Unit 3: Cluster 3

Edge: Level A, Volume 1, Unit 3, Cluster 3.

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  1. tradition
    a specific practice of long standing
  2. expertise
    skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
  3. fling
    move in an abrupt or headlong manner
  4. implore
    beg or request earnestly and urgently
  5. struggle
    make a strenuous or labored effort
  6. eclipse
    overshadow a celestial body
  7. banish
    expel, as if by official decree
  8. compatible
    able to exist and perform in harmonious combination
  9. ideal
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  10. livestock
    any animals kept for use or profit
  11. root
    someone from whom you are descended
  12. corral
    a pen for cattle
  13. overlay
    put something on top of something else
  14. shy
    move suddenly, as from fright
  15. snare
    catch in or as if in a trap
  16. scale
    climb up by means of a ladder
  17. constellation
    a configuration of stars as seen from the earth
  18. skitter
    move about or proceed hurriedly
  19. binary
    a system of two stars that revolve around each other
  20. comet
    a small frozen mass that travels around the sun
  21. goal
    the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve
  22. freedom
    the power to act, speak, or think without being controlled
  23. claim
    demand as being one's due or property
  24. current
    a steady flow of a fluid or gas
  25. rage
    a state of extreme anger
  26. trill
    a note that alternates with another note a semitone above it
  27. long
    desire strongly or persistently
Created on Wed Jul 20 13:41:44 EDT 2016 (updated Tue Aug 16 10:36:39 EDT 2016)

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