Unit 3: Week 2 Spelling

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  1. appearance
    outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
  2. pessimist
    a person who expects the worst
  3. colonize
    establish political control over a place by sending settlers
  4. influence
    a power to affect persons or events
  5. existence
    the state or fact of being
  6. disappearance
    the event of passing out of sight
  7. optimist
    a person disposed to take a favorable view of things
  8. insurance
    protection against future loss
  9. antagonist
    someone who offers opposition
  10. clearance
    vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
  11. familiarize
    make knowledgeable about or accustomed to
  12. brilliance
    the quality of being extremely bright or glittering
  13. coherence
    the state of sticking together
  14. memorize
    learn by heart
  15. performance
    the act of doing something successfully
  16. sanitize
    make sterile by cleaning
  17. physicist
    a scientist trained in the science of matter and energy
  18. protagonist
    the principal character in a work of fiction
  19. italicize
    print or type using slanting letters
  20. preference
    the right or chance to choose
Created on Wed Oct 14 09:20:10 EDT 2020

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