Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Vocabulary #1

Tempo:
Tranquility:



Tundra:








Unanimous:

Tarriff:



Flourish- To be successful/thrive

As we practice soccer our skills flourish.

Guerilla- a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.

Guerilla warfare was popular during the war.

renegade - a person who deserts a party or cause for another

Throughout our history renegades are evident.

repose:

-the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.

I am ready to repose after a long day.

stereotype -a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.

They do not use stereotyping for making metal printing plates anymore.

symbiosis - the living together of two dissimilar organisms, as in mutualism, commensalism, amensalism, or parasitism.

The bee and the flower form a symbiosis.

tariff -an official list or table showing the duties or customs imposed by a government on imports or exports

The colonists were enraged by the british tarriffs.

tempo - relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.

Hip-hop songs usually have a fast tempo.

tranquility -quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity

I like the state of tranquility, it is peaceful.

tumult - violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar

The tumult at the store on Black Friday was crazy.

tundra - one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.

We do not have tundras in California.

unanimous - of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed

The decision about gum in school was unanimous.

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