Humanities- Vocabulary Words 2-25-19////3-08-19 Flashcards

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1) accurate
2) accurate
3) accuracy

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1) able to give a correct reading or measurement
2) without mistakes or errors in facts
3) correctness, exactness

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1) approximate

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1) not exact but close enough to be reasonably correct

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1) coarse
2) coarse
3) coarse

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2) the path over which something moves
2) a way of acting or behaving
3) a subject or set of subjects to be studied

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1) depart

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To leave; to go away from a place

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1) despair

2) despaired

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1) to lose hope

2) a total lack of hope

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1) destination

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1) the place to which something or someone is going

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1) deteriorate

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1) to become or make worse

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1) gale

2) gales

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1) a very strong wind

2) a loud outburst

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1) horizon

2) horizontal

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1) the apparent line in the distance where the sky meets the land or sea
2) going straight across from one side to side

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1) jubilation

2) jubilant

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1) a feeling or expression of great joy

2) very happy

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1) navigate

2) navigation

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1) to calculate the direct movement of a ship or aircraft

2) the science of practice of navigating

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1) nostalgia

2) nostalgic

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1) a longing for a certain time in the past

2) having feelings of nostalgia

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1) revive

2) revives

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1) to make or become strong again

2) to bring back into use or fashion

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1) sever

2) severed

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1) to break off

2) to cut into two

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1) voyage

2) voyaged

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1) a long journey by sea or in space

2) to make a journey he sea or in space

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