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Marie Set #6
| Vocabulary Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| massive religious EDIFICES | massive religious BUILDINGS |
| the EXPANSION of the city (v. to expand) | the GROWTH of the city |
| 1. AMONG the trees | IN THE MIDDLE OF the trees |
| 2. AMONG friends | WITH friends |
| 3. AMONG poor people | EXISTING IN poor people |
| 4. AMONG other things | ONE OF other things |
| 5. friendship AMONG countries | friendship countries HAVE TOGETHER |
| 1. BETWEEN the trees | IN THE MIDDLE OF TWO trees |
| 2. BETWEEN two people | SHARED BY two people |
| 3. BETWEEN now and then | FROM now UNTIL then |
| EXTENSIVE damage (adv. extensively) | WIDESPREAD damage |
| IRRIGATION for farming (v. to irrigate) | BRINGING WATER TO LAND for farming |
| to PINPOINT the reason | to SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY the reason |
| for INSTANCE | for EXAMPLE |
| the INGENUITY of the leaders (adj. ingenious) | the CLEVERNESS of the leaders |
| The leaders showed FORESIGHTEDNESS. (v. to foresee, n. foresight, adj. foresighted) | The leaders showed AN ABILITY TO MEET FUTURE NEEDS. |
| a factor IMPLICATED IN the city's rise (n. implication) | a factor CONNECTED TO the city's rise |
| a potential RIVAL for winning (v. to rival) | a potential COMPETITOR for winning |
| EMERGED AS a leading political power (n. emergence) | BECAME a leading political power |
| 1. the evidence clearly INDICATES (n. indication) | the evidence clearly SHOWS |
| 2. INDICATIONS she was thinking about it (v. to indicate) | SIGNS she was thinking about it |
| the PREDOMINANT force in the area (v. to predominate, n. predomination, adv. predominantly) | the SUPERIOR force in the area |
| 1. ALONG WITH the leadership's ability | TOGETHER WITH the leadership's ability |
| 2. made stops ALONG the way | made stops WHILE ON the way |
| 3. ALONG THE LINES OF the previous time | SIMILAR TO the previous time |
| 4. move ALONG | move FORWARD |
| 1. It APPARENTLY had a secure market. (v. to appear, n. appearance, adj. apparent) | It SEEMED to have a secure market. |
| 2. The changes were APPARENT. (v. to appear, n. appearance, adv. apparently) | 2. The changes were VISIBLE. |
| 3. APPARENT danger (v. to appear, n. appearance, adv. apparently) | PROBABLE danger |
| 4. APPEARED in her first movie (n. appearance, adj. apparent, adv. apparently) | WAS SEEN in her first movie |
| 5. a friendly APPEARANCE (v. to appear, adj. apparent, adv. apparently) | a friendly LOOK |
| tools found at Olmec SITES | tools found at Olmec LOCATIONS |
| a valuable COMMODITY | a valuable PRODUCT |
| 1. CONSCIOUSLY attempted to attract (n. consciousness, adj. conscious) | INTENTIONALLY attempted to attract |
| 2. became CONSCIOUS again after being hit (n. consciousness, adv. consciously) | became AWAKE again after being hit |
| 3. CONSCIOUS that someone was watching (n. consciousness, adv. consciously | AWARE that someone was watching |
| attract new INHABITANTS (v. to inhabit) | attract new PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THAT PLACE |
| the THRIVING obsidian mining industry (v. to thrive) | the GROWING obsidian mining industry |
| to physically COERCE people (n. coercion) | to physically FORCE people |
| NECESSITATED hiring more workers (n. necessity, adj. necessary, adv., necessarily | REQUIRED hiring more workers |
| 1. involved in a difficult ENTERPRISE | involved in a difficult PROJECT |
| 2. private ENTERPRISE | private BUSINESS |
| 3. showed ENTERPRISE | showed AN ABILITY TO PURSUE AN OPPORTUNITY |
| INEFFICIENT voting systems (n . inefficiency, adv. inefficiently) | BADLY PERFORMING voting systems |
| INACCURATE counting of votes (n. inaccuracy, adv. inaccurately) | INCORRECT counting of votes |
| 1. CONTESTED the election result (n. contest) (n. contest) | CHALLENGED the election result |
| 2. CONTESTED for power (n. contest) | COMPETED for power |
| 1. MAGNIFY for easier viewing (n. magnification) | MAKE LARGER for easier viewing |
| 2. MAGNIFIES every minor problem (n. magnification) | EXAGGERATES every minor problem |
| It is INEVITABLE there will be mistakes. (n. inevitability, adv. inevitably) | It is CERTAIN there will be mistakes. |