flat, dry grasslands
What are the steppe?
What is fancy word for addition?
What is sum?
The mayor of Boston.
Who is Marty Walsh?
a statement that refers to something without mentioning it directly
What is an allusion?
Able or likely to change or be changed : not always the same
Sometimes an X or a Y in math
What is a variable?
a ceramic made of fine clay baked at very hot temperatures
What is porcelain?
The fancy word for multiplied
What is the product?
the quality or state of being without principles of right and wrong aka morals.
What is immorality?
Similar to corruption or depravity.
: the quality of being honest and fair
: the state of being complete or whole
What is integrity?
A solution with a pH greater than 7
the fundamental part of something
place where military operations begin
What is a base?
the art of making beautiful handwriting
What is calligraphy?
characterized by or being an extremely rapid increase
What is exponential as in exponents?
The headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense in Washington DC.
What is the The Pentagon?
to lower in character or dignity
rhymes with caffeine
What is demean?
She feels that such work demeans her.
a material of a particular kind
The floor was covered with a white, powdery _____________ that turned out to be flour.
What is a substance?
violent acts meant to cause fear in people
What is terror or terrorism?
: close or near : sharing a border, wall, or point
it has these letters n e t j d a a c
What is adjacent?
States have governors. In Massachusetts that is person is....
Who is Charlie Baker?
the practice of doing something (such as hiring a person who belongs to a minority group) only to prevent criticism and give the appearance that people are being treated fairly
What is tokenism?
a picture or symbol used in a system of writing to represent a thing or an idea
ideogram
a count of the number of people in a country, city, or town
What is a census?
The prefix that means "many"
What is "poly" as in polygon or polymer or polytheism.
including or involving many things
: wide in range or amount
2 syllables
this meaning does not involve a broom
What is sweeping?
relating to boring or unpleasant work that does not require special skill
Some people hate ________ work like washing dishes, scrubbing floors and dusting.
What is menial?
one of the parts of which something is made up
A building block or component
Periodic table of ______________
What is an element?
a member of a violent or uncivilized group of people especially in past times
Who is a barbarian?
7th graders should know what this is called!
What is a tessellation?
cruel or unjust use of power or authority
rhymes with aggression
What is oppression?
The colonists challenged this great power in the U.S Revolutionary War.
Who are the British?
a chemical with a sour taste that forms a salt when mixed with a base
pH less than 7
What is an acid?