Unit 8: Week 3

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Answer a few questions about each word. Use this to prep for your next quiz! Compete with other teams in real time to see who answers the most questions correctly! Test your spelling acumen. Read the definition, listen to the word and try spelling it!

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words only definitions & notes
  1. disaster
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  2. reluctant
    not eager
  3. principle
    a basic truth or law or assumption
  4. preconceived
    formed beforehand
  5. moisten
    make moist
  6. revelation
    an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
  7. public
    people in general considered as a whole
  8. magnitude
    the property of relative size or extent
  9. tsunami
    a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave
  10. civil engineering
    the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction of such public works as dams or bridges
  11. preparedness
    the state of being ready for something
  12. evacuation
    the act of leaving a dangerous place in an orderly fashion
  13. drill
    systematic training by multiple repetitions
  14. dozer
    large powerful tractor
  15. water table
    underground surface below which the ground is fully saturated with moisture
  16. silt
    mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
  17. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
  18. affix
    a linguistic element added to a word
  19. context
    discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage
  20. infer
    solve by guessing
  21. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
Created on Wed Nov 04 14:32:50 EST 2020 (updated Mon Nov 09 16:09:10 EST 2020)

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