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Lesson 5 Vocab
Vocab lesson 5
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English
7th Grade
11/28/2006

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Survive
Definition
Verb; Outlive, outlast, get through, not die; ---------

I survived the horrible earthquake unscathed.
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Velocity
Definition
Noun; Speed, rate of movement ---------

The raging velocity of the tricked out cars behind us caused us to move to another lane.
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Traverse
Definition
Verb; To move over, under, through...
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On my trip to India I traversed the Atlantic Ocean.
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Inundate
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Verb; Flood, swamp, fill with water
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The empty pool was inundated when the rain started pouring in.
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Simultaneously
Definition
Adj; At the same time, overlapping
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When I went dropped in to the hlafpipe three other people simultaneously dropped in.
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Capsize
Definition
Verb; overturn, upset, tip over, flip (ships)
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The passengers jumped out into the water before the ship capsized, but none of them survived.
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Incense
Definition
Verb; make furious, enrage,(has to be extreeme)
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My father was incensed when he had been telling me to clean my room but I still hadn't cleaned it.
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Divulge
Definition
Verb; spill out, tell, say
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The president divulged a classified secret so the CIA and NSA ran a clean-up operation.
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Jeopardy
Jeopardize
Definition
Jeopardy- Noun; danger, peril
Jeopardize- put in danger, enperil
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The windy weather jeopardized the everest expidition.
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Din
Definition
Noun; Loud noise, clamor,
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The din of the crowd made the words of my mother inaudible.
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Inaudible
Definition
Adj; Not able to be heard
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The din of the crowd made the words of my mother inaudible.
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Rummage
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Verb; to search through, search for
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I rummaged the garage to find my hammer.
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Drought
Definition
Noun; shortage of water, dry time, famine
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It is common to have droughts when its not monsoon season in India.
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Puncture
Definition
make hole in with sharp object
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The bike handelbars vould not puncture my stomach but it caused severe bruising.
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Magnify
Definition
to make look biger, zoom in on
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