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Wordly Wise 6, Ch.15
Our Biggest Star
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| analyze | to break down into separate parts in order to study |
| analysis | an examination of the whole in order to examine its various parts |
| apprehensive | worried or uneasy about what might happen |
| apprehension | worry about what might happen; dread |
| coincide | 1. to be in the same place or occur at the same time 2. to be exactly the same; to agree |
| coincidence | occurrences that seem to be related but are connected only by chance |
| compose | 1. to make by combining 2. to create or write, as a poem or a song 3. to quiet or calm |
| disk | any thin, circular object |
| envelop | to hide or cover on all sides |
| exist | 1. to be real 2. to be found; to occur 3. to stay alive |
| extraordinary | very unusual; remarkable |
| fuse | to join together by or as if by melting |
| fusion | a fusing or joining together |
| mere | nothing more than; only |
| revolve | to go around something in a circle; to turn around in a circle |
| scale | any of the hard, thin plates that cover fish and certain reptiles |
| scale | a series of musical notes that go higher and higher or lower and lower |
| scale | an instrument for measuring weight |
| scale | the way size on a map or model compares with the size of the thing it stand for |
| scale | a series of steps, degrees, or stages |
| scale | to climb or climb over |
| solar | of or having to do with the sun |
| trace | 1. a very small amount 2. a mark or sign left behind by someone or something |
| trace | 1. to follow the trail or tracks of; to locate 2. to copy by following the lines of a drawing through thin paper |
| velocity | rate of movement; speed |