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Vocab wk 1-11
Daily Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| evaporate | to escape into the air in the form of a gas |
| vapor | water in the form of a gas, Vapor is formed during the process of evaporation |
| humidity | the amount of moisture in the air |
| precipitation | water that falls to the earth as rain, sleet, snow, mist, or hail |
| condense | to from a gas into a liquid |
| miniature | on a small scale |
| puny | weak in size or power |
| gigantic | like a giant |
| bulky | large and awkward to handle |
| colossal | very large |
| dwarfish | much smaller than normal |
| transparent | easily seen through |
| sheer | transparently thin; as some fabrics |
| dingy | of a dark, dull, or dirty color; lacking brightness or freshness |
| grimy | dirty; covered in smudge |
| sturdy | strongly built; firm |
| pale | lacking intensity of color; colorless or whitish |
| city | a place in which people live that is larger than a town |
| commercial | having to do with business, a place where many businesses are located |
| metropolitan | of or pertaining to a large city, its surrounding suburbs, and other neighboring communities |
| residential | a place that has multiple homes where people live |
| rural | living in or characteristic of farming or country life |
| suburban | an area in or near a city or just outside the city |
| urban | relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area |
| praire | a large area of level or rolling grassland (meadow) |
| hearth | an area often made of brick or stone in front of a fireplace |
| messenger | a person who carries a message or goes on an errand. Example; mail carriers, newspaper carriers and truck drivers |
| engineer | a person who creates plans for such things as cars, buildings, roads, bridges and computers |
| physician | a person specializing in healing human disease or sickness |
| paramedic | a person who is trained to give first aid or other health care in the absence of a physician. Example; police & firefighter, etc |
| optician | a person who makes eyeglasses and contact lenses, They also check your vision and correct any vision problems |
| editor | a person who is head of a department of a newspaper or magazine |
| headline | a title that appears with a newspaper article |
| reporter | a person who gathers facts and writes reports for a newspaper or magazine |
| hemisphere | any halves of the earth |
| boundary | any line or thing marking off a line or border |
| scale | a series of spaces marked off by lines and used for measuring distance on a map. |
Created by:
Carroll
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