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Stack #110881
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sequence | An ordered list |
| vertex | A corner of a polygon, where two sides meet. |
| term | An item in a sequence. |
| Vile | Terrible, evil |
| Infer | To make a guess based on what you already know |
| Formulate | Put Together, Create |
| Support | Give the Facts, Back Up With Details |
| Analyze | Break apart, Study the Pieces |
| Myth | a traditional story about gods, ancestors or heroes that is important to a group of people. |
| sensory | relating to the sense of taste, smell, hearing sound or touch. |
| 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 | an untrue comparison that doesn't use like or as. |
| sea | a large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land |
| sound | a broad, inland body of water, often between a coastline and one or more islands off the coast |
| delta | a flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth |
| harbor | a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely |
| absolute value | Thedistance of a number from 0 on the number line, and is indicated by drawing a bar on each side of the number. |
| equivalent fractions | Fractions that describe the same portion of a whole, or name the same number |
| 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 |
| Rave | to talk wildly |
| Soothing | Comforting |
| Archipelago | A chain of islands |
| Resource | Something that is useful to people. |
| tundra | (blank) |
| (blank) | A high plain in the far north or south with little vegetation and that is cold |
| Steppe | Partly dry grassland found near the edge of deserts |
| Savanna | Broad grassland in the tropics with few trees |
| factor pair | For a number, two factors whose product equals that number |
| factor | For a number, a whole number that divides into a number without a remainder |
| Exponent | A small, raised number that tells how many times a factor is multiplied. |
| Prejudice | dislike of something without good reason |
| Harass | to create an unpleasant situation for someone by unwelcome verbal or physical conduct |
| Civil Rights | freedoms guaranteed to U.S. citizens |
| Bias | Favoring one thing unfairly |
| Mock | To make fun of |
| Intimidate | To scare with threats or harm |
| Ethnic Group | A minority group that shares a culture different from the majority |
| Anti-Semitism | Prejudice against Jewish people |
| Racism | Discrimination based on race |
| Homophobia | Prejudice against gay and lesbian people |