Unit 5: Week 3

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words only definitions & notes
  1. inquisitive
    showing curiosity
  2. approximately
    imprecise but fairly close to correct
  3. expose
    make accessible to some action or influence
  4. substance
    material of a particular kind or constitution
  5. competition
    an occasion on which a winner is selected from contestants
  6. accelerate
    cause to move faster
  7. revolutionize
    change radically
  8. vanish
    become invisible or unnoticeable
  9. potable
    suitable for drinking
  10. purification
    the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
  11. disinfect
    destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
  12. chemical
    material produced by changes in atoms or molecules
  13. radiation
    energy transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles
  14. oxide
    any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical
  15. pore
    any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid
  16. mine
    excavation from which ores and minerals are extracted
  17. furnace
    an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced for a building
  18. cast
    form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a mold
  19. cistern
    an artificial reservoir for storing liquids
  20. irrigate
    supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
  21. recognition
    coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
  22. problem
    a source of difficulty
  23. solution
    the successful action of solving a problem
  24. affix
    a linguistic element added to a word
  25. root
    the form of a word after all affixes are removed
  26. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  27. imagery
    the use of vivid sensory language in literature
Created on Wed Nov 04 13:53:06 EST 2020 (updated Fri Nov 06 15:49:29 EST 2020)

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