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Jan15 Scope Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| commodity | a product that is bought and sold; something useful or valued |
| daunt | to make someone feel frightened or discouraged |
| dire | dreadful or urgent |
| displaced | lacking ahome, country; forced to move from their usual or proper place |
| haven | a harbor; a safe place protected from danger or trouble |
| humanitarian | to do with helping people and relieve suffering |
| nongovernmental organizations | a group not associated with those that govern a country or state that is joined together for a particular purpose |
| persecution | the cruel and unfair treatment of someone, espevially because of that person's ideas or political beliefs |
| abject | utterly hopeless, miserable, or wretched |
| appoint | to name or assign to a position or duty |
| appointed | decided on beforehand; prearranged; furnished or supplied with equipment |
| dilapidated | fallen into a state of ruin or decay, ofthen through neglect or abuse |
| haggard | thin, exhausted, or worn out, as from hunger, pain, or worry |
| modest | having or showing a moderate or humble opinon of oneself; not boastful; limited in quanity, size, or extent; clean and proper in dress, behavior, and thought; decent |
| poise | to balance or hold steady by balancing; a diginified, confident manner; the ability to stay composed under strain; balance, stability |
| poised | hovering or suspended as if in midair; prepared for something |
| procure | to obtain stomething that is difficult to get |
| squalor | filthy and miserable conditions |
| unsavory | morally offensive or bad; bad-tasting or -smelling |
| astrobiologist | a scientist who studies the possibility of life somewhere else in the universe |
| astronomer | a scientist who studies the universe and the celestial bodies (planets and stars) within it |
| criteria | standards for judging and evaluating something |
| criterion | criteria, singular form |
| deploy | to spread out, open up, or arrange for a specific purpose; in the military: to place in battle formation |
| dub | to give a name or title to |
| extraterrestrial | coming from or existing outside the Earth or its atmosphere; and extraterrestrial being |
| habitable | suitable to be lived in |
| light-year | a unit for measuring the distance in space; the distance light travels in one year (5,880,000,000,000 miles); a very great distance, especially in progress or development |
| majestic | stately, dignified, or grand |
| nimble | able to move quicly and lightly; able to move with ease; quick to learn and understand things |
| orbit | move in a curved path around something else; the curved path that something takes as it moves around something else |
| propulsion | the force that moves something onward or forward |
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