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Read 990 Vocab 6
Vocabulary from chapter 6, book 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| indelible | permanent |
| ragtime | a style of jazz music |
| prowess | superior skill or ability |
| quantity words | express numbers |
| perforations | punched holes |
| yen | unit of Japanese currency or money |
| cause-effect pattern | series of details that relate to one another |
| paradoxical | contradicts each other |
| precipitous | extremely steep |
| Cretaceous period | time in history after the dinosaurs marked by flowering plants |
| comparison | explain the similarities between two or more things |
| enigma | one who is puzzling |
| dissonant | harsh or inharmonious |
| cavalier | gentleman |
| ideology | a set of beliefs or ideas |
| unfettered | free or not tied down |
| obesity | a body-mass index of more than 30 |
| ethics | rules that govern moral judgments & actions |
| Kibbutz | communal living situation in Israel |
| odious | a strong dislike or arousing distaste |