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Review Vocab 20-24
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Communism | A system of government where everything is owned by the government. |
| allegiance | faithfulness or loyalty |
| liberty | freedom |
| justice | fair and equal treatment |
| Altitude | Height above sea level |
| Elevation | Height above sea level |
| epidemic | A disease spreading widely and affecting many individuals at one time |
| linear | Items or data points that fall in or on a line. A graph of the relation between two quantities or terms that are linearly related is a straight line. |
| scattered | A distribution of items or data points in which individual items are scattered evenly or randomly over an area, instead of being clustered or dispersed linearly. |
| interpolation | To predict a value between known data points. The boundary lines for the groundwater pollutant plumes at the 1 ppb level are interpolated from the known well contaminant concentrations, some of which are lower than 1 ppb and some of which are higher |
| Implore | to beg |
| 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 |
| axis | n. 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 |
| 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 |
| General | not specific or in detail |
| Vague | Not clearly expressed, understood or described. |
| Minimal | Very little, the smallest amount possible |
| Partial | Not whole, incomplete |
| sloth | the quality or state of being lazy |
| gluttony | the act or habit of eating or drinking too much |
| Paraphrase | To say something using different words |
| Hoyden | a bold rowdy girl or woman |
| Livid | very angry |
| curmudgeon | a grumpy and usually old man |
| Magnanimous | generous |
| Shenanigans | funny or mischievous activity |
| Halitosis | Bad breath |
| Monochromatic | Only one color |
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