Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Academic Terms
100
Having a great need or desire...
What is desperate?
100
Modern; existing now; in general use or practice today
What is current?
100
Most; highest; largest possible
What is maximum?
100
Moving or operating by itself...
What is automatic?
100
MATH: Rule of doing first, outer, inner and last when you multiply binomials
What is Foil?
200
Something/someone that is odd or strange. Begins with a p
What is peculiar?
200
To put up with; bear patiently Mr. Scoville had to __________ the sound of 7th graders complaining that it was too hot or cold in the classroom.
What is endure?
200
To notice; discover that something exists or is present
What is detect?
200
To explore or examine carefully in order to learn the facts Hint: Police do this when a crime has been committed.
What is investigate?
200
SCIENCE: Invertebrate organisms with a two-way digestive system and stinging cells.
What are Cnidarians?
300
An action that was done on purpose; carefully planned
What is deliberate?
300
A natural ability that may or may not develop; possibility
What is potential?
300
To try hard Hint: Every term CDS student _________ to improve their grades.
What is strive?
300
A sudden urge to do something
What is an impulse?
300
SOCIAL STUDIES: A Monarch
What is a Ruler?
400
To say that something is larger or greater than it really is; overstate
What is exaggerate?
400
In addition to; besides. Hint: It's a common transition used in essay writing...
What is furthermore?
400
Quite large in amount or number; important. Hint: Joshua has made _________ progress this school year.
What is significant?
400
To give one's time or attention completely to something or someone
What is devote?
400
A Japanese traditional play
What is Kabuki
500
Someone/something behaving in a way that is very unpleasant; distasteful; disgusting
What is obnoxious?
500
To change in order to improve or to include new information. Hint: Similar to edit, but more comprehensive
What is revise?
500
Far away; very distant; hidden away Hint: Songdo is a beautiful city, but it's too _________.
What is remote?
500
Boring because of lack of change or differences; repetitious; always the same
What is monotonous?
500
SCIENCE An inherited behavior which is not learned, but done automatically.
What is an instinct?