Units 1-3
1. To move along a path and return to the same place
2. To move from person to person or from place to place.
Define aquamarine
A bluish-green color
Define civil
2. Fairly courteous.
Define auspicious
What is: showing signs that promise success.
Define cyclone
A strong whirling windstorm
Define subterranean
Under the Earth
Define uncivilized
1. Without an organized or developed society, wild.
2. Acting without courtesy or consideration.
Define specimen
What is: a single thing that is taken as an example of a whole category.
Define recycle
To treat or prepare in order to use again.
Define terrain
Land or ground
Define extraordinary
More than ordinary, beyond what is expected, remarkable.
Define speculate
What is:
1. To form opinions without definite knowledge or evidence.
2. To buy or sell something to make a profit but with risk of loss.
Define equator
An imaginary line around the center of the Earth, at the same distance from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Define telescope
An instrument for making distant objects look closer and larger
Define civility
Courteous behavior
Define introspection
What is: Examination of one's own thoughts and feelings.
DOUBLE POINTS
Define equidistant
Equally distant from two points.
Define astronomical
Extremely large, huge
Define diameter
A line passing through the center of a circle from one side to the other
Define ad hoc
What is: for a specific purpose or situation.
Define pendulum
A weight, hanging from a point, that swings an equal distance from side to side; often used in clocks.
Define insignificant
Casual, relaxed, not formal
Define geometry
The area of mathematics that deals with lines, angles, and figures and their measurements.
Define olfactory
What is: pertaining to the sense of smell.
Define transmit
Define insomnia
An ongoing condition of being unable to fall asleep or stay asleep
Define symmetrical
Similar in shape and size on opposite sides of a dividing line.
Define evoke
What is:
1. to summon or call forth; to inspire
2. to produce a reaction or response
Give me the word meaning Off-and-on, stop and start.
An example is: The dry fields needed steady rain but received only _____ showers.
What is: intermittent
Give me the word meaning occurring in half a year, every six months
An example is: Our ________ neighborhood cleanups take place in April and October.
What is: semiannual
Give me the word meaning an instrument for measuring the temperature of a person or place.
An example is: The nurse put a ________ in my mouth to see if I had a fever.
What is: thermometer
Give me the word meaning making an outcry, characterized by loudness, especially in protest.
What is: vociferous