Unit 5: The Power of Mysteries

Learn these words from the article by Alan Lightman (Inside: Level A, Unit 5).

Here are our links to the selections of "The Drive to Discover": Return to Titanic; Talking with Robert Ballard, The Forgotten Treasure; There Is No Word for Goodbye, Mysteries of the Ancient Past, The Power of Mysteries

Here are our links to the units of Level A: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8

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  1. propel
    cause to move forward with force
  2. imagine
    form a mental image of something that is not present
  3. engulf
    flow over or cover completely
  4. astrophysicist
    a scientist who studies the properties of celestial bodies
  5. obsessed
    having excessive or compulsive concern with something
  6. cradle
    where something originated or started
  7. awe
    an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
  8. exhilarate
    fill with sublime emotion
  9. discover
    determine the existence, presence, or fact of
  10. progress
    the act of moving forward, as toward a goal
  11. grail
    the object of any prolonged search or endeavor
  12. encompass
    include in scope
  13. fundamental
    being or involving basic facts or principles
  14. theory
    a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the world
Created on Fri Aug 05 17:29:20 EDT 2016 (updated Wed Aug 17 15:25:50 EDT 2016)

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