Unit 3: Part 3 Vocabulary

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  1. reveal
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
  2. communicate
    interchange information or ideas
  3. establish
    show the validity of something, as by example or explanation
  4. essential
    of the greatest importance
  5. study
    a detailed critical inspection
  6. research
    systematic investigation to establish facts
  7. assess
    estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
  8. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
  9. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  10. symbolize
    express indirectly by an image, form, or model
  11. influence
    shape or give direction to
  12. clarify
    make clear and comprehensible
  13. evaluate
    estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
  14. contrast
    put in opposition to show or emphasize differences
  15. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
  16. support
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  17. source
    a document from which information is obtained
  18. context
    discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage
  19. quotation
    a passage or expression that is cited
  20. fact
    a piece of information about events that have occurred
  21. crude
    not carefully or expertly made
    The ginkgo is like a crude sketch,
    Hardly worthy to be signed.
  22. stubby
    short and blunt
    The willow’s branches are like silken thread;
    The ginkgo’s like stubby rough wool.
  23. thrive
    grow vigorously
    Somehow it survives and even thrives.
  24. rigorous
    strict; allowing no deviation from a standard
    At the elite United States Military Academy, West Point, a cadet’s grit score was the best predictor of success in the rigorous summer training program known as “Beast Barracks.”
  25. persevere
    be persistent, refuse to stop
    They “deal with things and persevere through situations that most people would find insurmountable," he says.
  26. insurmountable
    impossible to overcome
    They “deal with things and persevere through situations that most people would find insurmountable," he says.
  27. plateau
    a relatively flat raised area of land
    But now they and their dogs were stumbling toward a stark and desolate plateau continually blasted by blizzards.
  28. expedition
    an organized group of people undertaking a journey
    Both expedition leaders had long been preparing for their race to the South Pole.
  29. polar
    of or existing within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles
    Amundsen came from a family of hardy sailors, and he had decided at the age of 15 to become a polar explorer.
  30. seize
    take hold of; grab
    He glanced quickly away, but his ankles were seized, his feet suspended, then rushed.
  31. suspend
    hang freely
    He glanced quickly away, but his ankles were seized, his feet suspended, then rushed.
  32. revelation
    an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
    Still the man and boy stood there, the boy glowing, the man with revelation in his face.
  33. felicity
    pleasing and appropriate manner or style
    Writings of his were handed about, remarkable for the peculiar felicity of expression.
  34. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
    Though a silent member in Congress, he was so prompt, frank, explicit, and decisive upon committees and in conversation, not even Samuel Adams was more so, that he soon seized upon my heart; and upon this occasion I gave him my vote, and did all in my power to procure the votes of others.
  35. procure
    get by special effort
    Though a silent member in Congress, he was so prompt, frank, explicit, and decisive upon committees and in conversation, not even Samuel Adams was more so, that he soon seized upon my heart; and upon this occasion I gave him my vote, and did all in my power to procure the votes of others.
  36. imitate
    reproduce someone's behavior or looks
    I was at once interested in this finger play and tried to imitate it.
  37. persist
    refuse to stop
    Miss Sullivan had tried to impress it upon me that “m-u-g” is mug and that “w-a-t-e-r” is water, but I persisted in confounding the two.
  38. barrier
    any condition that makes it difficult to make progress
    There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away.
Created on Wed Feb 03 14:12:31 EST 2021 (updated Mon Mar 29 09:12:19 EDT 2021)

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