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Marie Set #11

Vocabulary WordMeaning
under the weight of OVERLYING layers (v. to overlie) under the weight of layers ON TOP
1. salt FLOWED upward (n. . flow, adj. flowing) salt MOVED IN A STREAM upward
2. conversation FLOWED (n. flow, adj. flowing) conversation WENT SMOOTHLY
3. a FLOW of information (v. to flow, adj. flowing) a SMOOTH MOVEMENT of information
1. PLASTIC (n. plasticity, adj. plastic, adv. plastically) A KIND OF MANMADE SUBSTANCE
2. PLASTIC smiles (n. plastic, n. plasticity, adv. plastically) FAKE smiles
3. material with high PLASTICITY (n. plastic, adj. plastic, adv, plastically) material which CAN CHANGE SHAPE easily
1. a VAST desert (n. vastness, adv. vastly) an EXTREMELY LARGE desert
2. VASTLY improved (n. vastness, adj. vast) EXTREMELY improved
slight ADJUSTMENT (v. to adjust) slight CHANGE
1. TURBULENT waters (n. turbulence, adv. turbulently) ROUGH waters
2. TURBULENT times (n. turbulence, adv. turbulently) VIOLENT times
1. waters TORE INTO the salt flats waters BROKE UP the salt flats
2. TORE INTO the project STARTED WORK ON the project ENERGETICALLY
3. The fighters TORE INTO each other. The fights VIOLENTLY ATTACKED each other.
4. TORE INTO his food ATE his food HUNGRILY
1. ocean layers of sediment ACCUMULATE (n. accumulation) ocean layers of sediment PILE UP
2. evidence is ACCUMULATING (n, accumulation) evidence is INCREASING
1. DISTRIBUTE food to people (n. distribution) DELIVER food to people in need
2. evenly DISTRIBUTE seeds (n. distribution) evenly SPREAD OUT seeds
1. gave a PRESENT gave a GIFT
2. in the PRESENT (adj. present, adv. presently) NOW
3. in the PRESENCE of the king (adj. present) TO BE IN FRONT OF the king
4. The students are all PRESENT. (n. presence) The students are all HERE.
5. PRESENT a performance (n. PRESENTATION) GIVE a performance
1. the PLACEMENT of microphones around the room (v. to place) the LOCATIONS WHERE microphones ARE PUT around the room
2. PLACEMENT in a math class (v. to place) ASSIGNMENT TO a math class
1. cetaceans' AFFINITIES WITH land-dwelling mammals cetaceans' SIMILARITIES TO land-dwelling mammals
2. AFFINITY FOR French food ATTRACTION TO French food
3. have an AFFINITY WITH children have an UNDERSTANDING OF children
1. mammals that DWELL on land (n. dwelling) mammals that LIVE on land
2. tried not to DWELL on my fears tried not to STAY FOCUSED on my fears
3. a farm DWELLING (v. to dwell) a farm HOUSE
ENVISIONS as career as a software engineer IMAGINES a career as a software engineer
1. BRIDGED a gap (n. bridge) WENT FROM ONE SIDE OF a gap TO THE OTHER SIDE
2. a BRIDGE between two cultures (v. to bridge) a CONNECTION between two cultures
EMBEDDED IN rocks IN THE MIDDLE OF rocks
1. VESTIGIAL legs (n. vestige) UNDEVELOPED AND NONFUNCTIONAL legs
VESTIGE of an ancient city SMALL REMAINING PART of an ancient city
1. RETAINED a tail (n. retention) STILL POSSESSED a tail
2. RETAIN information FROM the police (n. retention) NOT SHARE information WITH the police
3. RETAIN a security deposit for an apartment (n. retention) NOT GIVE BACK a security deposit for an apartment
major means of LOCOMOTION major means of MOVING FROM PLACE TO PLACE
1. used for PROPULSION in water (v. to propel) used for MOVING FORWARD BY MEANS OF A FORCE in water
2. PROPELLED by greed MOTIVATED by greed3
3, Her successful television role PROPELLED the actress TO fame. Her successful television role BROUGHT the actress fame.
1. enough food to SUSTAIN the population (n. sustenance, adj. sustainable, adv. sustainably) enough food to KEEP the population FROM HUNGER
2. SUSTAINED serious injuries (n. sustainability, adj. sustainable, adv. sustainably) SUFFERED serious injuries
3. a SUSTAINABLE position (v. to sustain, n. sustainability, adj. sustainable, adv. sustainably) a DEFENDABLE position
4. SUSTAINABLE losses (v. to sustain, n sustainability, adj. sustainable, adv sustainably) losses that CAN BE SURVIVED
5. environmentally SUSTAINABLE (v. to sustain, n, sustainability, adv. sustainably) environmentally CAPABLE OF CONTINUING
Created by: jeffbeller
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