Archipelago

(noun)

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1. A large group of islands

2. A body of water containing a large number of islands

Key West is located in the archipelago off an island in Florida.

Careen

(verb)

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1. To rush headlong, often with a swerving or lurching motion

2. To cause to lean or tip to one side (as a ship)

Cavalier

(adj)

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Showing an offhand or carefree disregard; arrogant

Those kids are a  cavalier towards the teacher during class.

contiguous

(adj)

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Sharing a boundary; being very close or in contact; adjacent

 Minnesota and Wisconsin are contiguous to the rest of the states.

correlate

 (verb)

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To connect related things; to bring things into proper relations with one another

We had to correlate the numbers back into the right order  in Geometry.

Etymology

(noun)

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1. The history of a word

2. The science that studies such histories

The students are going to study about etymology in U.S. History next year.