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Read 990 Vocab 6
Vocabulary from chapter 6, book 3
Question | Answer |
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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 |