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Vocabulary 1

Using context clues

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Brink

• Edge of a cliff; beginning point; edge

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Chronology

• Arrangement of events in time; time line

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Conscientiously

• Dutifully, carefully, following good moral conduct; efficiently

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Disperse

• Scatter in different directions

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Muted

• Toned down; softened; muffled

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Obliterate

• Totally erase or destroy; remove

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Permeate

• Spread; diffuse; to seep through

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Precipitous

• Extremely steep

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Subtle

• Difficult to detect, elusive, delicate

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Zealously

• Passionately, sincerely, enthusiastically

Vocabulary 2

Prefixes inter- and intra-

Intercom

• Device for communicating between rooms

Interject

• Insert between two other things

Interlaced

• Lacing together; intermixed

Intermediary

• Person who acts as a go-between, especially to settle differences

Intermittent

• Stopping and starting at intervals

Interplay

• Back-and-forth action; action and reaction

Interrogate

• Question formally

Intramural

• Within an institution

Intrastate

• Within a single state

Intravenous

• Within or into a vein

Vocabulary 3

Recognizing base words and roots

Digression

• Turning away from the main subject when speaking or writing; deviation from the central theme

Dispassionate

• Devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; unaffected by strong personal emotions; fair; free from or unaffected by passion

Disposition

• Mental outlook or mood; predominant or prevailing tendency of one’s spirits; usual emotional response; manner; inclination

Infamous

• Having a bad reputation; disgraceful; being famous for being bad; detestable; shamefully bad

Protracted

• Drawn out or lengthened in time; prolonged; to extend or protrude

Regress

• Move backward; return to a previous, usually worse state; to go back to childhood; go back; to revert to an earlier or less advanced state or form

Retort

• Answer in a quick or biting manner; a person’s verbal retaliation in a fight; to reply sharply

Systematic

• According to a system, method, or plan; thorough and regular; relating to the classifying of species

Torsion

• Twisting or turning

Traction

• Act of drawing or pulling; pulling power; the adhesive friction of a body on some surface