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Marie Set #8
Vocabulary Word | Meaning |
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1. the iridium WAS INCORPORATED IN the earth's core (n. incorporation) | the iridium BECAME PART OF the earth's core |
2. INCORPORATED her idea in the plan (n. incorporation) | INCLUDED her idea in the plan |
3. business INCORPORATION (v. to incorporate) | CREATING AN INDEPENDENT EXISTENCE FOR a business |
1. CONSOLIDATED several companies (n, consolidation) | JOINED TOGETHER several companies |
2. CONSOLIDATED his position as the leader (n. consolidation) | STRENGTHENED his position as the leader |
1. chemical COMPOSITION (v. to compose) | chemical FORMULA |
2. COMPOSITION of a photograph (v. to compose) | POSITION OF OBJECTS in a photograph |
3. COMPOSITIONS of Michaelangelo (v. to compose) | ARTISTIC CREATIONS of Michaelangelo |
4. school COMPOSITONS (v. to compose) | school ESSAYS |
5. COMPOSED herself (n. composure) | CALMED herself DOWN |
6. is COMPOSED OF billions of cells (n. composition) | is A COMBINATION OF billions of cells |
1. Microscopic meteorites continually BOMBARD earth. (n. bombardment) | Microscopic meteorites continually STRIKE earth. |
2. BOMBARD the enemy (n. bombardment) | ATTACK the enemy |
3. BOMBARD someone WITH requests (n. bombardment) | HAVE A LOT OF requests FOR someone |
1. The river is the country's western BOUNDARY. (adj. boundary) | The river is the country's western EDGE. |
2. The fence is the farm's BOUNDARY marker. (n. boundary) | The fence is the farm's END marker. |
3. personal BOUNDARIES for how other people behave toward you (adj. boundary) | personal LIMITS for how other people behave toward you |
1. radioactive FALLOUT from a nuclear explosion | radioactive PARTICLES FALLING THROUGH THE AIR from a nuclear explosion |
2. political FALLOUT from the president's actions | political CONSEQUENCES from the president's actions |
1. INHIBITING photosynthesis in plants (n. inhibition) | STOPPING photosynthesis in plants |
2. INHIBITED BY shyness (n. inhibition) | UNABLE TO ACT FREELY BECAUSE OF shyness |
3. Alcohol can lower INHIBITION. (v. to inhibit) | Alcohol can lower SELF-CONTROL. |
DISRUPTED the food chain (n. disruption) | INTERFERENCE WITH the food chain |
ERADICATED the dinosaurs (n. eradication) | CAUSED THE END OF the dinosaurs |
ABOARD the ship | ON the ship |
1. naval VESSEL | naval SHIP |
2. a VESSEL filled with boiling water | a CONTAINER filled with boiling water |
1. RESOLVE questions (n. resolve, n. resolution) | FIND AN ANSWER TO questions |
2. RESOLVE to get more sleep (n. resolve, n. resolution) | MAKE A FIRM DECISION to get more sleep |
a Congressional RESOLUTION (v. to resolve, n.. resolve) | an OFFICIAL Congressional DECISION |
4. RESOLVE to help children in need (v. to resolve, n, resolution) | DETERMINATION to help children in need |
a few HARDY species | a few species that CAN LIVE IN A DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENT |
deep BENEATH the seafloor | deep UNDER the seafloor |
The drill PENETRATED the seafloor. (n. penetration) | The drill ENTERED the seafloor. |
DRAMATIC change (n. drama, adv. dramatically) | ATTENTION-GETTING change |
1. sea LEVELS (v. to level, adj. level, adv. levelly) | sea DEPTHS |
2. Congress makes laws at the national LEVEL. (v. to level, adj. level, adv. levelly) | Congress makes laws in the national SETTING. |
3. blood-sugar LEVEL (v. to level, adj. level, adv. levelly) | blood-sugar CONCENTRATION |
4. eye LEVEL (v. to level, adj. level, adv. levelly) | HEIGHT OF someone's eyes |
5. LEVEL of anger (v. to level, adj. level, adv. levelly) | AMOUNT of anger |
6. LEVEL a field (n, level, adj. level, adv. levelly) | MAKE a field FLAT |
7. LEVEL WITH her friends (n. level, adj. level, adv. levelly) | DEAL OPENLY WITH her friends |
8. LEVEL an accusation AT (n, level, adj. level, adv. levelly) | AIM an accusation AT |
9. speak LEVELLY (v. to level, n. level, adj. level) | speak CALMLY |
10. HIGH-LEVEL decisions (v. to level, n. level, adv. levelly) | decisions MADE BY PEOPLE WITH POWER |
1. SENSITIVE TO climate changes (n. sensitivity, adv. sensitively) | EASILY HURT BY climate changes |
2, SENSITIVE measurements (n. sensitivity, adv. sensitively) | VERY EXACT measurements |
3. environmentally SENSITIVE (n. sensitivity, adv. sensitively) | environmentally CONCERNED |
4. SENSITIVE information (n. sensitivity, adv. sensitively) | SECRET information |
1. ASSOCIATED costs (n. association, n. associate) | CONNECTED costs |
2. a close ASSOCIATE (v. to associate, n. association) | a close COLLEAGUE |
3. a business ASSOCIATION (v. to associate, n. associate) | a business ORGANIZATION |