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Mid-term study guide-ELA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Diligent | Working hard with great care and effort |
| Eclipse | The total or partial hiding of one heavenly body by another |
| Tentative | Not fully worked out of final; hesetating or uncertain |
| Tranquil | Calm; peaceful |
| Versatile | Able to do many different things or to be used in many different ways |
| Attain | To reach; to arrive at |
| Flammable | Able to catch fire easily |
| Jeopardy | Danger |
| Pollute | To make impure or dirty |
| Stationary | Not moving |
| Peninsula | A piece of land, connected to a larger land mass, that juts out and is almost completely surrounded by water |
| Rural | Of or relating to the country and the people who live there |
| Sanctuary | A place of safety or shelter |
| Splendor | Magnificence; brilliance of appearance |
| Squalid | Dirty and unfit for living, especially as a result of neglect |
| Campaign | Series of actions intended to accomplish a goal |
| Integrate | To unite into a whole; especially to end the separation of races |
| Segregate | To keep separate or apart |
| Supreme | Highest in rank or position |
| Conspicuous | Easily or plainly seen |
| Eloquent | Skilled at speaking or writing; the power to move people |
| Exhibit | To show in public |
| Pedestal | A base or support on which something stands |
| Persecute | Treat cruelly or harshly of political, religious, or other differences |