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Midterm Study Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Diligent | Working with great care and effort. |
| Eclipse | A total or partial hiding of one heavenly body by another. |
| Tentative | Not fully worked out or final; hesitating or uncertain. |
| Tranquil | Calm; peaceful |
| Versatile | Able to do 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 | 1. Not moving 2. Not changing |
| Peninsula | A piece of land, connected to a larger land mass, that juts out and is almost completly surrounded by water. |
| Rural | Of or relating to the country and the people who live there. |
| Sanctuary | 1. A place of safety or shelter. 2. Protection offered by such a place. |
| splendor | Magnificence; brilliance of appearance. |
| squalid | Dirty and unfit for living, especially as a result for neglect. |
| campaign | A series of actions intended to accomplish a goal. |
| integrate | To unite as a whole; especially to end the separation of races. |
| segregate | To keep separate or apart. |
| triumph | A noteworthy success. |
| supreme | The highest in rank or position. |
| conspicuous | Easily or plainly seen. |
| eloquent | Skilled at speaking or writing; having the power to move people. |
| exhibit | To show in public. |
| pedestal | A base or support on which something stands. |
| persecute | To treat cruelly or harshly because of political, religious, or other differences. |