Collection 5: The Deep

As you read Anthony Doerr's "The Deep," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 12's Collection 5: Beowulf, Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger, The Deep, The Mosquito Solution
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  1. itinerant
    traveling from place to place to work
  2. aquatint
    an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color
  3. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  4. reverberate
    ring or echo with sound
  5. listless
    lacking zest or vivacity
  6. goiter
    enlarged thyroid gland, often from iodine deficiency
  7. bewildered
    extremely confused and uncertain what to do
  8. circumference
    the size of something as given by the distance around it
  9. placenta
    the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus
  10. suppress
    control and refrain from showing
  11. reticulate
    resembling or forming a network
  12. dignified
    formal or stately in bearing or appearance
  13. translucent
    allowing light to pass through diffusely
  14. iridescent
    varying in color when seen in different lights
  15. delicate
    easily broken or damaged or destroyed
Created on Thu Jul 17 20:07:26 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:20:25 EDT 2014)

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