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Catacomb: underground cave or tomb
Catalyst: a substance that speeds up or causes a reaction; something that causes activity between two or more people
Catastrophe: a tragic event; sudden disaster or misfortune
Debark: to exit a ship; to go on land
Default: failure to do something, be somewhere, or pay money that is due
Degrade: to lower in status; to show contempt or dishonor
Depose: to remove from office
Telemarket: to sell products or services over the telephone
Telepathy: communication by means other than normal sensory communication
Telephoto: a camera lens that makes distant objects appear closer
Embellish: add detail to make more beautiful; to decorate
Embody: to give bodily form to; to give tangible or concrete form to
Enamor: to be in love with; to charm; to captivate
Imbibe: to consume a liquid; to absorb; to drink in; to take into the mind
Immigrate: to come to a country different from one’s native country
Induct: to bring into a group as a member
Influx: a flowing in; a continuous stream of people or things
Intrastate: occurring within a state
Introspection: looking within; an analysis of one’s own mental and emotional state
Introvert: to focus all interests and emotions on oneself; to turn inward
Hemisphere: half of the world or globe
Megalith: a large prehistoric stone monument
Megalopolis: very large city or urban area
Multifaceted: having many facets, as in precious stones; having many talents
Multinational: having interests in many foreign countries; many nations
Multitude: a great number of people or things; a crowd
Polychromatic: having many colors
Polytheistic: the belief in more than one religion or gods
Semimonthly: something happening twice a month
Semitransparent: partially allowing light to pass through
Anonymous: without a name or with an unknown name
Atypical: not typical, abnormal
Illiterate: unable to read or write
Illogical: not logical, unsound
Improbable: unlikely to happen
Inanimate: dead; not living
Inclement: stormy; not kind or nice
Irrepressible: not able to be kept under control
Nonentity: a person or thing that is of little importance
Nonsensical: not making sense
Construe: to explain, translate, or assume the meaning of something
Deport: to send out of the country (usually a person)
Deportee: someone who is sent out of the country
Destructive: causing something to be destroyed or demolished
Export: to send goods out of one country to another for the purpose of selling
Import: to bring goods from a foreign country into a country for the purpose of selling
Instrumental: helpful; useful
Obstruct: to block or put obstacles in the way
Portable: capable of being carried
Structural: related to building or construction
Autobiography: an account of one’s own life
Calligraphy: beautiful, fancy writing
Conscript: to force into service or labor for government
Epigram: a short, witty poem; a witty, clever saying
Geography: science dealing with the earth’s surface and its features
Graphic: providing a clear picture; vivid and realistic; written or drawn
Inscription: something that is written or engraved, especially on a solid surface
Monograph: a book or article about a single subject
Prescription: an order or direction; a doctor’s instructions for the use of medicine
Transcript: a written or typewritten copy
Acquisition: the act of getting, earning or acquiring something
Arrogant: conceited, giving oneself undeserved importance
Derogate: to lessen, especially in authority
Derogatory: belittling; discrediting; humiliating
Inquest: a legal investigation, especially involving a jury; a coroner's investigation
Inquisition: an examination or investigation; an interrogation
Inquisitive: asking a lot of questions; extremely curious
Prerogative: a right or privilege, especially acquired through rank or class
Quest: a search to find or obtain something; a crusade
Questionable: of doubtful honesty or morality; disputable
Confine: to keep within certain limits; to imprison
Definitive: final; most accurate and complete
Determine: to set limits, to define
Finale: the last scene of a show or the last movement of a musical performance
Indeterminable: cannot be determined or decided
Infinite: without limits; endless
Insatiable: unable to satisfy; greedy
Saturate: to soak thoroughly; to fill fully
Terminable: likely to end; can be ended
Terminate: to end; to close; to limit
Expatriate: a person who is forced to leave his or her native country; (v) to exile
Genealogy: an account of ancestors and descendants
Genesis: the beginning, origin, or way in which something was created
Genetics: the branch of biology dealing with heredity
Maternity: concerning prospective mothers; for pregnant women
Matriarch: the mother who rules the family or tribe
Matrimony: the act of marrying; the state of being married
Matronly: like a married woman; dignified, stately
Paternal: fatherly; of or like a father; on the father’s side of the family
Patrician: a noble, high-ranking person
Diminutive: smaller than usual; tiny
Magnanimous: generous; not selfish; forgiving
Magnate: a person of great importance and with great influence
Magnificence: richness; splendid appearance; beauty
Maximal: the greatest possible amount or size
Maximize: to increase to the greatest possible amount
Microbe: a very small living thing, especially bacteria; a germ
Microphone: a device that changes sound waves to electrical impulses so they can be recorded or amplified
Mince: to cut into small pieces
Miniscule: very small; tiny
Collaborate: to work with other people, especially on literary or scientific work; to cooperate with the enemy
Cooperate: to work together to accomplish something
Distribute: to divide or give out in two or more portions; to spread out
Laborious: hard working; requiring a lot of labor; not easy
Operable: capable of being put into use; in working condition
Pyrotechnics: the art of making or displaying fireworks
Retribution: punishment for evil doing or reward for good works
Technician: one with great skill in a particular area
Technology: the science of practical or industrial arts or applied sciences
Tribute: money paid to another country or leader for protection; gift or statement that shows respect or gratitude
Innate: natural; inborn; not acquired
International: between two or more nations
Morbid: unhealthy; diseased; showing an unhealthy tendency to think about gruesome or gloomy things
Mortify: to humiliate or shame
Naive: simple; unaffected; unsophisticated
Nationality: membership of a particular nation either by birth or naturalization
Remorse: extreme guilt for one’s actions
Vitalize: to give life and energy to
Vivacious: lively; active; spirited
Vivid: bright, intense, (usually color or light); full of life
Aquatic: living or growing in water
Aqueduct: a channel for carrying water
Dehydrate: to become dry; to lose water
Geographer: a person who studies the natural features of the earth
Geology: the science that deals with rocks and the physical history of the earth
Hydroelectric: related to electricity made from the energy of falling water
Hydrophobia: fear of water
Marinara small harbor for docking small boats
Maritime: on or near the sea
Terrestrial: existing on earth; related to the world
Biodegradable: able to be decomposed by biological forces, especially bacteria
Biography: an account of a person’s life that is told or written by another person
Bionic: related to things that are modeled after living organisms; having abilities improved by mechanical devices
Biosphere: the part of the earth where life can exist
Carnage: great destruction of life, especially in battle; slaughter
Carnivorous: meat-eating
Corporation: a group of people who are joined into one legal body
Corpulent: characterized by excessive body weight or stoutness
Corpuscle: any red or white cell that floats in the blood
Symbiosis: the shared existence of two organisms where they both benefit from living close together
Accord: agreement, harmony
Capitulate: to surrender unconditionally
Cardiac: related to the heart
Cordial: gradious; friendly; courteous
Decapitate: to cut the head off
Expedite: to hasten, accelerate, or make something happen quicker or easier
Impediment: something that hinders or stops the progress
Maneuver: to plan to move (especially troops); to skillfully move
Manipulate: to operate with the hands; to skillfully handle
Pedestrian: commonplace; walking, going on foot; (n) – someone who walks
Concurrent: occurring at the same time; in agreement
Currency: money in circulation
Cursory: careless; without close examination or attention
Digress: in talking or writing, to temporarily stray from the main topic; to ramble
Gradation: the process of arranging in steps or stages; a sequence; shading
Immobile: not moveable
Mobilize: to put into motion or use
Motivation: the inner drive to do something or act a certain way
Promotion: an advancement to a higher position or rank; a forward movement
Regress: to go back; to return to a previous position
HLA9 Final Review
- agreement, harmony
- the act of getting, earning or acquiring something
- without a name or with an unknown name
- living or growing in water
- a channel for carrying water
- conceited, giving oneself undeserved importance
- not typical, abnormal
- related to things that are modeled after living organisms; having abilities improved by mechanical devices
- to surrender unconditionally
- great destruction of life, especially in battle; slaughter
- underground cave or tomb
- a substance that speeds up or causes a reaction; something that causes activity between two or more people
- to force into service or labor for government
- to exit a ship; to go on land
- failure to do something, be somewhere, or pay money that is due
- final; most accurate and complete
- to lower in status; to show contempt or dishonor
| - to become dry; to lose water
- someone who is sent out of the country
- to remove from office
- belittling; discrediting; humiliating
- causing something to be destroyed or demolished
- to set limits, to define
- in talking or writing, to temporarily stray from the main topic; to ramble
- smaller than usual; tiny
- to be in love with; to charm; to captivate
- a person who is forced to leave his or her native country; (v) to exile
- to send goods out of one country to another for the purpose of selling
- the last scene of a show or the last movement of a musical performance
- the beginning, origin, or way in which something was created
- the science that deals with rocks and the physical history of the earth
- the process of arranging in steps or stages; a sequence; shading
- fear of water
- unable to read or write
| - not logical, unsound
- not moveable
- to bring goods from a foreign country into a country for the purpose of selling
- unlikely to happen
- dead; not living
- stormy; not kind or nice
- to bring into a group as a member
- a legal investigation, especially involving a jury; a coroner's investigation
- an examination or investigation; an interrogation
- asking a lot of questions; extremely curious
- something that is written or engraved, especially on a solid surface
- helpful; useful
- between two or more nations
- occurring within a state
- to focus all interests and emotions on oneself; to turn inward
- hard working; requiring a lot of labor; not easy
- generous; not selfish; forgiving
| - richness; splendid appearance; beauty
- the mother who rules the family or tribe
- the greatest possible amount or size
- to increase to the greatest possible amount
- a large prehistoric stone monument
- very large city or urban area
- a device that changes sound waves to electrical impulses so they can be recorded or amplified
- to cut into small pieces
- very small; tiny
- to put into motion or use
- a book or article about a single subject
- unhealthy; diseased; showing an unhealthy tendency to think about gruesome or gloomy things
- simple; unaffected; unsophisticated
- to block or put obstacles in the way
- fatherly; of or like a father; on the father’s side of the family
- the belief in more than one religion or gods
- an order or direction; a doctor’s instructions for the use of medicine
| - an advancement to a higher position or rank; a forward movement
- the art of making or displaying fireworks
- a search to find or obtain something; a crusade
- of doubtful honesty or morality; disputable
- punishment for evil doing or reward for good works
- to soak thoroughly; to fill fully
- something happening twice a month
- partially allowing light to pass through
- related to building or construction
- the shared existence of two organisms where they both benefit from living close together
- one with great skill in a particular area
- the science of practical or industrial arts or applied sciences
- a camera lens that makes distant objects appear closer
- likely to end; can be ended
- existing on earth; related to the world
- lively; active; spirited
- bright, intense, (usually color or light); full of life
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HLA9 Final Review
- ACCORD
- ACQUISITION
- ANONYMOUS
- AQUATIC
- AQUEDUCT
- ARROGANT
- ATYPICAL
- BIONIC
- CAPITULATE
- CARNAGE
- CATACOMB
- CATALYST
- CONSCRIPT
- DEBARK
- DEFAULT
- DEFINITIVE
- DEGRADE
| - DEHYDRATE
- DEPORTEE
- DEPOSE
- DEROGATORY
- DESTRUCTIVE
- DETERMINE
- DIGRESS
- DIMINUTIVE
- ENAMOR
- EXPATRIATE
- EXPORT
- FINALE
- GENESIS
- GEOLOGY
- GRADATION
- HYDROPHOBIA
- ILLITERATE
| - ILLOGICAL
- IMMOBILE
- IMPORT
- IMPROBABLE
- INANIMATE
- INCLEMENT
- INDUCT
- INQUEST
- INQUISITION
- INQUISITIVE
- INSCRIPTION
- INSTRUMENTAL
- INTERNATIONAL
- INTRASTATE
- INTROVERT
- LABORIOUS
- MAGNANIMOUS
| - MAGNIFICENCE
- MATRIARCH
- MAXIMAL
- MAXIMIZE
- MEGALITH
- MEGALOPOLIS
- MICROPHONE
- MINCE
- MINISCULE
- MOBILIZE
- MONOGRAPH
- MORBID
- NAIVE
- OBSTRUCT
- PATERNAL
- POLYTHEISTIC
- PRESCRIPTION
| - PROMOTION
- PYROTECHNICS
- QUEST
- QUESTIONABLE
- RETRIBUTION
- SATURATE
- SEMIMONTHLY
- SEMITRANSPARENT
- STRUCTURAL
- SYMBIOSIS
- TECHNICIAN
- TECHNOLOGY
- TELEPHOTO
- TERMINABLE
- TERRESTRIAL
- VIVACIOUS
- VIVID
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