Unit 3: Selection Vocabulary 4

This list covers "Donna O'Meara: The Volcano Lady," "Dare to be creative!" and "Margaret Bourke-White: Fearless Photographer."
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  1. predict
    make a guess about what will happen in the future
    They hope their documentation will someday be a written and visual record of information that helps scientists to better predict volcanic eruptions.
  2. eruption
    pouring out fumes or lava
    They hope their documentation will someday be a written and visual record of information that helps scientists to better predict volcanic eruptions.
  3. dynamic
    relating to the forces that cause motions of bodies
    She found out that volcanism is one of the most dynamic forces in nature.
  4. active
    (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
    Her home is on top Kilauea, where she was married. This is one of the most active volcanoes in the world.
  5. document
    record in detail
    Their mission is to travel to active volcanoes and document the eruptions.
  6. manipulate
    influence or control shrewdly or deviously
    We need to dare disturb the universe by not being manipulated or frightened by judgmental groups who assume the right to insist that if we do not agree with them, not only do we not understand but we are wrong.
  7. zealous
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
    But, as Bertrand Russell warns, “Zeal is a bad mark for a cause. Nobody had any zeal about arithmetic. It was the anti-vaccinationists, not the vaccinationists, who were zealous.”
  8. eradicate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
    Yet because those who were not threatened by the idea of vaccination ultimately won out, we have eradicated the horror of smallpox from the planet.
  9. establishment
    an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
    It is hard for us to understand the zeal of the medical establishment when Dr. Semmelweis sensibly suggested that it might be a good idea if surgeons washed their hands after dissecting a cadaver, before going to deliver a woman in labor.
  10. rut
    a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape
    Do I think it’s going to threaten my comfortable rut? Make me change and grow?—and growing always causes growing pains.
  11. culmination
    a concluding action
    From the time she started taking photographs and recognized that they could stir up feelings to the culmination of her long career as a photojournalist, Margaret was a trailblazer.
  12. interpret
    give an explanation to
    Luce’s magazine called Time summarized and interpreted the week’s news.
  13. adapt
    make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
    Over time she adapted her techniques to photograph people and was adept at catching expressions and showing hardship.
  14. adept
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
    Over time she adapted her techniques to photograph people and was adept at catching expressions and showing hardship.
  15. norm
    a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
    During the 1930s and 1940s, Margaret’s adventurous attitude and perseverance paved the way for women to take on roles beyond the norm.
Created on Fri Nov 06 15:18:46 EST 2020 (updated Wed Nov 11 14:36:19 EST 2020)

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