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Mid-Term Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Diligent | Working with great care and effort. |
| Eclipse | The 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 many different things or to be used in 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 completly surrounded with water |
| Rural | Of or relating to the country and the people who live there. |
| Sanctuary | A place of safety |
| Splendor | Magnificence; brilliance of appearence. |
| Squalid | Filth; misery. |
| Campaign | A series of actions intended to accomplish a goal. |
| Segregate | To keep separate or apart. |
| Integrate | To unite into a whole; especially to end the separation of races. |
| 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. |