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Wordly Wise Lesson 6
Vocabulary Words and Definitions for SIS 8th Grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Total absence of government | Anarchy |
| Lack of order; total confusion | Anarchy |
| To seize; to arrest | Apprehend |
| To grasp the meaning of; to understand | Apprehend |
| To bring before a court to face charges | Arraign |
| To absorb into a population | Assimilate |
| To take in a part and absorb the whole | Assimilate |
| Strikingly out of the ordinary;peculiar | Bizarre |
| An event that causes great suffering and harm; a disaster | Calamity |
| To plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal | Conspire |
| To join or act together | Conspire |
| A difference of opinion;disagreement | Dissension |
| To pass or slip by (used with time) | Elapse |
| About to happen; likely to occur in the very near future | Imminent |
| To ask questions of, especially in a thorough or formal matter | Interrogate |
| To treat as a celebrity | Lionize |
| Extremely careful; attentive to small details | Meticulous |
| A ring or band put around the arm or leg to prevent free movement | Shackle |
| Something that prevents free action | Shackle |
| To prevent freedom of action | Shackle |
| To suffer from or to be overcome by great heat | Swelter |