Thursday, January 7

Words for exam

Fathom: understand or comprehend
Scanning: to look at with great care
Diffuse: spread out
Nocturnal: occurring at night
Resolve: break into parts
Entertain: to consider
Meridian: highest point
Contention: claim or belief
Prime: best
Formulate: express precisely
Evaluate: determine the value of
Extinction: the process of no longer existing
Justify: show to be correct
Explain: make clear with details
Habitat: place where a plant or animal lives
Estimate: to make a rough calculation
Ecosystem: collection of plants and animals that depend on one another
Inhabit: to live in
Endangerment: threatened with extinction
Analyze: to examine in detail
Evolved: to develop to a higher state or condition
Contrast: to note the differences
Compare: to note the similarities
Surpass: to be greater than
Organic: related to living organisms
Sediments: the stuff that settles to the bottom
Nutrients: sources of food or nourishment
Vents: openings used as outlets for gas or air
Microscopic: tiny
Precautions: safety measures
Perseverance: continuing in a course of action
Extensive: far-reaching
Sensationalize: to create high interest or high drama
Competitors: people who compete
Debilitating: exhausting or crippling
Estranged: out of contact
Precipitating: to cause the beginning
Prevalent: widespread
Malady: sickness or illness
Tenuous: thin or slight
Acute: intense or severe
Metaphysical: having to do with the study of the basic nature of things
Mutilate: to cut, tear, or break a body part
Opaque: not letting in light
Amateur: nonprofessional
Spectators: people who watch or view an event
Featured: given particular significance
Incorporate: to combine
Premier: leading in status or importance
Commitment: a promise
Disrespectful: impolite
Evident: able to be seen
Tolerate: to allow
Bombardment: attack
Dedication: devotion