WORD OF THE DAY
If you are a werewolf, your animal transformation is synchronous with the lunar cycle. When something is synchronous, it occurs in time or at the same time with something else.
In synchronous, you see syn- meaning "together," and -chron- meaning "time." If things such as swimming moves are synchronous, they are said to be in sync. Jewel thieves and undercover operatives synchronize their watches so that the team ensures synchronous actions. If the police question you about a crime and your alibi is that you were out dancing, it means that the occurrences of the crime and your dance were synchronous, so you could not be the perpetrator.
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When 13-year-old Briony Tallis accuses a family friend of a terrible crime, she sets off a chain of events that will irrevocably alter the lives of everyone involved.
This vocabulary list features words with the Greek root chron, meaning "time."
This vocabulary list features words with the Greek root chron, meaning "time."
This list focuses on electrical systems (Chapters 28-38). Here are links to all the sections of the textbook published by The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc.: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, Section 4, Section 5, Section 6, Section 7, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10, Section 11, Section 12, Section 13
