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4th Q Vocab Wk 6
4th Quarter Vocabulary Week 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Vigilance | Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger |
| Transposition | The act of reversing the order or changing the place of |
| Symmetrical | Evenlu, well-balanced, same on both sides |
| Skepticism | The entertainment of doubt concerning something |
| Reservoir | A receptacle where a quantity of some material, especially of a liquid or gas, may be kept |
| Quarantine | Enforced isolation of any person or place infected with contagious disease |
| Prologue | A beginning statement or explanation to a poem, story, or performance |
| Plagiarism | The stealing of passages from the writings of another and publishing them as one's own |
| Perpendicular | Meeting a given line or surface at right angles |
| Paradox | A statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the received belief |
| Oration | An eleaborate or formal public speech |
| Nocturnal | Of or pertaining to the night |
| Mainifesto | A public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intentions, or motives |
| Linguist | One who is familiar with several languages |
| Itinerant | One who wanders from place to place |
| Hiatus | A break or interruption in the process of something |
| Frivolous | Trivial, unimportant |
| Convoluted | Highly complex or intricate, overlapping details |