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Week 4
This is week 4 of vocabulary words.
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General Vocab
9th Grade
03/17/2019

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Term
Stagnation
Definition

(n.) a state marked by no movement

 

adj.- stagnant

v.- stagnate

adv.- stagnantly

 

 suffix: ion- act or process; result of an action; state

 

Synonyms: sluggishness, dullness, calm

Term
Miniscule
Definition
  1. (n.) a lowercase letter

 

  1. (adj.) in the style of minuscules
  2. very small

Synonyms: microscopic, tiny, miniature

Term
Interspersed
Definition
  1. scattered
  2. to place at certain intervals with other things

v.- intersperse

adv.- interspersedly

n.- interspersion

 

prefix: inter- between; reciprocal; involving two or more; within

suffix: ed- characterized; used to form the past tense or participle for weak or regular verbs

 

Synonyms: scattered, 

Term
Ignoramuse
Definition

(n.) a stupid person

 

Synonyms: idiot, nitwit, fool

Term
Vie
Definition
  1. (in. v.) to strive for superiority
  2. (t. v.) archaic

v.- vying or vied

n.- vier

 

Synonyms: battle, compete, fight

Term
Dichotomy
Definition
  1. a. (n.) a division between two similar or different groups
    b. the process of making this division
  2. something with contradictory qualities
  3. the phase of the moon or a planet in which half its disk appears illuminated
  4. a. bifurcation
    b. a system of branching in which the main axis forks repeatedly into two branches
    c. branching of an ancestral line into two equal branches

prefix: dich- in two; apart

suffix: tomy- incision; section

 

Synonyms: contradiction, incongruity, paradox

Term
Oblivious
Definition

(adj.) not being informed about something

 

root word: oblivio- the state of forgetting

suffix: ous- full of; abounding of; having, possessing qualities of

 

n.- obliviousness

adv.- obliviously

v.- obliviated; obliviates

 

Synonyms: clueless, ignorant, innocent

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