timorous | Scared, reluctant |
moderation | Not going to extremes. |
Discrete data | Information with only a finite or specific number of values possible |
Continuous data | Information with an infinite or unlimited number of values possible |
compare | tell the differences and similarities |
contrast | tell the differences |
Trace | Outline, List in Steps |
Analyze | Break apart, Study the Pieces |
Infer | A Good Guess, Read Between the Lines |
Evaluate | Judge, In Your Own Words |
Formulate | Put Together, Create |
Describe | Tell All About |
Support | Give the Facts, Back Up With Details |
Explain | Tell How, Put in Your Own Words |
Summarize | Sum It Up, Give Me the Short Version |
Predict | Make a Guess, What Will Happen Next |
Primly | stiffly; daintily |
recede | to move backward; to withdraw |
rueful | sad |
venture | bold or risky act |
anguish | extreme pain or sorrow |
helter-skelter | without order; messy |
Immense | very large |
Melancholy | Depressed |
Pickle | difficult situation |
Exotic | strikingly unusual in appearance or taste |
Dread | looked upon with great fear or nervousness |
Outbreak | The sudden or violent start of something unwelcomed |
Malady | any disorder or disease of the body |
Monitor | observe and check the progress of something over a period of time; |
Immunity | the state of being protected from a particular disease. |
Scar | To leave a permanent mark on someone’s skin as the result of an injury |
Primary | first or highest in importance |
Convalesce | recover one's health and strength over a period of time after an illness or operation. |
Contender | the contestant you hope to defeat. |