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Word Skills
Mrs. Rays word skills
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abstract | Theoretical; difficult to understand |
| attainment | achievement; accomplishment |
| Conspicuous | noticeable; obvious |
| Contemporary | happening at the same time; modern |
| Esoteric | understood by only a few |
| Oppression | harsh, unjust use of authority or power |
| Paternalism | fatherlike system of control |
| Predominantly | primarily; mostly |
| Sector | subdivision; segment |
| Thesis | theory; statement of an idea |
| Adjacent | next to; having a common border with |
| Cycle | series of events that recur regularly |
| Hydrological | relating to the study of water |
| Incessant | constant; never ends |
| Integral | essential; whole |
| recurrence | something that happens again |
| Sediment | matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid |
| Tributary | river that feeds into a larger body of water |
| Velocity | speed |
| Watershed | area drained by a river system; crucial turning point |
| Appallingly | horribly; fearfully |
| Bulbous | shaped like a bulb |
| Communal | public; shared |
| Deft | skillful in a quick and easy way |
| Despondent | dejected; discouraged |
| Disdainful | proud; scornful |
| Gloat | to act smugly; to enjoy maliciously |
| Nonchalant | unconcerned; cool; indifferent |
| Superciliously | in a contemptuous matter |
| Timorously | in a fearful or timid way |